LAMAS 52nd Local History Conference
Saturday 18 November 2017 10.30am – 6.00pm
Weston Theatre, Museum of London
Pastimes in Times Past: Entertainment in London
10.30 Doors open: registration, and displays by societies
11.00 Opening by Taryn Nixon, President of LAMAS
11.10 Session 1: Places and spaces in fact and fiction
London Roadhouses in Fact and Fiction
Michael John Law, University of Westminster
”Cultural Capital”: London and Making of Modern Public Entertainment
Michael Peplar, Boston University
12.20 Keynote Lecture: Casinos and Commercial Dancing
Lee Jackson, writer and Victorian London obsessive
1.20 LAMAS Publication Awards – introduced by John Price
1.30 – 2.30pm Lunch break (and opportunity to browse local society displays)
2.30 Session 2: All the World’s a Stage
Elizabethan Entertainments
Julian Bowsher, Museum of London Archaeology
Victorian Leisure: the organisation of recreation in Victorian London
Ian Bevan, City of London Guide and Lecturer
3.45 – 4.15pm Refreshment break (tea and coffee provided)
4.15 Session 3: Working with children and animals
Stealing children in 1600: Stocking the London Stage with Actors
Julie Ackroyd, Open University
Sapient Pigs and Rascal Tigers: Animal Curiosities on the Streets and Stages of London, c.1750-c.1850
Alexander Clayton, Victoria & Albert Museum
5.30 Closing remarks