RLL 2015 DRAFT SCHEDULE
8.45Registration Room / Area
+ Coffee, tea, biscuits.
9.30Conference Opening and Welcome [Keep 1]
Fiona Courage, Special Collections Manager and Curator of the Mass Observation Archive, Mass Observation Archive
Professor Rob Campbell, University of Bolton
9.40-10.30 Keynote A [Keep 2 & 3]
Jeremy Burchardt
Associate Professor in Rural History, University of Reading
‘A new rural civilization’? Leisure, community and citizenship in rural England, 1918-39’
10.30 - 10.35 Comfort break and room closure
10.35 – 12.05 Parallel Sessions A
M1 Representations of Space and Place [Keep 2]
Christine AthaUniversity of Leeds
Representing Everyday British Leisure Lives
Colin HardingNational Media Museum
A Grand Day Out: The Society of Colour Photographers' Outing to Kent, 1913.
Matthew WatsonBolton Library and Museum Services
Street and Playground: Children’s Play Spaces in Worktown.
M2 Leisure in the city and town [ Keep 3]
Ian Bradley and Sue Potts
Liverpool John Moores University / Institute of Cultural CapitalRemembering “Our Day Out”
Bridget Morris and Suzanne LilleyRowntree Society
York Remembers Rowntree
Julia BohlmannUniversity of Glasgow
Early Municipal Cinema in Scotland: Socialist Agitation or Civic Entertainment? – The case of Kirkintilloch, 1914-1923.
M3 Gendered Spaces[Keep 4]
Kevin GuyanUniversity College, London
Domestic space, leisure and the design of masculine ‘ways of living’ in Britain c. 1941-1951.
Sandra NicholUniversity Centre at Blackburn College
Mass Observation and ‘Wakes Girls’ in Blackpool 1937 - 1940
Judith MossUniversity Centre at Blackburn College
‘Swimmin with the wimmin:’ Aspects of working class leisure and morality in inter-war Britain.
12.05 -1.05pm Lunch (in Keep 1)
1.05 – 2.35Parallel Sessions B
A1 Gambling Spaces [Keep 2]
Emma CaseyKingston University
‘Mass Gambling’ as Leisure in Mass Observers’ Accounts: An Exploration of the 1947 and 2013 Data.
Paul GilchristUniversity of Brighton
Sport stadia, seaside economies and social tone: the history of the Hastings and St Leonards greyhound racing track
Stephen Tate University Centre at Blackburn College.
'Once they were "Prophets": Towards a history of the newspaper racing tipster'.
A2 Young People and leisure [Keep 3]
Annebella PollenUniversity of Brighton
Folk-Work-Place: Regional Romanticism and World Survey in the Kibbo Kift Kindred.
David Glynne-PercyUniversity of Brighton
The resilience of children's leisure participation in 20th century Britain.
Gillian A. M. Mitchell University of St. Andrews
Youth Clubs, the Christian Churches and Popular Music in Britain, 1956-1965
A3 Tourist Spaces and Places [Keep 4]
Claire Brill
A study of how holiday camps helped to change the British working class people’s expectations and holiday habits from 1938-1970
Madeleine Swift
The Camp: A Holiday Destination, a Workplace,aHome.A personal, visual and historical narrative.
Linda WitheyUniversity of Bolton
Brass roots: Whit Friday in Saddleworth, ‘the greatest free show on earth’
A4 Leisure Places and Spaces
Sonia BartolUniversidad Internacional de La Rioja
The Flamenco Dancer on Top of the TV.
Jacqueline Dagnall
Examining the Humphrey Spender ‘Public House’ series of photographs in contrast to those of later decades.
Abdul HafizUniversity Centre at Blackburn College
The Streets in Northern Worktowns: Children’s street games as leisure free from market and welfare provision.
2.35 - 2.50Afternoon Tea and room closure [Keep 1]
2.50 – 3.35Keynote B [Keep 2 & 3]
Caitríona Beaumont
Principal Lecturer in Social History, London South Bank University
“Tea and a gossip” or “active citizenship”?Housewives’ associations and the interaction between leisure, citizenship and voluntary action in inter-war Britain.
3.45Adam Matthew Wine Reception [Keep 1]
26 February 2015