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Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, our Social Media Fellow Megan Kelleher chats with Elizabeth Szarelis. Elizabeth has recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in History at the University of Nottingham. She and her father, Michael, set up the Retford Remembrance Project in Nottinghamshire during the centenary in order to ensure that the war dead of their home community were remembered locally. This has recently included placing signs in local cemeteries to map out where the war graves are, and creating ceremonies associated with remembrance within that community. Elizabeth shared more about her research and the impact of the Retford Remembrance Project with Megan.



You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, our Social Media Fellow Megan Kelleher chats with Dr Angela Muir, who is a lecturer in British Social and Cultural History and the Director of the Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester. Angela is a social and cultural historian of Britain in the long 18th century with an interest in gender, sex, crime, deviance, medicine and the body in Wales and England. In this episode, Angela explained some of her research into women in Wales in the eighteenth century and the resources she has utilised to conduct her studies. Learn more about Angela, here: https://le.ac.uk/people/angela-muir


You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.


In this episode, our Social Media Fellow Megan Kelleher chats with Dr Eric Tourigny, who is a Lecturer in Historical Archaeology at the University of Newcastle. Eric’s research interests include the identification and analysis of animal bones, the archaeologies of food and human-animal relationships, the treatment of pets in the post-medieval period and the British settlement of Canada between the 17th and 19th Centuries. His current research looks into the archaeology of the animal welfare movement, and in this episode he discusses these topics and more in order to explain how archaeology and material culture can be used when studying local history.



You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.


In this episode, our Social Media Fellow Megan Kelleher chats with Dr Katy Roscoe, a historical criminologist and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Liverpool. Katy’s research interests are centred on global mobilities, unfree labour and racial inequalities, with a particular focus on mid-nineteenth century crime and punishment in Britain and its former empire. Katy explained her research to us, and highlighted how local history can engage with some of these topics. Learn more about Katy, here: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/sociology-social-policy-and-criminology/staff/katherine-roscoe/


You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing the different ways that you can engage with and share your local history research, whether you are a beginner or an experienced local historian.

In this episode, our Digital Strategy Coordinator Megan Kelleher chats with our Digital Manager, Paul Carter, all about websites. This includes a discussion about the ways in which you can utilise websites to share your research with a broader audience, as well as things to consider when choosing the platform you use to share this research.

Paul Carter is a professional software developer, genealogist and local historian who also runs a number of successful businesses, including Name & Place. He also works as our Digital Manager, ensuring that our digital assets are maintained and our webinars and other online events can run smoothly.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing the different ways that you can engage with and share your local history research, whether you are a beginner or an experienced local historian.


In this episode, our Social Media Fellow for 2021/22 Megan Kelleher chats with our previous Social Media Fellow for 2020/21, Dr Daniela Gonzalez, all about social media. This includes a discussion about the ways in which you can utilise social media to share your research with a broader audience, as well as things to consider when choosing the social media you use to share this research.


Dr Daniela Gonzalez is a medieval historian and Archivist at the UK’s Parliamentary Archives. She is also this year’s Social Media Fellow for the Hampshire Archives Trust.


You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.


Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io