So far this year I have got two talks lined up, so please make a note in your diaries. On Thursday 13 June I will be giving a talk on 'Stolen Childhoods' to Witton Women's Institute at St Wilfred's Parish Centre (Witton Street) in Northwich; the meeting opens at 7.45 pm and my talk begins at 8pm. I'll be discussing child labour in northwest England during the industrial revolution. And on Saturday 30 November, Chester Library is holding a Jane Austen's Christmas event. At 2pm I'll be giving a talk on Christmas time in Austen's day, and will read some extracts from my book Regency Cheshire. Hope to see you there! Images: Mule Spinning Room, 1860s. Child piecers and scavengers at work in a cotton spinning mill, supervised by the overlooker. Charles Knight’s Pictorial Gallery of Arts Vol. I, (c.1862). Rows in Watergate St, Chester. Stranger’s Companion in Chester, 4th edition, c.1828
