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Friends of Reading Society online talk looks at lives of six women, as seen through the archives of the Museum of English Rural Life

Phil Creighton by Phil Creighton
Saturday, February 11, 2023 6:01 am
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AN ONLINE talk next will will look at how a museum’s archive can unpack the past.

The History of Reading Society will welcome Kaye Gough and Jenny Knight for the event.

The pair are volunteer archivists at the Museum of English Rural Life, and tour guides of East Thorpe House and the museum. They also performed in a play about the Swing Riots.

They will tell the stories of six women, using the MERL archives.

The meeting is for the society’s members and will be held on Zoom from 7.30pm on Wednesday, February 15.

For more details, or to join, log on to: www.historyofreadingsociety.org.uk

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