Over time Peter has been asked to do various presentations to various groups. The technology he has used has changed over the years, but the images and slides from most of the presentations are, or can be made, available below. Most presentations are simply PDFs that you just scroll through, and all open in a new tab so you exit the presentation by closing the tab it opened in. Please contact Peter if you would like more details, or for him to speak to a group.
The presentations that have been prepared are:
Title | Subtitle | Click | Comment |
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John Thang Harradine 1814-1881 | A Needingworth Farmer transported to Australia | This uses a different technology - see below for instructions | |
Elizabeth Joscelin 1596-1622 | A young educated lady who inherited Moynes Hall | Wrote a long, moving letter that was published as "The Mothers Legacy to her Unborn Child" | |
Mabel Wright 1908-1970 | One of the 'Bright Young Things' and a muse of Augustus John, sentenced to 6 months for shooting her lover | [Available on request] | Brought up in the Mill cottage, she became Mavis de Vere Cole and then Mavis Wheeler |
Stories of some of our (other) notable people | With mention of Queen Victoria, Dorothy L Sayers, Tsar Nicholas I, pigs, and a family of artists | [Available on request] | See our list of notable people |
Holywell History | Glimpses via six documents | [Available on request] | Covering a thousand years of Holywell |
Parish Registers | Transcribing with examples and issues that arise | We use the website pages for the presentation | |
The Great Fire of Needingworth | 16 Sept 1847 - Newspaper reports, letters, and a map | We use the notes for the Fire walk and the website pages for the presentation | |
World War I | Some of the stories of Holywell and Needingworth people in 1914/18 | [Available on request] | We use the WW1 website pages for the presentation |
Stories from Needingworth Mapping | Using maps to explore the old roads of Needingworth, and 57 other 'points of interest' | Using small- and large-scale maps, and the M4OPS prototype system | |
Historic Maps | Holywell with Needingworth over 300 years | A very flexible discussion using the M4OPS prototype system, potentially exploring lots of different aspects | |
The Pubs of Holywell and Needingworth | A Virtual walk | We cover the same ground as the actual walk, but without leaving our seats | |
Mapping | An introduction to all sorts of mapping | Various examples of mapping as of 2018 |
Note that each of the six village history walks is also available to be led “virtually” (ie using a screen rather than feet).
For the John Thang Harradine presentation the instructions are:
- To enter, or exit, full-screen mode:- press F11
- To advance a slide:- press space, the down or right arrow, or click on the >
- To go back a slide:- press the up or left arrow, or click on the <
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