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Talking History with Farnham U3A – Exhibition Fever in the 19th Century – part B – S2018/9 03B

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In the second part of her talk on the Exhibition Fever of the 19th Century Joanne talks about some of those that followed the Great Exhibition of 1851.

There were many, both in Europe and across the Atlantic.

This talk has been split into two sections to make it more convenient to listen to.

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Please note: It has not been possible to include all the graphics used in the original talk due to copyright considerations.

The Farnham U3A site is at Farnham U3A Home Page.

The music Media Magazine used in this podcast is licensed from AKM Music.

Talking History with Farnham U3A – The Boer War and other Colonial Adventures – part A – S2018/9 02A

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In the first part of the Boer War and Other Colonial Adventures Richard Thomas starts by talking about the Colonial tensions in southern Africa. He discusses parts played by the key players in the lead up to the war and their different viewpoints.

He covers the Boer sieges of Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafeking and the difficulties that the British Army, initially led by Redvers Buller, had in relieving Ladysmith and the defeat of the British Army at Spion Kop.

These talks are split into sections of around 20 minutes to make them more convenient to listen to.

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Please note: It has not been possible to include all the graphics used in the original talk due to copyright considerations.

The Farnham U3A site is at Farnham U3A Home Page.

The music Media Magazine used in this podcast is licensed from AKM Music.

Talking History with Farnham U3A – The Boer War and other Colonial Adventures – part B – S2018/9 02B

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In the second part of his talk on the Boer War and other Colonial Adventures Richard Thomas discusses the replacement of Redvers Buller by Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener.

The arrival of these two new Army leaders brings a much tougher regime for conducting the war with a scorched earth policy as a response to the Boer guerrilla warfare, the building of armed blockhouses and the introduction of concentration camps for Boer civilians.

Richard points out that the disregard for the health of the internees by the Roberts and Kitchener was equalled by their disregard for the welfare of their soldiers. Things only improved for the civilian prisoners when the responsibility for the management of the camps was handed over to Milner.

This was all a PR disaster and although Britain won the war it lost the peace.

These talks are split into sections of around 20 minutes to make them more convenient to listen to.

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Please note: It has not been possible to include all the graphics used in the original talk due to copyright considerations.

The Farnham U3A site is at Farnham U3A Home Page.

The music Media Magazine used in this podcast is licensed from AKM Music.

Talking History with Farnham U3A – The Boer War and other Colonial Adventures – part C – S2018/9 02C

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In the third part of his talk, the Boer War and other Colonial Adventures, Richard Thomas discusses some of the other adventures that took place during the scramble for Africa. The scramble for Africa took place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The adventures discussed include:

The Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War.
The Anglo-Zanzibari War – the shortest war in history!
The punitive Benin Expedition.
The Fifth Anglo-Ashanti War.

These talks are split into sections of around 20 minutes to make them more convenient to listen to.

Click on a graphic to open the gallery:

Please note: It has not been possible to include all the graphics used in the original talk due to copyright considerations.

The Farnham U3A site is at Farnham U3A Home Page.

The music Media Magazine used in this podcast is licensed from AKM Music.

Talking History with Farnham U3A – How the West was Lost – part A – S2018/9 01A

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In the first part of Michael A’Bear’s talk on How the West was Lost, we hear about:

The French Influence and the size of Louisiana
The Lewis and Clark expedition
The Alamo and its effect on the United States

The West was fascinating, it is vast and interesting, to get an idea of its vastness listen to the podcasts in Series 1 of US Rail Journeys on this site.

There are no illustrations to accompany this talk.

The Farnham U3A site is at Farnham U3A Home Page

The music ‘Media Magazine’ used in this podcast is licensed from AKM Music.

Talking History with Farnham U3A – How the West was Lost – part B – S2018/9 01B

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In the second part of Michael’s talk on How the West was Lost, we hear about:

The Indian Wars
The Californian Gold Rush
The effect of the settlers on the West
The birth of the Cowboy legend
Many of the big names of the West such as the Earps, the OK Corral etc.

The West was fascinating, it is vast and interesting, to get an idea of its vastness listen to the podcasts in Series 1 of US Rail Journeys on this site.

There are no illustrations to accompany this talk.

The Farnham U3A site is at Farnham U3A Home Page

The music ‘Media Magazine’ used in this podcast is licensed from AKM Music.

Talking History with Farnham U3A – How the West was Lost – part C – S2018/9 01C

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In the third part of Michael’s talk on How the West was Lost, we hear about:

Jessie James
Calamity Jane
Big Nose Kate – better known as Katie Elder
Ma Baker
George Armstrong Custer and the Little Big Horn

The West was fascinating, it is vast and interesting, to get an idea of its vastness listen to the podcasts in Series 1 of US Rail Journeys on this site.

There are no illustrations to accompany this talk.

The Farnham U3A site is at Farnham U3A Home Page

The music ‘Media Magazine’ used in this podcast is licensed from AKM Music.

A series of talks about history

Talks about History are a series of podcasts. These talks are from the Farnham U3A World History group. There are talks every fortnight.

Every year the group looks at a period in history. The talks are about topics from that historical period.

We publish the talks here on a regular basis. Members who missed talks are able to catch up. New members have the opportunity to get a ‘taster’ by listening to the podcasts.

To find out more please click on this link.