David,
Here in Gloucestershire we attracted around 130 to the annual local history
afternoon 2 weeks ago where we had talks on the history of the parish church
and displays by local history societies. Even here we find people reluctant
to travel out of their parishes to county events and even more so to
regional events. Note, I am talking about amateur local historians not
academics and teachers.
John
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