There are still a few places left for LSG South’s ….
Visit to the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), Reading
Monday 26th April 2010, 2pm – 4.30pm
Cost: Free
MERL houses the most comprehensive national collection of material relating to the history of food, farming and the countryside.
Delegates will:
- see what is available at The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) to help local and family historians find information on farms and the countryside
- tour their collections of objects, books, photographs, film and sound recordings
- visit MERL’s archive, which includes material from farms, major agricultural manufacturing firms, agricultural organisations and cooperatives from across England
- visit the University of Reading’s Rare Books Collection.
- Rhianedd Smith will give us a talk on her work with volunteers at MERL and further afield.
LSG South’s AGM will follow the event at 4.30pm.
Tony Pilmer
Local Studies Librarian
Slough Borough Council
Tel 01753 787511
Fax 01753 825050
www.slough.gov.uk/libraries
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