Hi everyone,
I thought I’d circulate the below in case it was of interest.
Best,
Eleanor
Eleanor Root
Collections and Learning Curator
Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
01473 433570
Ipswich – A Fairtrade town
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On Behalf Of Juliana Vandegrift, Project Co-Ordinator
Sent: 12 March 2018 10:49
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Subject: Resorting to the Coast Seaside Conference 27th April 2018
Dear all,
Resorting to the Coast is holding its first conference on 27th April 2018 in partnership with the University of East London and you are all warmly invited. Please
feel free to share this email as widely as you like with your networks and members. We will have keynote speakers, panel discussions and a local history fair with seaside films, discussions and lunch provided. Registration is key as we have a limited number
of places at the venue. We very much hope to see you there!
Conference title:
Resorting to the Coast: Valuing the Past to Shape the Future
Topics on the table for discussion:
‘Resorting to the coast’ has been a national pastime since the Victorian period, evolving to address demographic changes, greater mobility, fluctuating levels of prosperity
and competing leisure activities. The conference will look at the current issues in the national debate around seaside coastal resorts in relation to promoting their often unsung heritage. Specifically, our focus will be on the Tendring coastal resorts of
Dovercourt, Walton, Frinton, Clacton and Jaywick Sands. Local history groups associated with these resorts are heavily involved in archiving and promoting their seaside heritage, but we ask whether this valued work is sufficient to attract new visitors? In
a world of uneven development, how does a resort set itself apart from the competition? How do you unite as a coastal region when the reality is you’re in competition with each other? Can lessons be drawn from the past in order to resuscitate the ‘Great British
Seaside Holiday’ as an object of desire, or is it time to wipe the slate clean and start from scratch?
Registration for tickets can be made here:
Book tickets
About the Conference:
Further details
University of East London (UEL), Essex County Council and the Cultural Engine social enterprise based in South Essex are co-organising this all day conference as part of Resorting
to the Coast, a Heritage Lottery Funded and Essex County Council project, supported by Tendring District Council.
Date: Friday 27th April 2018
Time: 10.30am to 4.30pm
Venue: Columbine Centre, Columbine Centre, Princes Esplanade, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. CO14
8PZ
Best wishes,
Juliana
Juliana Vandegrift
Project Coordinator
Resorting to the Coast
Environment Team / Waste & Environment / Infrastructure & Environment
Essex County Council
Tel : 03330 320884 Mobile : 07880180014
www.tendringcoastalheritage.org.uk
| www.essex.gov.uk
