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A:
It’s the Worker’s Educational Association, founded in 1903
(Hatfield Peverel Branch was formed in 1974).
The WEA brings high quality courses on all sorts of topics to
anyone who wants them.
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A: A very wide
range indeed.
Recently we have studied Elizabethan England,
London life in the time of Samuel Pepys,
The Coastal Trade of Essex, Art in
East Anglia, All Hands on Deck
– a history of the British Navy, and Antique English China.
Next term we will
be studying two new subjects: Wildlife Conservation in Essex, and The
History of Bridges.
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Q: How do
I find out more?
Evening Group
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8.00 pm
Fees-£30.00 full
£27.00
concessions
£ 0.00 Unemployed
Morning
Group
There are many and varied
wildlife habitats in
Essex.
The present landscape developed after the Ice Ages, and the land was
covered in the “Wildwood”. The arrival of
man started the management of the landscape and we will discuss man’s impact on
the various habitats – including
wood-lands, wetlands and heaths. The
gravel deposits left by glaciation have been extensively worked in the county,
altering the landscape with man-made lakes.
We will also look at the
management of local nature reserves, and recording and monitoring wildlife
habitats.
with
Fred Boot
Evening
Group
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Remember the
Millennium
Bridge? During our next course
we will be looking at why it “wobbled” – this and many other types
of bridges – mainly good – some which weren’t!
We will examine this fascinating study in a broadly historical
way, while also considering the many types of bridges, and the building
materials that made them possible.
The main focus of the history will be British bridges, but
foreign examples will also be included.
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Come and join us and learn about
these vital links in our transport networks.
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