Sad Shires and Bugles

The Essex Record Office is holding a one-day conference on 1 November 2008 entitled ‘Sad Shires and Bugles’, which will cover the impact of the Great War on Essex. Speakers will include Dr Paul Rusiecki, author of the soon to be published book, ‘The Impact of Catastrophe: the People of Essex and the First World War (1914-1920); Ken Crowe (Southend Museum); Stuart Halifax (University of Oxford) and Grahame Harris (Essex Record Office). Tickets which cost £12 for the day (10.00am to 4.30pm) are available from the ERO.