Today, we flick a switch for instant light. However, our poorer ancestors went to bed at dusk and arose with the dawn whilst the aristocracy in their grand houses had huge windows and hundreds of candles. This talk explains how domestic lighting impacted on our ancestors’ quality of life - the hearth, tallow candles, oil, gas and electricity plus the history of street lighting.
After this talk, you won’t look at a humble candle the same way again; it meant so much socially to our ancestors.
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About the Speaker
Adèle Emm
Adèle Emm has worked in television production and later taught media production. She now researches and writes full time specialising in media, social history and family history. Adèle's most recent book is My Ancestors Worked in Textile Mills published by the Society of Genealogists, plus Tracing your Trade and Craftsmen Ancestors and Tracing your Female Ancestors both published by Pen and Sword.
