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Taking elements of local history, house history and social history, this talk glimpses into the heart of George Cadbury’s model village for workers. Uncovering details about the workers themselves and looking at family life in the first decades of the new estate.
Some of the families featured in this talk are Karen’s ancestors and if you have family links with Bournville, some might be yours too!
April 2025
Karen Averby is a seaside-loving historian, heritage research consultant and former archivist. She researches, writes, and speaks about buildings, people and places of all types and periods throughout the UK and her specialisms include hotel and house histories, seaside heritage, and local history. She is Director of Archangel Heritage Ltd, a historical research consultancy that provides historical research services for the commercial heritage sector, and also undertakes freelance history and heritage commissions from private clients, as well as working on collaborative community projects. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an Associate of the Institute for Archaeologists, and has written books on seaside hotels, beach huts, and town halls, with more in progress
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