2023 Meetings

Society meetings usually take place on the first Friday of each month when members and guests enjoy a varied programme of lectures and social activities. Meetings enable members to learn more about the past while meeting friends in an informal and friendly atmosphere.

Meetings	Title	Speaker
6th January	The Life and Adventures of Henry Walker R.N.	Stephen Flinders
3rd February	Three years is a long time in a Tardis	Richard Pincott
3rd March	Annual General Meeting followed by The Bob Hammond Memorial Talk: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 -1797): Artist recorder of a scientific revolution	David Charles
14th April	A History of Cinematography told in Postage Stamps	Geoff Blackwell
5th May	Luke Barton: The troubled times of a Nottinghamshire inventor who brought us modern socks and stockings	Bob Massey
2nd June	Passions Potions and Poisons Love and Death in the Garden: Beneficial plants with medicinal healing qualities.	Tracey Akehurst
7th July	Picturing the Local Landscape (Part 2) The Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries	Stephan Green
August	No meeting
1st September	A History of Photography in the East Midlands	Geoff Blackwell
6th October	Erasmus Darwin:local personality of global significance	David Charles
3rd November	Theatre Tricks and Illusions part II	Bob Massey
1st December	Christmas Social – ticket only – A history of Christmas Carols	Stephan Green