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 | |
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3rd January | John Glover’s Sketchbook |
Stephen Flinders | |
7th February | You rang M’Lud? The architecture of household staff in late medieval castles |
James Wright | |
7th March |
Annual General Meeting followed by The Bob Hammond Memorial Talk |
Stephan Green | |
4th April | Isaac Newton: angry young man of Lincolnshire & father of physics |
David Charles | |
2nd May | Historical Graffiti |
James Wright | |
6th June | Remembering the 1950s |
John Whitfield | |
4th July | Richard I in the East Midlands |
David Speed | |
August | No meeting |
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5th September | What does Robin Hood show us about ‘life’ in his times? |
David Speed | |
3rd October | The Back Route: Great Northern Railway between Nottingham and Derby |
David Clarke | |
7th November | The answer lies in the soil (beyond our ken) |
David Charles | |
5th December | Christmas Social – ticket only – A history of Local Carols |
Stephan Green |