Diary of events
For confirmation of the meetings listed, or for more information, please contact the society direct. The title of the meeting in shown in bold, followed by the speaker’s name, the organising society, the venue (excluding the locality if it is in the society’s name) and the time. In some cases not all this information has been supplied. Some societies have a meeting charge for both members and visitors. Please see the Societies Section for contact details.
June
24 Visit to Calverton Iron Age Roundhouse Reconstruction, Basford & D LHS, 7.30pm, please contact secretary for details.
24 Visit to Renishaw Hall, Farnsfield LHS, please contact society for details.
28 Laxton History Day, beginning at 10a.m., including a talk by John Beckett about how the village escaped enclosure. See our news story for more details.
July
7 Transport of Delight, Howard Turner, Shireoaks & D LHG, Village Hall, 7.30pm.
8 History of St Helen's Church, Stapleford, Chris Bull, Stapleford & DLHS, Maycliffe Hall, Toton Lane, 7.30pm.
9 The Secrets of Sherwood Forest, Kevin Topham, Lenton LHS, Hillside Club, Derby Road, Lenton, 7.30pm.
9 Visit to Horological Museum Upton, Woodborough LHG, contact society for details.
11 Excursion to Woolsthorpe and Grantham (Isaac Newton), David Crook, Thoroton Society, contact society for details.
14 Visit to Horological Institute, Burton Joyce & Bulcote LHS, please contact society for details.
14 Trip to Ollerton Water Mill, Norton, Cuckney & D HS, please contact society for details.
15 'Between Stairs': The Life of a Lady's Maid, Joanne Carter, Beeston & DLHS, Chilwell Memorial Hall, High Road, Chilwell, 7.45pm.
15 Visit to Galleries of Justice, Nottingham, Farnsfield LHS, please contact society for details.
15 Professor John Beckett will talk about how he came to be involved in Laxton and how he came to write his book about the village, Laxton History Group, Village Hall, 7.30p.m. Cost £2.
16 Women's History Walk. Come along and learn about famous, and not so famous, women of Nottingham. Free, meet at Nottingham Castle Gates 6.45pm for 7.00pm set off. No need to book. Contact: Mo, email: mocooper@yahoo.co.uk, tel: 07950 472022 or Val on 07745 847005.
18 The Burton Joyce Centre for Local History open for the display of old photographs, family history, maps, archives & exhibitions, Burton Joyce & Bulcote LHS, The Carnarvon Room, Chestnut Grove, 10.00am–1.00pm, £1 entrance fee, refreshments available.
20 Stone used for Houses and Churches, Graham Lott, North Muskham HG, Village Hall, Nelson Lane, 7.30pm.
22 Visit to Derby Museum & Art Gallery and Cathedral, Basford & D LHS, please contact secretary for details.
August
4 Memories and Anecdotes of a Vulcan Bomber Captain, Capt. G L S Dyer, Shireoaks & D LHG, Village Hall, 7.30pm.
12 Not just a little old lady, Maureen Jones, Stapleford & DLHS, Maycliffe Hall, Toton Lane, 7.30pm.
13 A Reforming Family: the Denmans of Nottinghamshire, Jean Nicholson, Lenton LHS, Hillside Club, Derby Road, Lenton, 7.30pm.
15 The Burton Joyce Centre for Local History open for the display of old photographs, family history, maps, archives & exhibitions, Burton Joyce & Bulcote LHS, The Carnarvon Room, Chestnut Grove, 10.00am–1.00pm, £1 entrance fee, refreshments available.
17 A History of Nottingham Lace, Stanley D. Chapman, North Muskham HG, Village Hall, Nelson Lane, 7.30pm.
19 Dovecotes of Nottinghamshire, Eddie Woolrich, Beeston & DLHS, Chilwell Memorial Hall, High Road, Chilwell, 7.45pm.
September
1 Caphouse Colliery (Mine to Museum), Willie Mc Granaghan, Shireoaks & D LHG, Village Hall, 7.30pm.
8 Work of the Nottinghamshire Buildings Preservation Trust, Burton Joyce & Bulcote LHS, The Carnarvon Room, Chestnut Grove, 7.30pm.
8 The Curiosities of the Duchess of Portland, Lily Ann Dawes, Norton, Cuckney & D HS, Cuckney Village Hall, 7.30pm.
9 Elvaston Castle and the Earls of Harrington, Nigel Brooks, Stapleford & DLHS, Maycliffe Hall, Toton Lane, 7.30pm.
10 The Von Werra Incident, David Birch, Lenton LHS, Hillside Club, Derby Road, Lenton, 7.30pm.
10 Excursion to Arbury Hall, Nuneaton, Margaret Trueman & Penny Messenger, Thoroton Society, contact society for details.
16 Chilwell in 1840, John Beckett, Beeston & DLHS, Chilwell Memorial Hall, High Road, Chilwell, 7.45pm.
16 Hempshill Hall Restoration, Tony Horton, Eastwood HS, Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, 7.30pm.
17 Gedling House, Ted White, Woodborough LHG, The Institute, Roe Lane, 7.30pm
21 Robin Blincoe: Nottingham's Oliver Twist, Peter Hammond, Lambley HS, Lowdham WI Hall, 7.30pm.
21 An Elizabethan Lady's Wardrobe Revealed, Maureen S Taylor, North Muskham HG, Village Hall, Nelson Lane, 7.30pm.
23 AGM & Slides by Bill Clarke, Basford & D LHS, Clover Court Community Room, Clover Green, Old Basford, Nottingham NG6 0QT, 7.30pm.
October
6 Footpads, Kings & Highwaymen, Ian Morgan, Shireoaks & D LHG, Village Hall, 7.30pm.
8 Pitman, David Coleman, Lenton LHS, Hillside Club, Derby Road, Lenton, 7.30pm.
13 Owd Ilson (Old Ilkeston), Stephen Flinders, Burton Joyce & Bulcote LHS, The Carnarvon Room, Chestnut Grove, 7.30pm.
13 The Medieval Scribe, Vic Hughes, Norton, Cuckney & D HS, Cuckney Village Hall, 7.30pm.
13 Keith Train Lecture, Nottingham Civic Society and Thoroton Society, St Barnabas Cathedral Hall, Wellington Circus, Nottingham, 7.30pm.
14 Goings on below stairs, Dr Wendy Freer, Stapleford & DLHS, Maycliffe Hall, Toton Lane, 7.30pm.
15 The Denmans of Nottingham, Jean Nicholson, Woodborough LHG, The Institute, Roe Lane, 7.30pm
17 Gold in the Wars of the Roses: the 15th century coin hoard from Fishpool (Myles Thoroton Hildyard lecture), Barrie Cook, Thoroton Society, Nottingham Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4EZ, 2.45pm.
19 Four Medieval Women, Rowena Edlin-White, Lambley HS, Lowdham WI Hall, 7.30pm.
19 Arabella: Granddaughter of Bess of Hardwick (the queen that never was), David Templeman, North Muskham HG, Village Hall, Nelson Lane, 7.30pm.
21 AGM & Archives Meeting, Beeston & DLHS, Chilwell Memorial Hall, High Road, Chilwell, 7.45pm.
21 'Owd Ilson', Stephen Flinders, Eastwood HS, Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, 7.30pm.
28 The Importance of the Eakring Oil Fields, Brian Walker, Basford & D LHS, Clover Court Community Room, Clover Green, Old Basford, Nottingham NG6 0QT, 7.30pm.
November
3 Landscape & plants of the Peak District, Jim Russell, Shireoaks & D LHG, Village Hall, 7.30pm.
10 Nottinghamshire Place Names, Dr Paul Curren, Burton Joyce & Bulcote LHS, The Carnarvon Room, Chestnut Grove, 7.30pm.
11 Melbourne in Derbyshire, Bill Clarke, Stapleford & DLHS, Maycliffe Hall, Toton Lane, 7.30pm.
12 Remembrance, Steve Zaleski & Cliff Voisey, Lenton LHS, Hillside Club, Derby Road, Lenton, 7.30pm.
14 Stevenson revisited: a fresh look at Nottingham's Borough Records 1400—1600, Judith Mills, Thoroton Society, Nottingham Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4EZ, 2.45pm.
16 Manorial Communities: Exploding the Myths, Peter Foden, Lambley HS, Lowdham WI Hall, 7.30pm.
16 Follies, Myths and Legends (Gems from History), John B Taylor, North Muskham HG, Village Hall, Nelson Lane, 7.30pm.
18 The History of Stapleford, Barbara Brooke, Beeston & DLHS, Chilwell Memorial Hall, High Road, Chilwell, 7.45pm.
18 Place Names, Paul Cullen, Eastwood HS, Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, 7.30pm.
19 Parish Registers, Peter Saunders, Woodborough LHG, The Institute, Roe Lane, 7.30pm
25 The Gardens of William & Mary, Jean Nicholson, Basford & D LHS, Clover Court Community Room, Clover Green, Old Basford, Nottingham NG6 0QT, 7.30pm.
December
1 Jewellery through the ages, Brian Booth, Shireoaks & D LHG, Village Hall, 7.30pm.
8 AGM & Party, Burton Joyce & Bulcote LHS, The Carnarvon Room, Chestnut Grove, 7.30pm.
8 Christmas Party & Quiz, Norton, Cuckney & D HS, Cuckney Village Hall, 7.30pm.
9 Christmas social event, Stapleford & DLHS, Maycliffe Hall, Toton Lane, 7.30pm.
10 AGM & Fuddle, Woodborough LHG, The Institute, Roe Lane, 7.30pm
12 Animated photographs and living pictures: the beginnings of cinema in Nottinghamshire, Thoroton Society, Nottingham Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4EZ, 2.45pm.
16 The history of Eastwood Colliery's Male Voice Choir & the Choir singing, James Ferrabee, Eastwood HS, Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, 7.30pm.
January 2010
20 The Canary Girls of Chilwell, Maureen Rushden, Eastwood HS, Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, 7.30pm.
25 AGM, Lambley HS, Lowdham WI Hall, 7.30pm.
February
15 Nottinghamshire Place Names, Anthony Poulton-Smith, Lambley HS, Lowdham WI Hall, 7.30pm.
17 Below Stairs, Wendy Freer, Eastwood HS, Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, 7.30pm.
March
17 Coaching Days: the turnpike roads of Nottinghamshire, Adrian Henstock, Eastwood HS, Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, 7.30pm.
April
21 The Heage Windmill, Brian Naylor, Eastwood HS, Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, 7.30pm.
May
19 AGM, Eastwood HS, Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, 7.30pm.
Details please
To ensure that meetings and events for your society are listed, please send information about meetings direct to Susan Griffiths, 3 Devonshire Promenade, Lenton, Nottingham, NG7 2DS, e-mail: susan.griffiths@local-history.co.uk. Don't forget to mention where and when you meet! The deadline for the next issue of The Nottinghamshire Historian is 2 January 2009.
