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Dec
9
Sat
Christmas Tree Festival and Bazaar @ St. Georges Church, Ticknall
Dec 9 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Christmas Tree Festival and Bazaar @ St. Georges Church, Ticknall | Ticknall | England | United Kingdom

Our annual Christmas Tree Festival will be on December 9th and 10th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm PLUS a Christmas Bazaar (also in church) on the 9th with Father Christmas Grotto, Preserves, Wreaths, Decorations, Pottery etc etc.

Refreshments will be available on both days of homemade soup and cakes PLUS on Saturday, Homemade Beef Baps.

Dec
10
Sun
Christmas Tree Festival and Bazaar @ St. Georges Church, Ticknall
Dec 10 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Christmas Tree Festival and Bazaar @ St. Georges Church, Ticknall | Ticknall | England | United Kingdom

Our annual Christmas Tree Festival will be on December 9th and 10th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm PLUS a Christmas Bazaar (also in church) on the 9th with Father Christmas Grotto, Preserves, Wreaths, Decorations, Pottery etc etc.

Refreshments will be available on both days of homemade soup and cakes PLUS on Saturday, Homemade Beef Baps.

Dec
12
Tue
Christmas Bingo @ Ticknall Methodist Chapel
Dec 12 @ 2:00 pm
Christmas Bingo @ Ticknall Methodist Chapel | Ticknall | England | United Kingdom

A community event to get us into the festive mood, we are holding a Christmas themed Bingo session, on Tuesday, 12 December starting at 2:00 pm at the Methodist Chapel, Ticknall.

Admissioin is free to all although donations are much appreciated.

May
11
Sat
Come and Sing @ St. Georges Church
May 11 @ 6:00 pm
Come and Sing @ St. Georges Church | Ticknall | England | United Kingdom

On Saturday the 11th The Derby Bach Choir are holding a Come and Sing day starting at 1.30 p.m.. If you would like to sing, please contact Jenny Casboult on 01335 350285.
If you would just like to hear the final performance it will be at 6.00 p.m.

A charge for the performance of £5 at the door.

The programme includes Mozart’s Mass in C (Coronation and Vespers).

Conductor James Foulds

Organist Tom Corfield

May
18
Sat
Now is the month of Maying! @ St. Georges Church, Ticknall
May 18 @ 4:30 pm
Now is the month of Maying! @ St. Georges Church, Ticknall | Ticknall | England | United Kingdom

Chamber Choir Viva La Musica has become recognised locally as one of the more exciting vocal ensembles performing across ​the East Midlands.  The Loughborough-based choir attracts singers from a wide area.  Its repertoire ranges across the centuries and embraces both sacred and secular music in various styles. Simon Lumby conducts the choir.

‘Now is the month of Maying’ is a concert celebrating nature and the season.  It will include a selection of madrigals and works by Lauridsen, Finzi and Rachmaninoff.

This late-afternoon concert will last approximately an hour and a quarter. There will be refreshments to follow.

Sep
24
Tue
Hidden Gems of Ticknall Limeyards @ Village Hall, Ticknall
Sep 24 @ 2:00 pm
Hidden Gems of Ticknall Limeyards @ Village Hall, Ticknall | Ticknall | England | United Kingdom

Alison Thornhill will examine how Ticknall Limeyards evolved from a warm sea to a tranquil woodland from prehistory to the present day.

The talk will reveal some of the natural gems in this intriguing place.

Oct
29
Tue
Ghosts in Grandeur – Jo Golby @ Village Hall, Ticknall
Oct 29 @ 2:00 pm

Performed in Victorian Mourning dress we explore Warwick Castle and Calke Abbey’s “not so living history”.

The secrets that lie beneath and the inhabitants that still occupy the rooms, corridors and grounds of two very different Stately Homes as witnessed by myself, colleagues and guests.

Nov
16
Sat
Twelve Melbourne Houses @ Melbourne Assembly Rooms
Nov 16 @ 7:30 pm
Twelve Melbourne Houses @ Melbourne Assembly Rooms | Melbourne | England | United Kingdom

Much of Melbourne’s history can be told by the story of individual houses in the parish and their occupants. This talk by Melbourne History Group Chairman Philip Heath, given on Saturday, 16 November, at 7:30 pm at Melbourne Assembly Rooms Main, selects twelve of the most interesting ones to prove the point.

Admission is £4 (Under 16s free if accompanied by an adult). Refreshments will be available.

Nov
26
Tue
‘Tis the Season to be Jolly @ Village Hall, Ticknall
Nov 26 @ 2:00 pm
'Tis the Season to be Jolly @ Village Hall, Ticknall | Ticknall | England | United Kingdom

Christmas time! A look back at some of our Christmas traditions, celebrations and favourite toys!

Enjoy a cracker joke or two, as we reminisce on our Christmases past!

Jan
28
Tue
The Pigeon @ Village Hall, Ticknall
Jan 28 @ 2:00 pm

The Pigeon – from the gods to the gutter. Dove of peace or rat with wings? A look at our perceptions and complex relationship with this remarkable bird throughout history.

Feb
25
Tue
The Derwent Valley @ Village Hall, Ticknall
Feb 25 @ 2:00 pm

The Derwent Valley: The Story of a Photo Book – Ashley Franklin tells the story of how he assembled the first-ever photo book to celebrate the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site published in November 2023.

Ashley’s talk will take us through the book’s three thematic sections – Industrial Heritage, People and Places and Wildlife – and show how the book encapsulates the valley’s historical significance, its communities, and its rich biodiversity.

Mar
25
Tue
Preparing for apocalypse @ Village Hall, Ticknall
Mar 25 @ 2:00 pm

Preparing for apocalypse – Britain and the Cold War. – Jed Jaggard.

The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II. There was no direct military engagement between the United States and the Soviet Union. However, this period was anything but “cold”.

Apr
29
Tue
The Salvation Army @ Village Hall, Ticknall
Apr 29 @ 2:00 pm

The Salvation Army – Danny Wells.

Catherine Booth was fortified with the spirit and convictions of early 19th-century rural Methodism of the Midlands. Having met a kindred spirit in William Booth of Nottingham, they were to take their pre-industrial Methodist creed into the religious and political fulcrum of the East End of London in the second half of the century.

The response of the Booths to the poverty, hunger, squalor and ‘sin’ that they observed all around them, was to create the Salvation Army as a ‘Way out of Darkest England’.

It became the fastest-growing religious movement of late Victorian Britain and is still a religious and social service agency of international importance today.

 

May
27
Tue
Ashby to Burton Light Railway @ Village Hall, Ticknall
May 27 @ 2:00 pm

Alan Hiley walks us through a short history of the Ashby to Burton Light Railway.

A journey in photos along the old tramway route to see how it looked then and how it looks now. The tramway opened in 1906 and the journey was from the Town Hall in Burton-upon-Trent and journeyed through Swadlincote to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Jun
24
Tue
TPHS visit to The National Arboretum @ Village Hall, Ticknall
Jun 24 @ 2:00 pm

An Historical Society outside visit to The National Arboretum – A talk at 2:00 pm followed by a 50-minute guided land train tour around the site.

After the visit, there is a good café where we can order what we wish to have individually.

The price for the land train is £7.50. Parking is £6 per car on the day and allows occupants to stay all day.