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Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
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.
Labour of Love: The Orton & Spooner Story
These days, there are not that many companies in the fairground game that manufacture rides and shows—and those that do are not exactly household names. But one company is just as famous now as it was in its heyday, in the first half of last century.
On 29 April, Elaine Pritchard offers her presentation on the local, world-renowned fairground company.
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
Alan Hiley – Ashby to Burton Light Railway – A short history 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 was from the Town Hall in Burton-upon-Trent and journeyed through Swadlincote to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Karen Kreft shares some fascinating insights into the people involved in life ‘below stairs’ at Calke Abbey.
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
In 1981 when Charles Harpur-Crewe died, with inheritance tax due, drastic action was required to save Calke. Bringing Calke Abbey to the National Trust was a complex process involving local councils, national heritage organisations, Parliament, HMRC and notable individuals, some with great leverage but quiet voices. The journey from there to opening as an NT special place is traced in this presentation.
Discover the amazing rags-to-riches story of Sir Richard Arkwright in this fascinating talk by Mike Newbold
Kate Barnes takes us through a fly’s journey of finding, colonising, and developing on a dead body and the information they can provide to a forensic entomologist.
Kath Reynolds reflects on those “must-have” latest creations from K-Tel, Ronco, Pifco, etc., that you just had to have, but which were mostly pretty useless. Lots of kitchen gadgets to help you chop and pulverise, but don’t forget your Carmen rollers, girls!