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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!
Celia Sanger ‘s family’s 19th-century journey from rural Northamptonshire to the Birmingham Back to Backs, with the difficulties of surviving the harsh realities of early 20th-century life in the courtyards.
The markets and fairs we know today are mere shadows of their remarkable past. Paul Sturgess attempts to revive the noise, excitement, and even the filth of these important aspects of our economic history.
The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and 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, as Jed Jaggard reminds us, this period was anything but “cold”.
– Maria Picken – TBC
Visit – details to be confirmed.