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Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
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.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Tips For a Bountiful Garden; with Toby Buckland, gardener, author and presenter on BBC2’s Gardeners World. TICKETED EVENT.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
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.
At a slightly later time than usual, we will be serving
Pork and Stuffing Rolls with apple and chutneys, followed by Treacle Tart or Parkin.
A Hardy Planters Winter Survival Kit; with Don Whitton, National Collection Holder of Hardy Euphorbia. Sales at this meeting
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.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
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!
MEMBERS CHRISTMAS SOCIAL
A Prize Quiz & Festive Supper; For Ticknall Garden Club members and their guests.
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.
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.