Our next Open Morning is on Saturday 16th April, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Carnarvon Room.
Our latest exhibition: “River, Road and Rail – Transport in and around Burton Joyce and Bulcote” will be on show. See below for photographs of the exhibition. (River, Road & Rail – New exhibition opens)
Family history, photographs and other archive materials will also be available for consultation as usual.
Admission £1.50 including tea/coffee.
Our next evening meeting will take place on Tuesday 12th April, at 7.30 p.m. in the Carnarvon Room.
The speaker will be Dr. Rowena Edlin-White, who will talk to us about Mary Ellen Shaw, who, when she died in Nottingham in 1926, was described on her death certificate as a “Spinster of No Occupation”.
Mary Ellen Shaw (1859 – 1926) devoted her life to alleviating poverty and disease in Nottingham. As well as working as a teacher, she ran Girls’ Evening Homes, Mother & Baby Guilds and Sunday School classes for ragged pupils as well as visiting prisons, hospitals and workhouse wards. She is best remembered for her Men’s Bible Class which, with the backing of the Duchess of Portland, offered support to hundreds of working men.
On Saturday 26th March, we will be holding an Antiques and Curios Fair in aid of the Society, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Carnarvon Room.
As well as antiques and curios, bric-a-brac, books & cakes will be on sale.
Admission £1.50 including tea/coffee.
Our new exhibition: River, Road and Rail was seen for the first time at yesterday’s open morning. Members and visitors are seen here enjoying the exhibition showing transport in and around Burton Joyce and Bulcote in the past. The exhibition will be on show at our open mornings until August.
Our next evening meeting will be on Tuesday 8th March at 7.30 p.m. in the Carnarvon Room, when Sarah Seaton will speak to us about “Common Lodging Houses in Narrow Marsh”.
An illustrated online exhibition outlining the history of Broad Marsh and Narrow Marsh can be seen here.
As always, new members and visitors are welcome to join us. (Visitors £2)
Our Open Morning, on Saturday 12th March, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Carnarvon Room, will feature a new exhibition: “River, Road and Rail – Transport in and around Burton Joyce and Bulcote”.
Family history, photographs and other archive materials will also be available for consultation as usual.
Admission £1.50 including tea/coffee.
On Saturday 26th March, we will be holding an Antiques Fair in aid of the Society, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., again in the Carnarvon Room.
As well as antiques and curios, bric-a-brac, books & cakes will be on sale.
Admission £1.50 including tea/coffee.
At our recent Open Morning, we were pleased to welcome Tom Keyworth (above) from Burton Joyce. Tom is currently studying Archaeology at Sheffield University, and came to use some of our resources as part of his preliminary research for his final year dissertation on local Romano-British settlements.
The Society has recently received a copy of ‘A History of Nottingham’, written by Richard Gurnham and published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.
From first inhabitants to the coming of the ‘Supertram’, all aspects of the development of the City are described in depth, and with ample illustration. The text is enjoyable, although readers of advancing years would no doubt prefer a slightly larger typeface.
Priced at £19.99, this attractive volume is now available at good local booksellers, or from www.phillimore.co.uk.
The Society’s copy may be borrowed by members on application to a member of the Committee.
Our next meeting for 2011 is on Tuesday 8th February, at 7.30 p.m. in the Carnarvon Room, when Mo Cooper will talk to us about “The History of St. Anns Allotments.”
New members and visitors welcome as always. (Visitors £2).
For more information about this fascinating piece of local history, follow these links to the St. Anns Allotments website, and to a BBC Radio Nottingham feature including audio extracts of an interview with Mo Cooper.
On Saturday 12th February, join us for more Hot Soup and History in the Carnarvon Room between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Family history, photographs and other archive materials will be available as usual, together with an opportunity to see the current exhibition.
Admission £1.50 including tea/coffee. Home-made soup & roll £1.50.
The Centre is also open on most Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
Unfortunately, Clive Tougher is unable to come to give his talk on Florence Nightingale next week, but we are very pleased that Cliff Housley has kindly agreed to come in his place, and will give a talk with the intriguing title: “Men who Sew”.
The meeting is on Tuesday 11th January, at 7.30 p.m. in the Carnarvon Room.
On Saturday 15th January, join us for Hot Soup and History in the Carnarvon Room between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Family history, photographs and other archive materials will be available as usual, together with an opportunity to see the current exhibition.
Admission £1.50 including tea/coffee. Home-made soup & roll £1.50.
The Centre is also open on most Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
Happy New Year!
Our first meeting for 2011 is on Tuesday 11th January, at 7.30 p.m. in the Carnarvon Room, when Clive Tougher will talk about “Florence Nightingale“. New members and visitors welcome (Visitors £2).
On Saturday 15th January, join us for Hot Soup and History in the Carnarvon Room between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Family history, photographs and other archive materials will be available as usual, together with an opportunity to see the current exhibition.
Admission £1.50 including tea/coffee. Home-made soup & roll £1.50.
The Centre is also open on most Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
On Tuesday 9th November, at 7.30 p.m. in the Carnarvon Room, Bill Clarke will talk about “Nottingham Now and Then”. New members and visitors welcome (Visitors £2).
The following Saturday will be our Open Morning, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Carnarvon Room, when family history, photographs and other archive materials will be available as usual, together with an opportunity to see the current exhibition. Admission £1.50 including tea/coffee.
The Centre is also open on most Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
