Wednesday 5 March 2014

Events - Priories Historical Society Talks 2014

Thursday April 3rd
CONTRACEPTION THROUGH THE AGES by Joan Grundy
This entertaining talk dispels any notion that 20th century invention. The Greeks, Arabs, Egyptians all used differing – if highly unreliable – methods but some of these led the way for today's modern methods. Hear how Britain lagged behind the rest of the world in discussing contraception and about the pioneering work of Marie Stopes in the 1920s.
Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS
 
Thursday May 1st 
FOOTPADS, KINGS & HIGHWAYMEN by Ian Morgan, Author
The A1 renowned as being the route from London to Edinburgh has changed its path and even its name many times over the years, yet as the travellers pass on their way do they know just how fortunate they are? Our journey covers just 34 miles as we take the route of the old Great North Road through Nottinghamshire and in that short distance we shall see the scenes of horrific battles, the haunts of highwaymen, the sites of murder and much, much more … get ready for a rollercoaster ride of horror and humour as the stories of this ancient highway unfold.
Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

 
Thursday June 5th 
SHERWOOD FOREST & THE DUKERIES by Prof. Ian Rotherham, author.
Sherwood Forest is the most famous historic landmark in world, immortalized through storytelling, mythology and romantic books and ultimately by Hollywood. This is the setting for Robin Hood, Little John, and the rest of the Merry Men. Yet beyond the glamorous legends are equally fascinating places, people and histories. An important and vast medieval forest and extensive heath. Great halls, houses and parks of the aristocracy the so-called Dukery. Then industry, wartime training, and forestry. Richly illustrated with images from the past: photographs, postcards, paintings and antique prints.
Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

 
AUGUST  2nd & 3rd
GREAT WAR DISPLAY 
Worksop Priory, Priorswell Road, Worksop
12.30 onwards 

 
September AGM
 
October 2nd 
TUDOR & STUART SHEFFIELD by David Templeman.  
Gives some idea of how Worksop would have been. The 16th and 17th century roots when Sheffield was a small rural town. Talk looks at how the ordinary people lived, worked and played, its surviving buildings from that period and unfortunately the last ones to be demolished, plus how the cutlery industry developed over the centuries.
Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

 
November6th
THE HISTORY OF THE LAW IN ENGLAND by Mike Langley our treasurer.
A look at how the law has changed and shaped our Country.
Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

 
December 4th 
CHRISTMAS PARTY & A VISIT TO LOCAL HISTORICAL SITES by Pam Cook
short presentation including Mattersey; Worksop; Blyth Priories. Carlton & Throapham Churches etc.
Starts 7.30pm at The Innings, Gloucester Road Worksop, S81 0RS

Talk - World War I by Pam Cook (Worksop)

The next Priories Historical Society meeting is on Thursday March 6th  2014 at the BCVS, next to Worksop Priory on Priorswell Road, Worksop starting at 7.30pm

Pam Cook gives a talk on World War I and looking for the story of her ancestors

Hope to see you there.