To begin our autumn session of talks, we welcome Dr Kate Faulkes who will explore the activities of a group of recently affluent industrialists (eg (Sir) John Brown) who sat on the Vestry Committees of Sheffield's four Anglican Commissioner Churches between 1826 and 1856. It will provide an exploration of the networks they developed through […]
What did your forebears inherit from their parents? Which psychological characteristics did your ancestors hand down? Helen Parker-Drabble, a former counsellor, explores family history through a psychological lens using her own family as examples. Please note this is a ZOOM meeting.
It was after discovering a branch of her family who had lived and worked in the Crofts district of Sheffield, that Christine Minter began to look in depth at this area. Housing, employment, education, religion, crime and punishment, not to mention some of its more colourful characters. Medical reports and newspaper archives were particularly enlightening […]
Today we welcome back John Taylor who will look at some of the sites and places which recall our unique way of life, eccentricities, humour, oddities and the myths of history. For example, who created and inspired our popular and apocryphal heroes and what is the truth behind larger than life figures? Follies populate the […]