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  • Social Networking – Growth of an Industrial Elite in 19th Century Sheffield

    Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, Sheffield

    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 […]

  • Britain’s Peculiar Legacies of Follies, Myths and Fancies – John Taylor

    Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, Sheffield

    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 […]