BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sheffield Family History Society - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Sheffield Family History Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20210101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230515T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230515T160000 DTSTAMP:20260522T062221 CREATED:20230206T173109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T173109Z UID:10945-1684159200-1684166400@sheffieldfhs.org.uk SUMMARY:Doris Walsh - The Last Little Mester DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear Elizabeth Holloway tell the story of Doris\, who was born on the eve of WW1. She started work aged 14 in 1926\, the year of the General Strike and lived to the ripe old age of 82. Having seen much of the 20th century\, Doris was the last of her generation of Sheffield’s Little Mesters. \nNB If using the car park adjacent to Aizlewood’s Mill\, don’t forget to inform Reception of your vehicle registration URL:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/event/doris-walsh-the-last-little-mester/ LOCATION:Aizlewood Business Centre\, Aizlewood’s Mill\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield S3 8GG\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield\, S3 8GG CATEGORIES:Monday Afternoon Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Doris-etching-shop-1.pdf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230417T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230417T160000 DTSTAMP:20260522T062221 CREATED:20220728T112503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T191015Z UID:4003-1681740000-1681747200@sheffieldfhs.org.uk SUMMARY:John Ruskin and Sheffield DESCRIPTION:Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park\, don’t forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number. \nToday\, Ashley Gallant\, Curator of the Ruskin Collection\, Museums Sheffield\, will talk about John Ruskin\, who has an almost legendary status in Sheffield\, with places and institutions named after him. John Ruskin was a Victorian writer who searched for beauty in the world around him and who founded a museum for Sheffield workers who had little to inspire them. He filled it with a collection of artworks\, illustrated books and minerals – the collection is owned by the Guild of St George. URL:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/event/john-ruskin-and-sheffield/ LOCATION:Aizlewood Business Centre\, Aizlewood’s Mill\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield S3 8GG\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield\, S3 8GG CATEGORIES:Monday Afternoon Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/James_Crichton_MacIntyre_A_View_of_Sheffield_From_Psalter_Lane_RESIZED_1024x1024.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230320T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230320T160000 DTSTAMP:20260522T062221 CREATED:20220727T160602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T173705Z UID:3996-1679320800-1679328000@sheffieldfhs.org.uk SUMMARY:Demolished Sheffield DESCRIPTION:Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park\, don’t forget to inform Reception of your vehicle registration number. \n2 pm AGM \nJoin us to hear Mike Higginbottom\, lecturer in social and architectural history for universities and the Workers Educational Association since the early 1970s\, give his presentation on some of Sheffield’s demolished buildings. The focus of Mike’s presentation are the reasons why much loved landmarks are demolished\, as well as querying whether some of them could have had a future. In addition\, he draws attention to some buildings in the city which are currently giving cause for concern. URL:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/event/demolished-sheffield/ LOCATION:Aizlewood Business Centre\, Aizlewood’s Mill\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield S3 8GG\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield\, S3 8GG CATEGORIES:Monday Afternoon Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1106-Sheffield-Norwood-Hall-1976.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230220T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230220T160000 DTSTAMP:20260522T062221 CREATED:20221021T171504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T171504Z UID:8065-1676901600-1676908800@sheffieldfhs.org.uk SUMMARY:Middlewood Hospital DESCRIPTION:Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park\, please notify Reception of your vehicle registration number. \nToday\, Steve Silverstone will give us an insight into the history of the former psychiatric hospital. Opened in 1872 with 720 beds and with a nurses’ home built on site in 1893\, Middlewood was also known as the South Yorkshire Asylum\, West Riding Asylum\, Wadsley and Wadsley Mental Hospital. During the First World War it became the Wharncliffe War Hospital and was designated the Wharncliffe Emergency Hospital in World War Two. URL:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/event/middlewood-hospital/ LOCATION:Aizlewood Business Centre\, Aizlewood’s Mill\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield S3 8GG\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield\, S3 8GG CATEGORIES:Monday Afternoon Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20221021_163600-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230116T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230116T160000 DTSTAMP:20260522T062221 CREATED:20221021T165042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T165042Z UID:8059-1673877600-1673884800@sheffieldfhs.org.uk SUMMARY:The Rise of the Cavendish Dynasty DESCRIPTION:Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park\, don’t forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number. \nJoin us today to hear John B Taylor chart the rise of the fascinating Cavendish dynasty\, spanning 16 generations from the sleepy village of Cavendish in Suffolk and a sheep farm in rural Derbyshire\, to the pinnacle of nobility. URL:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/event/the-rise-of-the-cavendish-dynasty/ LOCATION:Aizlewood Business Centre\, Aizlewood’s Mill\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield S3 8GG\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield\, S3 8GG CATEGORIES:Monday Afternoon Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20221021_162943.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221121T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221121T160000 DTSTAMP:20260522T062221 CREATED:20220808T161627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220813T173145Z UID:4019-1669039200-1669046400@sheffieldfhs.org.uk SUMMARY:The Blitz Ambulance Service DESCRIPTION:Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park\, don’t forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number. \nOur speaker today is Mike Dyson\, local historian and author of ‘The ARP Ambulance Service’\, who will tell the story of the women and men who served in the City’s Air Raid Precautions (ARP) ambulance service during the Second World War. URL:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/event/the-blitz-ambulance-service/ LOCATION:Aizlewood Business Centre\, Aizlewood’s Mill\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield S3 8GG\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield\, S3 8GG CATEGORIES:Monday Afternoon Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_20150111_235304.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221017T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221017T160000 DTSTAMP:20260522T062221 CREATED:20220930T192954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T192954Z UID:4300-1666015200-1666022400@sheffieldfhs.org.uk SUMMARY:Some Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield DESCRIPTION:Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park\, don’t forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number. \nIn a change to our previously advertised programme\, we welcome back David Templeman\, who will talk about some of Sheffield’s oldest suburbs dating back as far as the Domesday book (1086). URL:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/event/some-ancient-suburbs-of-sheffield/ LOCATION:Aizlewood Business Centre\, Aizlewood’s Mill\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield S3 8GG\, Nursery Street\, Sheffield\, S3 8GG CATEGORIES:Monday Afternoon Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sheffieldfhs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image001.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR