Events
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Doris Walsh – The Last Little Mester
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldJoin 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 […]
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Fulwood – An Illustrated Talk
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldIn 1880, Fulwood was a small collection of houses and outlying farms. Over the next 50 years it was transformed into a prosperous suburb. The talk will illustrate significant steps […]
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Visit to Sheffield Cutlers Hall
Sheffield Cutlers Hall Church Street, SheffieldThis year our annual visit is to Sheffield Cutlers Hall on 17 July, meeting at 1.45 pm for 2 pm start. The tour will take approximately an hour and a […]
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Wagon and tilt – the English portable theatre and family history
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldTo start our new programme of talks, we welcome back Dr Ann Featherstone. Portable theatres were part of the travelling entertainment community from the 18th century and, like showmen and […]
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The ‘Hidden Messages’ in the Portraits at Hardwick Hall
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldJoin us to hear Maureen Taylor talk about how the 16th century saw an explosion in portrait painting, which mainly started during the reign of Henry VIII and his promotion […]
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A Yorkshire Year: Folklore, Customs and Traditions
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldTo accompany her new book, Catherine Warr delves deeply into Yorkshire folklore, customs and traditions, discusing what it is, how it was collected and what it tells us about the […]
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Buried deep but not lost forever: discovering your ancestors last resting place
Your own homeZoom talk Discovering an ancestor's death record is often the final step, but fnding their burial place can reveal valuable insights. This presentation by Linda Hammond guides us on narrowing […]
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Lost Sheffield: Portrait of a Victorian City
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldThe Sheffield city centre which was familiar to our Victorian predecessors has largely been lost to us. Through the work of Sheffield Victorian Photographers, Peter Machan recreates the experience of […]
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Inspector Hopkinson’s Discovery
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldAnd now for something completely different! Ian Morgan presents the sad and tragic tale of one night's events in 1895. You are the jury in this true story of murder. […]
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Sheffield’s Ancient Suburbs – Part 2
Aizlewood Business Centre, Aizlewood's Mill, Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG Nursery Street, SheffieldDavid Templeman returns to talk about some more of Sheffield's oldest suburbs dating back as far as the Domesday Book (1086)