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  • Visit to Sheffield Cutlers Hall

    Sheffield Cutlers Hall Church Street, Sheffield

    This 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 half, followed by refreshments. The cost for Members is £10 and £15 for non-members, payable in advance. If you are interested, please contact: Joanne email […]

  • Wagon and tilt – the English portable theatre and family history

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

    To 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 circuses, often were family concerns. Portable history, however, is much less well-known and understood. This talk aims to put that right through the perspective of […]

  • The ‘Hidden Messages’ in the Portraits at Hardwick Hall

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

    Join 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 of Hans Holbein. Only the very rich could afford to have their portrait painted and as wealth was demonstrated through them, people would have worn […]

  • A Yorkshire Year: Folklore, Customs and Traditions

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

    To 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 people who lived in the past. Going beyond simply listing old traditions, the talk explores the very topic of folklore and traditions itself.

  • Lost Sheffield: Portrait of a Victorian City

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

    The 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 a walk through the city centre as seen through the eyes of our great grandparents.

  • Inspector Hopkinson’s Discovery

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

    And 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. Was Henry Wright guilty of calculated murder, or was he insane? Was Jack the Ripper at large once more? See if you agree with the […]

  • Sheffield’s Ancient Suburbs – Part 2

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

    David Templeman returns to talk about some more of Sheffield's oldest suburbs dating back as far as the Domesday Book (1086)

  • Sheffield Cathedral – 800 years of Sheffield history in one building

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

    A talk by Janet Ridler which looks at how Sheffield has developed from Saxon times up to the present day and how the City's history can be traced within the walls of the cathedral.

  • Curiosities and Connections (Derbyshire and South Yorkshire)

    Accompany John Taylor exploring the strange, happy and tragic coincidences of history and circumstance. This talk provides a unique look at some of the locations we take for granted, linking underlying themes to places, names, events and historical fact.