Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, don't forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number. In 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).

Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, don't forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number. Our 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 […]

Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, don't forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number. Join 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 […]

Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, please notify Reception of your vehicle registration number. Today, 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 […]

Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, don't forget to inform Reception of your vehicle registration number. 2 pm AGM Join 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 […]

Please note new time and venue. If using the adjacent car park, don't forget to notify Reception of your vehicle registration number. Today, 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 […]

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 […]

In 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 in this transformation. Join us to hear Keith Pitchforth give an insight into how Fulwood became the Sheffield suburb it is today.

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 […]