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  • The History of the Humble Fork and Fun Quiz *CANCELLED*

    Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance Sheffield

    *THIS MEETING IS CANCELLED* Join us for a talk illustrated by physical artefacts in the form of various types of cutlery, given by Paul Iseard, Friends of Portland Works and take part in a light hearted fun quiz

  • Sheffield Family History Fair *POSTPONED*

    CROWNE PLAZA ROYAL VICTORIA SHEFFIELD HOTEL Victoria Station Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    *POSTPONED TO 2021.   NEW DATE TO BE ARRANGED* The society is pleased to announce that it will be holding its next family history fair at the Royal Victoria Hotel on the 2nd May 2020. Exhibitors Booked for the Fair Ancestral Routes Bradfield Historical Society Barnsley Family History Society Chesterfield and District Family History Society Chris […]

  • Away From It All *CANCELLED*

    Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance Sheffield

    *THIS MEETING IS CANCELLED* This month we welcome back Mike Higginbottom who looks at the history of leisure away from home, covering the spas and watering places that rich people frequented from Tudor times onwards and the seaside holiday towns which grew up in Victorian times when the railway system enabled ordinary working people to […]

  • Mi Amigo *CANCELLED*

    Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance Sheffield

    *THIS MEETING IS CANCELLED*  Barry Darwin is a new speaker to our programme and tells the story of Mi Amigo, the World War 2 American flying fortress B17 bomber which crashed in Endcliffe Park in February 1944, killing all 10 crew members and narrowly missing children who were playing in the park.

  • CANCELLED

    Visit to Sheffield Town Hall

    Sheffield Town Hall Pinstone Street, Sheffield

    "THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED TILL FURTHER NOTICE"

  • Talks programme for the remainder of 2020

    Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance Sheffield

    Due to the ongoing situation regarding Covid 19 and concerns for the safety of Members, the Committee has decided to cancel the talks programme for the remainder of 2020. We hope you are all keeping safe and well and look forward to seeing you again in 2021.

  • Zoom Meeting – Zion Graveyard

    Your own home

    MEMBER ONLY MEETING Penny Read, Chair of the Friends of the Zion Graveyard, will give a talk about how the group fought to save the graveyard in Attercliffe and the notable people who are buried there, including Mary Anne Rawson, a leading light in the abolition of slavery. NB    Not a Member?  Please see the Membership […]

    Free

  • Fools and Horses: The Victorian Circus (talk on Zoom)

    Your own home

    MEMBER ONLY MEETING Join us to hear Dr Ann Featherstone talk about the history of the Victorian Circus, which is one of high success and dreadful failure, of fires, falls and fabulous feats.  The talk provides a fascinating insight into this little known aspect of Victorian entertainment. NB   Not a member?  Please see the Membership […]

  • ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN GENEALOGY – ZOOM MEETING

    Your own home

    MEMBERS ONLY   Dr Penny Walters, author of 'Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy' will discuss what ethics and morality mean and what they have to do with genealogy   NB   Not a member?  Please see the Membership section of the website for information on how to join

  • Visit to National Memorial Arboretum

    In anticipation of a resolution to the Covid19 situation we are arranging a day trip by coach to the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas on 26th June 2021. Whilst the military aspect of the NMA is obvious there are also gardens dedicated to pre/neonatal deaths, the Home Front, Bevan Boys, the Burma Railway and much […]