Events
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Let’s talk of graves
Wilson Carlile Centre 50 Cavendish St, SheffieldThe Annual Conference of the Local Population Studies Society 2019 will take place in Sheffield this year. The theme of the day is ‘Let’s talk of graves’: Mortality and graveyards, c.1700-c.1950'. Attendance is open to anyone and you can download the full programme and a booking form from the Local Population Studies Society website. This is an opportunity […]
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Society April Meeting: Upstairs Downstairs – from humble beginnings to the American Dream
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldThis month we welcome back Jackie Depelle to tell the story of a family's journey from humble beginnings in Britain to fulfilling the much sought after American Dream
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Free Event in Sheffield for Family Tree Maker Software
Croft House Settlement 9 Garden Street, Sheffield, United KingdomMark Olsen of Family Tree Maker will come to teach and interact about Family Tree Maker, DNA, charts, books and many other features of Family Tree Maker. He will spend time discussing all the newest features and will take your questions throughout the presentation. If you are interested he will bring their best conference pricing […]
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Society May meeting – ‘Fraud and bigamy in mid Victorian Britain
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldJoin us to hear Richard Axe talk about the goings on in the world of fraud and bigamy in mid Victorian Britain
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Society June meeting – Music Hall: the singers and the songs
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldOur speaker this month is Ann Featherstone who will introduce us to the entertaining world of music halls, the people who sang in them and the songs they sang
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Bus ride round Attercliffe
Please note this is not organised by the Society http://www.mikehigginbottominterestingtimes.co.uk/?p=6022
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A History of Sheffield Football – Martin Westby
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldCome and hear about how Sheffield started the first football club in the world. Even if you don't follow the game it is a part of the heritage of Sheffield and the start of something very big and maybe one of your ancestors played! Please note the trip usually organised for July has been […]
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Dirty Stop Outs Guide to Working Men’s Club
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldThis month we welcome back Neil Anderson who will entertain us with 'dirty stop out' memories of the glitzy world of working men's clubs in the 1970s.
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Born in Sheffield: A History of Women’s Health Services, 1864 – 2000
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldIMPORTANT MESSAGE The talk on the 21st October 2019 is still going ahead as normal. Please be aware that there is a football match at Bramall Lane but both Sheffield United and the police have confirmed no roads will be closed. We will keep checking and let you know of any changes. This month we […]
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Medieval Christmas
Cemetery Road Baptist Chapel, Napier Street entrance SheffieldTo finish this year's programme of talks and help us get in the 'Christmas mood' Lloyd Powell will give an entertaining insight into the medieval christmas celebrations of our ancestors