Articles about events.
To welcome in 2025 we have Ken Pye returning to tell us about Liverpool’s drinking establishments through the ages, with some fun stories about the city’s pubs. I am sure that although you might be passing through a dry January you will be able to vicariously enjoy the talk! The…
Owing to a change of dates our November talk on Trinity House has had to be postponed. Instead we have Mark Relf, a military and naval researcher, who will, appropriately, be talking about the history, development, current projects and types and dates of commemorations of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission,…
Our October meeting will be held on Tuesday, 8 October at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BD. Our speaker will be Robert Knowles, Chair of the Oxton History Research Group who will be telling us about Edith Smith, Oxton’s pioneer police woman. This meeting will…
Hello everyone I do hope that you have had a brilliant summer but are now looking forward to activities this autumn. At the moment there are the Heritage Open Days which last from 6-15 September. Heritage Open Days is England’s largest community led festival of history and culture, involving thousands…
A fun story about Benjamin; from being a lad in Rochdale, via a time fighting in the Napoleonic Wars, to all his ‘dubious’ activities in Manchester that Del-Boy Trotter would have been proud of! The story closes with an unexpected twist as his long-suffering wife has the last laugh! Our…
There is no History Society meeting in August, but we still have places available for our trip by coach to the Black Country Living Museum at Dudley on Wednesday, 7 August 2024. This trip is really good value for money at only £35 per person, which includes admission and the cost…
The next meeting of the Society will be on Tuesday, 9 July at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, CW8 3BD. For the last meeting of the season we have Steve Warbis from the Macclesfield Astronomical Society, who will be telling us in a simple way the…
The next meeting of the Society will be held at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, Cheshire, CW8 3BD on Tuesday, 11 June at 7.30 pm. Our speaker for June is Dr Graham Dodd, who is closely involved with the Nantwich Museum as a Trustee and who is also Vice…
May 14th 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham,, Cheshire, CW8 3BD Angela Brabin, retired solicitor with an MA in History and the author of ‘The Black Widows of Liverpool will talk about the trial of Dr Tomanzie. Dr Tomanzie practised as a Doctor in Victorian Liverpool. Dr Tomanzie…
April is here at last to greet the longer evenings of spring and with that positive outlook we can look forward to the next meeting of the Society will be held on Tuesday, 9 April , at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road. This month we have…
