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All meetings, unless otherwise stated, are held at University Primary Acadamy Weaverham ( Formerly known as Wallerscote Community School ) at 7.30 pm on the second Tuesday of the month.

Free to members of Weaverham History Society and students. Vistors are requested to pay £2 at each meeting.





Programme 2014 - 2015

2014

9th September
Geoff Crompton
Amateur historian & author
"Paddy Green has a lot to answer for..."
A talk concerning the 34 Moulton men killed in both World Wars.
14th October
Mark Bevan
Journalist & former editor Northwich Guardian
"Murder he Wrote - th ICI scandal" 
Incredible events at the formation of ICI in 1926.
11th November
Professor Ian Morison
Jodrell Bank
"The history of the universe"
9th December - Christmas Party
Jean Finney
Singer, sonwriter & artist
"The origins of nursery rhymes"
Please note that this is a private party for members and their guests. An additional charge for food will be payable. Venue to be confirmed.

2015

13th January
Alan Hayward
Chairman, Macclesfield Historical Society
"MBs in Europe"
A talk concerning two early female Eqyptologists.
10th February
Mr Michael Crumplin
Curator, Hunterian Museum and retired surgeon.
"The bloody fields of Waterloo - medical support for Wellington's greatest battle"
10th March - Annual General Meeting
Hugh Beggs
Retired scoolmaster
"Hedges round edges"
What part have hedges played in Cheshire's dairy farming.
14th April
Keith Warrender
 
"Manchester oddities"
A talk concerning the bizarre & eccentric local curiosities.
12th May
Gavin Hunter
Local Historian
"Lord of the Isles"
The changing fortunes of Lord Leverhulme's ownership of the Outer Hebrides.
9th June
Major (ret'd) Eddie Pickering, MBE, ARCM
Curator Cheshire Military Museum
"The history of the Cheshire REgiment"
14th July
Dr Georgina Muscatt
Curator of Antiquities, National Museum of Liverpool
"The Land of Labyrinth : Minoan Crete"