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"