Don’t Forget your Ration Books!
Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BDThis month we have Michael Murphy, a former history teacher, giving a fascinating talk on ration books.
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Was Cheshire historically a Northern, a Midland or a Welsh-border County?
Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BDOur talk this month is given by Professor Graeme White, Emeritus Professor of Local History at Chester University, Editor of the Journal of Cheshire History and President of the Chester Society for Landscape History. Professor White has written many books on medieval history including one on Cheshire's own Magna Carta.
Canal Boat Trip
A trip on the Llangollen Canal from Trevor Basin over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. Two alternative dates Saturday 23rd or Sunday 24th June. Click on this link for a map: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit-pdf/Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct_Canal_World_Heritage_Site.pdf Please book at a History Society Meeting.
The Duke of Reichstadt
Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BDOur speaker this month is John Michael Corfe who will be talking about Napoleon II. Francois Joseph Charles Bonaparte, the son of Napoleon Bonaparte was raised in Austria and taught initially to speak of his father as "the enemy". He died at the age of 21, it is thought of…
Talk: Physick, pothecary or chirurgeon? – uncovering Cheshire’s medical men and their work.
Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BDSpeaker: Claire Moores. Independent history researcher
The life and engineering of Thomas Telford
Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BDMichael Anthony Blackburn will be focusing on Telford's growth and pushing the boundaries of new technology and new materials at many locations across the UK. The talk will be illustrated by his own photographs of Telford's structures and locations.
The restoration project of the steamship Daniel Adamson
Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BDPresented by Stuart Wood and Bob Connell and with other volunteers from the Daniel Adamson Preservation Society, we will be given insights into the preservation of this wonderful steamship now based at Liverpool.
The impact of the Civil War on Christmas
The Lighthouse Church Lane, Weaverham, United KingdomThis Christmas we will be at the Lighthouse ( Formerly Church House ) where Bob Thomas will be telling us about all things festive, or not so festive during the Civil War. He has a particular interest in the Civil War and especially what it meant for the common man.…
Cheshire’s Ancient Mariner – The life of Sir George Beeston
Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BDSir George Beeston can be regarded as a Tudor hero who fought against the Spanish Armada with Drake, Hawkins and Frobisher. This month Tony Bostock, a well known local and family historian, will be filling in the details of this man's remarkable life.
The Great War Tommy
Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham, CW8 3BDThis month our speaker Owen Powell - who is a senior member of the First World War living history society and the author of 'Snapshots from the Boer War', will be illustrating his talk with uniforms, equipment, weaponry (deactivated) and ephemera from that conflict.