Programme for 2007-2011
Visitors welcome. Meetings normally start at 7.30 pm.
Further details: Pam Kerby 01283 730287
2012
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15th May
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AGM - King Arthur - Ivor Smith (Burnaston Village Hall)
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17th April
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Bess of Hardwick - John Hawkins (Chapel Schoolroom)
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20th March
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Gypsum in The Dove Valley - Dr. Noel Worley (Chapel Schoolroom)
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21st February
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Robert Bakewell, Wrought Ironsmith - Richard Stone (Chapel Schoolroom)
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17th January
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Egginton and Egginton Dairy - Tony Wassell (Chapel Schoolroom)
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2011
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20th December
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Members’ Social Evening (Burnaston Village Hall)
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15th November
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Annual Lecture - Researching and Writing the Industrial History of Derbyshire
Michael Smith - (Frank Wickham Hall)
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18th October
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The Luddites “Let’s have a riot” - Chris Weir (Chapel Schoolroom)
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20th September
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Iron Age Forts in Derbyshire - Dr. Jim Brightman (Chapel Schoolroom)
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19th July
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Conducted Walk of Friargate Station - Keith Blood (The Arches on Friargate)
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21st June
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Duties of a High Sheriff - Sir Henry Every (Chapel Schoolroom)
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17th May
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A.G.M. - Egginton Heath - Roger Dalton (Burnaston Village Hall)
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19th April
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Canal Boat People - Dr Wendy Freer (Chapel Schoolroom)
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15th March
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Along The Portway, Derbyshire’s Oldest Road - Barrie Lings (Chapel Schoolroom)
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15th February
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Maps Through The Ages - Richard Stone (Chapel Schoolroom)
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18th January
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Build me a Cathedral! - Graham Barfield (Chapel School Room)
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2010
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21st December
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Seasonal Social Evening at Burnaston Village Hall (Members Only)
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16th November
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Annual Lecture - Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War - Clive Tougher
(Frank Wickham Hall)
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19th October
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Jesse Boot, founder of “Boots” - Chris Weir (Chapel Schoolroom)
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21st September
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Beauvale Priory and the Manor of Etwall - Marie Roberts (Chapel Schoolroom)
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20th July
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Conducted Walk at Mackworth - Don Farnsworth, meet at 7pm
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15th June
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Burnaston Past and Present - Chris Hall and Mick Gray (Chapel Schoolroom)
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18th May
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A.G.M. - talk by Ivor Smith on The Saxon Angle (Burnaston Village Hall)
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20th April
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Local Place Names - Paul Cullen (Chapel Schoolroom)
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16th March
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Railways Revered - Stewart Rayner (Chapel Schoolroom)
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16th February
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Lording it at Etwall, The Sleighs and The Cottons - Richard Stone (Chapel Schoolroom)
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19th January
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Newspapers and Local History - Ruth Gordon (Chapel Schoolroom)
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2009
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15th December
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Season Social Evening (Burnaston Village Hall)
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17th November
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Annual Lecture - South Derbyshire Itinerary - Philip Heath (Chapel Schoolroom)
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20th October
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Operation of the Poor Law in Etwall Parish - Dudley Foulkes (Chapel Schoolroom)
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15th September
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Derbyshire Customs and Traditions - Norma Costerdine (Chapel Schoolroom)
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21st July
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Visit to Derby Musem and Library 2.30 pm - Lucy Salt to talk on Joseph Wright
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16th June
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Early Years at John Port School - Malcolm Sykes (Chapel Schoolroom)
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19th May
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A.G.M. followed by talk by Stewart Rayner on Churches and Parsons (Burnaston Village Hall)
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21st April
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Visit to Biffa composting Plant - Danny Tadd
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17th March
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Closure of Etwall Hospital - Heather Cook (Chapel Schoolroom)
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17th February
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Medieval Hunting Parks - Sue Woore (Chapel Schoolroom)
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20th January
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Derbyshire Windmills - Alan Gifford (Chapel Schoolroom)
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2008
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16th December
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Season Social Evening Burnaston Village Hall
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18th November
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Annual Lecture - The Sherwood Foresters in World War 1 or the ‘Wipers Times’ (The Frank Wickham Hall)
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21st October
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Turnpikes, Turmoil & Taxes - John Hawkins (Chapel Schoolroom)
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16th September
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Local Manorial Records – Roger Dalton (Chapel Schoolroom)
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15th July
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Conducted walk around Swarkestone - Barbara Foster (Crewe and Harpur Arms Carpark)
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17th June
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The Fauld Explosion - James Major (Chapel Schoolroom)
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20th May
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A.G.M. followed by talk by Martin Lawson on Roman Food (Burnaston Village Hall)
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15th April
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Visit Claymills Pumping Station - conducted tour and talk by Andrew Parsons on archives relating to Etwall Sewage Farm
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18th March
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17th C. Handwriting - Dudley Fowkes (Chapel Schoolroom)
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19th February
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Talk and conducted tour of Library and archive with Mr. Paul Stevens at ReptonSchool.
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15th January
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Tracing Family History – Talk by Sue Brown (Chapel Schoolroom)
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2007
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18th December
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Seasonal Social Evening at Burnaston Village Hall (Members only)
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20th November
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Annual Open Lecture – Trevor Brighton – Civil War in Derbyshire (Frank Wickham Hall)
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16th October
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Etwall’s War Memorial – Marianne Pritchard Jones (Chapel Schoolroom)
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18th Sept
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Display of Archives relating to Project (Chapel Schoolroom)
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23rd August
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No meeting
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17th July
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History of Education in Etwall Anne Owen (Chapel Schoolroom)
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19th June
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Philip Heath – tour and talk at Sharpe’s Pottery, Swadlincote
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