Past Programmes

2025 Programme

21 Jan	AGM and viewing of archival material
18 Feb	Paul Downing – James Webb Space Telescope – Just what have we learned so far?
18 Mar	Trevor Gilman – The story of Buxton’s Crescent
15 Apr	Jayne Borrowdale and Julia Bigley – Journeys of discovery
20 May	Andy Smith – Women in Antarctica
17 Jun	Sylvia Mason – The Pentrich Revolution – England’s last armed rebellion
15 Jul	No Meeting
19 Aug	No Meeting
16 Sep	Brian Gillham – Why did Henry Frederick Stuart not become King Henry IX?
21 Oct	Richard Cornish – A return to tales of the toybox – The stories behind some more popular toys and games
18 Nov	Dan Hamer – Geology and landscape evolution in the White Peak
16 Dec	Christmas meal

2024 Programme

16 Jan	AGM and Archive Evening
20 Feb	Joan Clough – The Farms and Mills Of Brough
19 Mar	Paul Downing – The History of the Telescope
16 Apr	Martin Rowley  – The History of the Sheffield Gangs
21 May	Evelyn Harris – The History of Flowers
18 Jun	Members’ Evening
16 Jul	No Meeting
20 Aug	No Meeting
17 Sep	Tim Knebel – The Peak District’s Pauper Past
15 Oct	Joanna/Peter Mackey – Local Carols
19 Nov	Neil Roberts – The Conquest of Mexico
17 Dec	Christmas meal

2023 Programme

17 Jan	AGM
21 Feb	Paul Downing – Images from the Beginning of Time
21 Mar	Ken West – Christchurch to Stonehenge – A Neolithic Paradise
18 Apr	Marcus Newton/ Julie Charlesworth – Women’s Suffrage in Sheffield
16 May	Richard Cornish – Tales From the Toy Box – The Stories Behind Some of the Most Popular Toys and Games
20 Jun	Peter Wallis – The £10 Immigrants
18 Jul	No Meeting
15 Aug	No Meeting
19 Sep	Jerry Youle – Archaeological Digging in a War Zone – Iraq, 1988
17 Oct	Tim Knebel – In Pursuit of a Peak District Pensioner Criminal
21 Nov	Brian Gillham – History of Oswald House, The Hills, Bradwell
19 Dec	Christmas

2022 Programme

18 Jan	AGM
15 Feb	Liz And Paul Downing – A Cortijo in Southern Spain
15 Mar	Marcus Newton – A Tour Through 900 Years of Sheffield History
19 Apr	John Monahan – Gibbet Rock
17 May	Brian Gillham – Move the Orchestra – The Life of a Forgotten Genius
21 Jun	Richard Cornish – 10 Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About the Crusades
19 Jul	No Meeting
16 Aug	No Meeting
20 Sep	Frank Parker – Memories of a Lost Valley
18 Oct	Brian Salisbury – The Industrial Revolution – How a Frenchman Helped Nelson to Win at Trafalgar
15 Nov	Jill Salisbury – 17th – 19th Century Irish Slaves – Truth or Myth?
20 Dec	Christmas meal

2021 Programme
2020 Programme
2006 Programme
2005 Programme
2004 Programme
2003 Programme
2002 Programme
2001 Programme
2000 Programme
1999 Programme
1998 Programme
1997 Programme