Sunday, 20 December 2015
Monday, 30 November 2015
Cheshire Pubs and Pub Signs 26th November
This month's speaker was local historian Tony Bostock. Tony gave a well attended meeting a two part talk. The first part was a social history of drinking, with taverns, ale houses, beer houses, inns and public houses, in England from Roman times to the present. In the second half, Tony gave us a whistle stop tour of the more ancient and famous Cheshire pubs and their histories, whetting our whistles for future excursions.
Tony has his own website http://www.tonybostock.com/
Tony has his own website http://www.tonybostock.com/
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Crewe - The Railway Colony, 22 October
David Cooke's talk described the establishment and development of the 'new' town of Crewe in rural Cheshire by the Grand Junction Railway Company in the early and mid 19th C. David, who was born in the Colony, gave a fascinating overview of the Company's control and paternalism, their town planning, their architecture and services all much advanced for the times, and the class system where workers knew their place and home. David also outlined the sad demise of the Colony as the Railways ceased to be a major employer and as much of this early Victorian settlement was demolished to make way for late 20th C developments.
Saturday, 17 October 2015
The Changing Face of the District
The Changing Face of the District - an idea for a project.
The main stay of the Society's activities is the series of talks by invited speakers. Although these are always well received, it would be great if members could also do some research and share some local history. The recent study on Tilstone Fearnall school was a success.
We propose that that we look at the changing face of our neighbourhood. It is surprising how many changes have occurred over the past few decades. New by-passes, housing developments, and schools have arrived. Pubs, post offices, chapels, and businesses have disappeared. Even the street furniture has changed.
We feel it is important to capture these changes, both by recording what is here now and by capturing people's memories. Future historians will struggle if they have no records.
Can we start this project in an informal way by asking members to choose some topics and to gather information. The use of modern technology, eg our weblog and the 'cloud', allows us to store and share documents and photographs. We have added an extra page to this weblog to record our findings.
We will launch this initiative at the October meeting, we will follow the progress of this project throughout the year and have a presentation at the AGM in May.
The main stay of the Society's activities is the series of talks by invited speakers. Although these are always well received, it would be great if members could also do some research and share some local history. The recent study on Tilstone Fearnall school was a success.
We propose that that we look at the changing face of our neighbourhood. It is surprising how many changes have occurred over the past few decades. New by-passes, housing developments, and schools have arrived. Pubs, post offices, chapels, and businesses have disappeared. Even the street furniture has changed.
We feel it is important to capture these changes, both by recording what is here now and by capturing people's memories. Future historians will struggle if they have no records.
Can we start this project in an informal way by asking members to choose some topics and to gather information. The use of modern technology, eg our weblog and the 'cloud', allows us to store and share documents and photographs. We have added an extra page to this weblog to record our findings.
We will launch this initiative at the October meeting, we will follow the progress of this project throughout the year and have a presentation at the AGM in May.
Crewe - the Railway Colony, David Cooke Thursday 22 October
Our next talk is 'Crewe - the Railway Colony' by David Cooke. This talk is about the early development of the "new town" of Crewe once the Railway Company had decided to make the area its HQ for engineering etc. in about 1840. David Cooke, originally from the Potteries, is a local Historian and member of Crewe and Nantwich U3A Local History Group where he regularly gives presentations on subjects of Local History and he also conducts tours of places of interest in the Potteries and surrounding area. As usual, the talk will be at 7:30 in Tiverton Village Hall and non-members are very welcome.
Friday, 25 September 2015
Florence Nightingale and our new season
We were pleased to welcome so many members after the long 'summer' break when the Society held its first meeting of this season on 24th September.
Our opening talk was 'Florence Nightingale' from Professor Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead from the University of Chester's Faculty of Health and Social Care.
Elizabeth presented a very understanding view of this well known Victorian lady. She explained how Florence, who came from a privileged and well-connected family, was one of a small group of women determined to progress in what in those times was an even more male dominated world. Fortunately Florence had a father who ensured she had a good education and who supported her independence allowing her to gain experience and be in a position to make her illustrious contribution in the Crimean war. Leading a small group of nurses, and with limited resources, Florence developed the facilities and organisation to care for the wounded soldiers. On returning to England, Florence applied her knowledge and insight into establishing nursing as a profession.
The Faculty of Health and Social Care runs a Historical Society for those with an interest in medicine, nursing, midwifery and social work. They run talks, open to the public, and they have a museum. Please click on Museum and talks for more details. If members are interested we should be able to organise a group visit to the museum in Chester.
Our opening talk was 'Florence Nightingale' from Professor Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead from the University of Chester's Faculty of Health and Social Care.
Elizabeth presented a very understanding view of this well known Victorian lady. She explained how Florence, who came from a privileged and well-connected family, was one of a small group of women determined to progress in what in those times was an even more male dominated world. Fortunately Florence had a father who ensured she had a good education and who supported her independence allowing her to gain experience and be in a position to make her illustrious contribution in the Crimean war. Leading a small group of nurses, and with limited resources, Florence developed the facilities and organisation to care for the wounded soldiers. On returning to England, Florence applied her knowledge and insight into establishing nursing as a profession.
The Faculty of Health and Social Care runs a Historical Society for those with an interest in medicine, nursing, midwifery and social work. They run talks, open to the public, and they have a museum. Please click on Museum and talks for more details. If members are interested we should be able to organise a group visit to the museum in Chester.
Saturday, 29 August 2015
This year's programme
We are pleased to say we have now finalised our programme for the coming season.
Go to the Programme 2015/2016 tab above to see what Bob Welch has arranged.
We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday September 24th when Professor Elizabeth Whitehead will be telling us about Florence Nightingale.
Go to the Programme 2015/2016 tab above to see what Bob Welch has arranged.
We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday September 24th when Professor Elizabeth Whitehead will be telling us about Florence Nightingale.
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