History Live   

History Live is the Hollinsclough-based local history group which meets once a month and welcomes guest speakers covering a wide range of topics. Please see this season's programme below.

Membership costs £5/yr, entitling members to £1 discount on each meeting. Non members pay £2.50/meeting including refreshments.

We welcome everyone to these lively and enjoyable occasions. Become a member and join us regularly or just come occasionally to the subjects that interest you most. It’s entirely up to you. We are a very friendly group and enjoy a chat and refreshments, including our famous cakes.

Contact Sue on 01298 83269 for more details

Starting the new season at History Live :-

2 September 2009.  Voices from the Edge -. 

Chris Copp (Staffordshire County Council Museum Officer) & Matthew Blake (Staffordshire Record Office Archivist)  describe life in 3 Staffordshire communities with special emphasis on the ancient parish of Alstonefield.  They illustrate their talk with digital images, artefacts and display panels.

19-20 September   Hollinsclough Reunion

                                         7 October Taximens’ Tales

Oliver Gomersall, local historian from Buxton,  shares stories that span the  days of horse-drawn vehicles as well as those of motorised transport

4 November  The Royal Forest of the Peak

A talk illustrated with  slides by Derek Alsop  lecturer, naturalist and local historian.  

2 December  An Anglo Saxon evening – including seasonal refreshments. 

Harry Ball, writer and linguist,  offers a short introduction to the history of the Anglo-Saxon language with reference to local examples. 

7 January  Social gathering at the Old School House. All members (& guests) welcome.  Please telephone Sue on 01298 83269 to clarify likely numbers.  

3 February .  Macclesfield & Como – Two Silk Towns   A talk with slides  by Richard De Peyer,  Director of  Macclesfield Silk Museum. 

.

              3 March    Industries around Gradbach. 

                     An illustrated talk by Margaret Black  & Eric Wood on local industries such as coal, silk and quarrying.

                       A follow up to their June walk on the same subject.   

7 April 2010  Transport by Packhorse

Writer and local  historian, Howard Smith, shares his newly published  research

on early routes across the Peak District. 

President - Betty

Chair - Sue 01298 83269

Treasurer - Dave 01538 300189

Secretary - Victoria 01298 83721

Publicity - Lynda 01298 83541

Home