The dates, subjects and speakers
of up coming public talks.
All talks are held from 10.30am-12 noon at the new venue; The Rain Building (map here)
Membership for full season of 8 talks £11 or £1.50p per talk. Visitors welcome.
Our talks for the coming season
21st January 2012
- Graham Barnes’ talk on ‘Rotherham United Football Club post – 1945’ (2nd part)
18th February
- Joint meeting with the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society, featuring a talk by Mike Taylor on ‘the Sheffield and South Yorkshire navigation’
17th March
– TBC
21st April
– Jim Beachill will talk about his book ‘The Terrible Yorkshire Pit Disaster; Cadeby Main Colliery’.
May
– Our AGM, featuring Tony Grice’s talk; ‘The History of the Feoffees in Rotherham’.
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Archive
15th January 2011
“The Wapentake of Stafford and Tickhill” By Kenneth Elliff
19th February
"How the Walker Family Lived, Worked and Worshipped" by Graham Hague
19th March
“Discover South Yorkshire Churches” By Pat McLoughlin
16th April
“Wincobank Hill—The legacy” by Penny Rea
21st May
AGM - slideshow of Old Rotherham
17th September 2011
"Tackling Smallpox in London, Sheffield and the Rotherham area 18th - 20th century" By Tony Dodsworth
8th October
"From Deer Park to Diving Pool - The Story of a Prime Development Site" by Alice Rodgers
19th November
"South Yorkshire Railway Rambles" by Stephen Gay
10th December
"The Families of Clifton House" by Terry and Alicia Barber
(2010)
17th April 10.30am
“The History of Rotherham United FC” by Graham Barnes
15th May 10.30am
AGM followed by “Elizabeth Parkin of Ravenfield Hall” By Lance Sanderson
8th September 2010 10.30 am
"Fellowship, Feasts and Finance: The History of Friendly Societies in Rotherham" by Paul Eyre
16th October 10.30 am
"The History of Aston Manor 1066 - 1928" by Ann Keys
20 November 10.30 am
"The Life of Earl Effingham and todays changes to Boston Castle" by Janet Worrall
11 December 10.30 am
"The History of Rotherham United Football Club 1945 - today" by Graham Barnes
(2007 - 2009)
19th September 10.30am
“The Life of Thomas Rotherham” By Joyce Williams
17th October 10.30 am
“Round Rotherham – K’berworth, Masbro’, Holmes to Rotherham” By Graham Hague
21st November 10.30am
“The Two Roche Abbeys” By Alice Rodgers
12th December 10.30am
“The Implacable Dr. Shearman, R’ham’d 1st Medical Officer of Health” By David Hyland
16th January 10.30am
“The Early Medieval Lords of Sheffield” By Lloyd Powell
20th February 10.30am
“Wortley Top Forge” By Derek Bayliss (joint meeting SY Ind Society)
15th November
"Walking the Boundaries of Treeton” By Hedley Frost
13th December
“The Development of Greasbrough from 1700” By Tony Dodsworth
