| Date | Speaker | Subject | Branch/Venue |
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| Thu 20 May 2021 | Bernard Cliffe - talk starts at 7.30pm | I see no flags - in which he gives us a history of Liverpool as a port and the shipping companies that use it | Branch:Chorley
Venue:
Online talk via ZOOM - details of access from steve.williams24@gmail.com |
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| Thu 20 May 2021 | Bernard Cliffe - talk starts at 7.30pm | I see no flags - in which he gives us a history of Liverpool as a port and the shipping companies that use it | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
Chorley Branch Online talk via ZOOM - details of access from steve.williams24@gmail.com |
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| Fri 28 May 2021 | Lancashire Archives Lunchtime talks | Looking at Jewish archives for Community History month (starts at 12.30pm) | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
Online talk via ZOOM - details of access from archives@lancashire.gov.uk |
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| Tue 8 Jun 2021 | Paul Robbins | You Stupid Boy -A look back at Britains real Home Guard. originally called the Local Defence Volunteers. A group of doddery old men with a few stupid boys thrown in or Britains last line of defence ? | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
VIRTUAL MEETING BY ZOOM - Log in between 6.45pm and 7.00pm |
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| Fri 25 Jun 2021 | Lancashire Archives Lunchtime talks | Horrockses and international trade - access details from archives@lancashire.gov.uk (starts at 12.30pm) | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
Online talk via ZOOM - details of access from archives@lancashire.gov.uk |
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| Wed 30 Jun 2021 | | Research Night | Branch:Rochdale
Venue:
St Andrews URC Church Entwisle Road Rochdale OL16 2HZ |
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| Tue 13 Jul 2021 | Robert Mee | The Village Lockup - A look at the history and use of village lockups - once a common feature in our communities. | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
Online talk via ZOOM |
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| Wed 28 Jul 2021 | | Out Visit - Details to be advised later | Branch:Rochdale |
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| Fri 30 Jul 2021 | Lancashire Archives Lunchtime talks | Food Related Archives - access details from archives@lancashire.gov.uk (starts at 12.30pm) | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
Online talk via ZOOM - details of access from archives@lancashire.gov.uk |
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| Tue 10 Aug 2021 | John Titterton | Introduction to Heraldry -Heraldry is found in churches, country houses and the high street. this talk gives a background to the use and development of heradry in England for over 800 years | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
VIRTUAL MEETING BY ZOOM - Log in between 6.45pm and 7.00pm |
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| Tue 14 Sep 2021 | John Vigar | Superior Seats Where do we sit in church. This lecture looks at church seating through the centuries from the solid stone benches that made the weak go to the wall to the grand private pews. | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
Online talk via ZOOM |
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| Tue 12 Oct 2021 | Harold Hoggarth | The English Civil War in Lancashire 1642-1644. Lancashire played a leading part in the course of the war in the North of England and so it is worth knowing about. | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
Online talk via ZOOM |
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| Tue 9 Nov 2021 | Dr Mike Winstanley | Happy Days? Elementary schooling, 1818-1918 in the North West. The sorts of schools which existed in the C19 and what they taught. | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
Online talk via ZOOM |
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| Wed 24 Nov 2021 | | Christmas Party | Branch:Rochdale
Venue:
St Andrews URC Church Entwisle Road Rochdale OL16 2HZ |
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| Tue 14 Dec 2021 | Mark Lewis | Cribs, Cards and Christingles - The Origins of Christmas Traditions and Customs -The talk also includes some of the lesser-known folklore including Jesse Trees, Chrismons, Mumming Plays and Wassailing | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
Online talk via ZOOM |
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| Tue 11 Jan 2022 | Dr Ann Featherstone | Here we go again. A brief history of Pantomime peculiarly British tradition, pantomime burst upon the London stage more than 250 years ago.its history from the Regency period to the present day. | Branch:Society Virtual Branch
Venue:
Online talk via ZOOM |
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