• Celebrities in WW1

    Oakham The Methodist Centre, Northgate, Oakham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Speaker - Mark Gamble. It is surprising how many of our well-known celebrities served during this conflict. Mark will be telling the stories of some of them and how they […]

  • John Flower, Leicester artist

    Leicester Friends’ Meeting House Friends' Meeting House, 16 Queen’s Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Speaker - Leigh Picciano Moss. John Flower was a landscape and architectural artist, known around the city as "the Leicester artist". Leigh will be guiding us through John's life and […]

  • Researching history from newspapers

    Market Harborough Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire

    Speaker - Denis Bates. Newspapers are a wonderful source of information that may not appear in any of the more traditional genealogical sources. They are essential in trying to flesh-out […]

  • Wellington’s worst scrape

    Oakham The Methodist Centre, Northgate, Oakham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Speaker - Carol Dival. Wellington is famous for his leadership at the Battle of Waterloo, but Carol - a Napoleonic War expert - will be telling the story of the […]

  • Racism, violence, sex: an alternative history of Americans in Leicester

    Leicester Friends’ Meeting House Friends' Meeting House, 16 Queen’s Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Speaker - Dr. Liam McCarthy. Dr. McCarthy is a Honorary Fellow of the University of Leicester School of History Politics and International Relations. In this talk he will present an […]

  • External features of Victorian houses

    Leicester Friends’ Meeting House Friends' Meeting House, 16 Queen’s Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Speaker - Colin Hyde. As you walk along a street of Victorian houses, it can be striking how much variation there can be in design, layout and decoration. Colin will […]

  • Thomas Cook

    Market Harborough Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire

    Speaker - Susan Barton. Thomas Cook was well-known for their travel business, and Susan will be telling the story of their founder and how the business came to be so […]

  • Problems for immigrants 1600s to 1700s

    Hinckley Green Towers, Hinckley Club 4 Young People, Richmond Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire

    Speaker - Nigel Mann. Nigel will be exploring the problems and challenges faced by immigrants in Britain through the 17th and 18th centuries. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm […]

  • Leicester’s infidels

    Leicester Friends’ Meeting House Friends' Meeting House, 16 Queen’s Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Speaker - Ned Newitt. Ned is a well-known historian and speaker, and this talk will look at the 'infidels' of Leicester. These freethinkers risked imprisonment, lost jobs and were ostracised […]

  • Life in Oakham in 1300

    Oakham The Methodist Centre, Northgate, Oakham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Speaker - Gareth King. An opportunity to visit medieval Oakham and discover not only what the town was like so long ago, but also to learn about the lives that […]

  • Challenges and Solutions

    Market Harborough Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire

    An evening of opportunity to bring along and share challenges and barriers that you have encountered in your family history research. There will be open and friendly discussion and debate, […]

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