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  • 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 famous over the years.

  • 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. He will follow a family of refugees from their home in northern France to the Netherlands, then to Yorkshire and finally gaining safety in a religious retreat in Cambridgeshire. We will hear […]

  • 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 because of their fight for the freedoms enjoyed today. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tea/coffee available & CD/Book Stall.

  • 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 our distant ancestors would have lived some 700 years ago.

  • 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, and the combined experience of contributors will be a great help in finding solutions to whatever has brought your research to a shuddering halt.

  • The history of the census

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

    Speaker - Simon Pawley. Simon will cover census history from Domesday Book, through subsequent collections of data and on to the Napoleonic wars and the need to establish potential soldier numbers. The familiar census format started in 1841 and he will talk on the evolution of our national census. There will also be advice on […]

  • The life and times of Mary Attenborough

    Leicester Oadby Tennis Club Oadby Granville Tennis Club, Leicester Road, Oadby, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Speaker - Richard Graves. Mary Attenborough, the mother of the naturalist David Attenborough, was a Leicester philanthropist, working for child refugees and child welfare in general. Richard will be telling her remarkable story. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tea/coffee available & CD/Book Stall.

  • The country railway station

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

    Speaker - Brian Johnson. Brian is well-known for his comprehensive knowledge of historical businesses and locations across Leicester. In this talk he will focus his attention on the country railway station: how it functioned, who worked there and what they did. He will also touch on record sources useful in your research.

  • Leicester’s boot and shoe trade

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

    Speaker - Brian Johnson. Leicester was once world-famous for the size and quality of its boot and shoe manufacturing trade. Brian will be describing the origins and growth of the industry, leading to its eventual decline. He will also offer insights into the workplace of an industry in boom. Doors open at 7pm for a […]

  • Richard III in the East Midlands

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

    Speaker - Mike Burton. Mike will be speaking on the effects that Richard III had on the East Midlands, beyond his famous involvement at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.

  • The work of the Leicester City, Leicestershire & Rutland At Risk War Memorials Project

    Leicester Oadby Tennis Club Oadby Granville Tennis Club, Leicester Road, Oadby, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Speaker - Robin Jenkins. Many of the fallen are remembered on smaller war memorials scattered around the county. Sadly, these can be at risk of becoming damaged or lost. Robin is an active member of the project and he will be explaining their work - past, present, and future. Doors open at 7pm for a […]

  • Plum puddings and barbed wire

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

    Speaker - Robin Jenkins. Robin is an acknowledged expert on military matters, and this talk will cover experiences in the trenches of World War 1. An opportunity to learn not only what our ancestors endured but also to find out about sources that can help to add colour to the stories of our own ancestors.

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