Heanor & District Local History Society
2024/5 Programme
The Society holds its meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month in the Wilmot Street
Community Centre. Meetings start at 7.30pm. All our meetings are very well attended,
and on occasions have been standing-
To get to the Wilmot Street Community Centre, in the centre of Heanor, turn onto
Wilmot Street at the side of the Market Place, directly opposite the King of Prussia
public house; after passing the first junction -
You don't have to be a member of the Society to attend our meetings -
10th September 2024
A (VIRTUAL) WALK ROUND HEANOR CEMETERY
An indoor version of last year’s walk -
8th October 2024
SHIPLEY THEN AND NOW
Alyson Marriott tells us that it’s more than just a hall and a garden centre.
12th November 2024
THE ART OF WORLD WAR ONE
Danny Wells looks at how painting reflected the changing nature of war
10th December 2024
THE MARKET PLACE and LOCAL HERO – WILLIAM GREGG
Two short local talks, by Gordon Shaw and Robert Mee
14th January 2025
THE 1893 LOCKOUT
Paul Jones examines the local impact of this major industrial dispute in the mining industry
11th February 2025
POLITICS, POETRY AND POLAR BEARS
Ian Green looks at the unusual life of John Clarke
11th March 2025
BYGONE SHOPPING IN NOTTINGHAM
Pearson’s, Burton’s, Boot’s, Jessop’s, and the rest. With Chris Weir
8th April 2025
DON’T GET YOUR KNICKERS IN A TWIST
Paul and Janet Barrass on the history of underwear!
13th May 2025
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN – THE END OF A 19th CENTURY HORROR STORY
Stephen Flinders on the development of Victorian cemeteries.
June 2025 (details later)
Visit to WINGFIELD STATION
One of the earliest railway station buildings in the world, and it’s just up the road.
Repression of the miners in 1893, from a Spanish publication, La Ilustración Española y Americana
The Cemetery Superintendent’s house, Marlpool Cemetery, c. 1960
Crowds gather at Shipley on the death of the “last squire”, A.E. Miller Mundy, 1920