Our stall at Ilkeston Library today attracted a lot of attention, with displays on the Ilkeston and Heanor Water Board, Heanor Library, and Shipley. As well as dealing with queries from visitors, we also had a number of old newsletters available, and a collection of...
To celebrate the 120th anniversary of the opening of Ilkeston Library, on 24 August 1904, there will be a local history event on the Friday, from 10.00am till 2.00pm. Heanor & District Local History Society will be there, along with a small display of photographs...
Pride of place in the first display, on the history of Heanor Grammar School, that the Society put on at Heanor Library (in May 2024), were two commemorative plates presented to Geoffrey Stone, B.A., J.P. That display has now been replaced (and we hope to change the...
Walk up Angel Row in Nottingham, past the Bell Inn from the Market Place. You probably won’t notice it, but between the Barnardo’s Charity Shop and Nandos there is a doorway, a door into the past. The Society’s trip this year was a visit to the...
After long discussions with County Library Services, the History Society has now been given the go-ahead to buy a display cabinet for display in the Local History Section at Heanor Library. The first display features the history of Heanor Grammar School – quite...
Only one more indoor meeting to go for the current season – Tuesday 14th May Dr James Wright will give a fascinating talk on “Myth-busting”. A professional archaeologist, Dr Wright will concentrate in this talk on debunking the myths about “secret tunnels”...
