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Our monthly newsletters vary in size, and we occasionally publish a supplement as well – these are usually printed editions, but now and again they might only be available digitally via the website, for a variety of reasons.
In November 2021, we published a very large supplement on the life and RAF career of Denis Lloyd: click on the photo on the right to access this.
December 2021 saw a musical supplement – again, click on the image to go to the page.
Find and Contact Us The map below shows the Wilmot Street Community Centre (the red “home”...
The 2025 Heanor History Calendar is now available. Priced only £5.00 plus p&p. A4 size, there...
The Changing Face of Langley Mill & Aldercar Our newest publication (April 2016) In 1983, the...
The Changing Face of Heanor Town Centre Published in September 2014 In 1983, the Heanor and...
A new edition (September 2011) of our first and popular publication… The first full publication of...
In July 2009, the Society published this booklet on the history of an almost forgotten firm: The...
"Follow the Master: A History of Heanor Grammar School, 1893 - 1976" is the definitive...
The Heanor and District Local History Society has been publishing books on the area since 1977....
Programmes since 2003, but without illustrations, are kept on the site, partly to remind us who we...
The Society holds its meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month in the Wilmot Street Community...
Once or twice a year, in June and/or July, we arrange visits of historic interest for our members....
Although the Society was formed in 1968, it was not until January 1970 that the first newsletter...
Although our newsletters are not available online, the index to them is, and can be downloaded by...
Members receive newsletters nine times a year (from 2007/8) as part of their membership - if...
Latest News
The Langley Methodist Church held a regular gala or carnival during the 1950s, and this...
Our stall at Ilkeston Library today attracted a lot of attention, with displays on the Ilkeston...
To celebrate the 120th anniversary of the opening of Ilkeston Library, on 24 August 1904, there...
Pride of place in the first display, on the history of Heanor Grammar School, that the Society put...