In case you didn’t know, Little Chester has a thriving local history group. The Group meets at The Chester Green Community Centre, Old Chester Road , Derby starting at 7.30 pm
Visitors £2 per meeting. Please note that the 15th November meeting has been moved to St. Paul’s Church Hall.
Membership £6 per year.
Why not give it a try!
The meeting schedule and guest speaker are:
DATE
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TITLE
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SPEAKER
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2012
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September 20 | SS Titanic- Causes for the disaster |
Helen Monk
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October 18
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Shipley Country Park-Shadows and Shades
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Mrs Mu Stubbs
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November 15
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Central School and links with Chester Green at ******St. Paul’s Church Hall********
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N Clarke, Group member
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2013
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Jan 17
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Life and Times of a Farrier/Social Evening. Members only
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Doug Bradbury
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Feb 21
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Local Mountain Rescue– History & Development
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Robin Knott
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March 21
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Vic Hallam & His Building Company.
From Chicken Coops to Schools
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Robert Mee
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April 18
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St Petersburg-Venice of the North
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Cathy McAteer
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May 16
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Arabella Stuart- The Queen that never was
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David Templeman
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June 20
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AGM then a talk-
From Bean To Bar- The World of Chocolate
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Master Chocolatier- Barry Colenso.
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July and August
Visits
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Moravian Settlement Ockbrook and Staunton Harold Hall(Provisional;). Details later.
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I attended Helen Monk’s talk on the Titanic on September 20th – it was brilliant. You could have heard a pin drop in Chester Green Community Centre. She is fountain of knowledge and told the story with lots of colour add interest. Thank you to Helen, and to the Little Chester History Society