Priories Historical Society Meetings 2016

Thursday 5^th May Professor Ian Rotherham talks on ‘Robin Hood – fact or myth’. Well-known author, broadcaster and expert on Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood deciphers the myth from reality from the medieval stories of Nottinghamshire’s best known outlaw.

Thursday 2^nd June Bassetlaw Museums Sam Glasswell talks on ‘Local Saxons and Vikings’. Sam is an eminent local authority on the area and talks about life after the Romans and the later settlement of the Vikings.

Thursday 7^th July Return of the nationally acclaimed folk singer Pete Castle plays and tells tales of traditional English folk songs in his ‘Heroes and Villains’ talk.

Meetings begin at 7.30pm at ‘The Innings’ on Gloucester Road, Worksop S81 0RS. Entry is only £3.

Events - Priories Historical Society Talks (May to July 2015) Worksop

May 7th The Copper Kettle Club Margaret Harrison. You think you know your notts history but do
you? The weird and wonderful! But what is true and what fiction. A history quiz with a difference.

June 4th. Sam Glasswell of Bassetlaw Museum talks on how they put exhibits together and how they conserve artifacts and look after them

July 2nd. Pete Castle. Folklore expert and musician. Folklore lies or legends? How reliable are folk stories and legends? Are they tools for history and research. Talk with plenty of examples some local. Sometimes they are nonsense and sometimes nuggets of information which you don't get in proper history.

Events - Priories Historical Society Meetings for 2015 (Worksop)

Inspector Hopkinsons Discovery March 5th
Willy Callow; Diary of a Local Miner by Jim Russell April 2nd
Prehistoric England by Pat McLaughlin October 1st
Scrooby Manor by Sue Allen November 12th

Events start at 7.30pm at the Innings, Gloucester Road, Worksop S81 0RS. Entry is only £3 and there will be a bar on. There is also a large free car park outside.

Event -Inspector Hoskins Discovery (Worksop)

Inspector Hoskins Discovery

1895 - he opened the police station door to be faced with a completely naked, except for a pair of socks, Henry Wright! His throat cut and a child in his arms on fire! The rest of the family were already dead. Did Henry Wright kill them all - you decide after hearing the evidence. 

Event start s at 7.30pm Thursday March 5th at the Innings, Gloucester Road, Worksop S81 0RS. Entry is only £3 and there will be a bar on. There is also a large free car park outside.

Talk - The Life and Times of Queen Victoria By Pat McLaughlin (Worksop)

Pat returns to give a talk on the life of one of Britain’s most renown monarchs. The talk will delve into the early years of Victoria’s life explaining how she became Queen. The talk will also delves into Victoria’s relationship with Prince Albert and how she interacted with the other European monarchies.


The talk starts at 7.30pm on Thursday 5th February at the Innings Public House, Prospect, Worksop S81 0RS. Entry is only £3 and there will be a bar on. There is also a large free car park outside.

Talk - Worksop and District History in Pictures (Worksop)

Our secretary, Pam Cook will be giving a talk on the local places of interest around Worksop. 
 
The talk starts at 7.30pm on Thursday 4th December at the Innings public house, Prospect, Worksop S81 0RS. Entry is only £3 and there will be a bar on. There is also a large free car park outside.

Talk: The History of English Law (Worksop)

Priories Historical Society's own Mike Langley gives a whirlwind tour of the evolution of the English legal system from pre-Anglo-Saxon times to the present day.

With some curious and interesting facts along the way -such as what did the term to be "hung, drawn and quartered" really mean, the true story of "Sweet Fanny Adams" and the man who beat the hangman's rope- "three times Lucky Lee".

The talk starts at 7.30pm on Thursday 6th November at the Innings public house, Prospect, Worksop S81 0RS. Entry is only £3 and there will be a bar on. plenty of parking outside.