In May, we had very interesting talk from Bob Trubshaw on Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland. Concentrating on the Standing Stones, Holy Wells, Ancient Crosses and Medieval Carvings, within the 2 counties and discussing their history and legends and position. There is no meeting in the Hall in June. Instead 44 Members of the Group have booked […]
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Local History – May
We enjoyed a fascinating talk on Mercian Leicestershire given by Peter Liddle. He is an excellent speaker and we will be inviting him back in 2019. The next meeting of the Group is on Tuesday 15th May and we are delighted to welcome as the Speaker, Bob Trubshaw who is the “Head of of Heart […]
Local History – April
On 17th April Peter Liddle will speak on Mercian Leicestershire You can download the programme for 2018 here.
Local History – March
The age of coaching always conjures up a romantic image, but nothing could be further from the truth. At our last meeting, Dr Len Holden gave us a fascinating insight into the rise and decline of the coaching trade in Market Harborough. On Tuesday 20 March, we will welcome Pat Perkins, who will be giving […]
Local History – November Meeting
Thirty five members of The Local History Group met on the afternoon of Tuesday 21st November in the Jubilee Hall of the Congregational Church to enjoy a very interesting and informative talk on the history of LOROS. Our Speaker, Jacky McBlain, also gave us exciting information with regard to LOROS’s plans for Market Harborough whereby, […]
Local History
As you may be aware, we are taking over the roles of Group Leaders of the Local History group from 1st January 2018 and we have pleasure in enclosing a list of speakers for the first quarter of the year: Local history programme 2018 A full list of speakers planned for 2018 will be published in […]
Local History – October meeting
On the afternoon of Tuesday 17th October, twenty-two members of the Local History group boarded a coach and headed off to the Framework Knitters Museum, based in the village of Ruddington, just outside Nottingham. What a very interesting afternoon. The museum is a group of buildings based around a courtyard garden, but we started our […]
Local History – September meeting
They say that the sun only shines on the righteous! Well the twenty-six members of the Local History group must be amongst those numbers as, after days of experiencing dreadful weather, we were blessed with a sunny day for our trip to Lamport Hall. We all enjoyed a wonderful afternoon, being taken around the Hall […]
Local History group outing!
On the afternoon of Tuesday, 17th October, there is a Local History group trip to the Frameknitters Museum which is located just south of Nottingham. We shall be going by coach, leaving Market Harborough at 1pm outside the Market Hall and should be back in Market Harborough around 5pm. The cost of this trip, to […]
Local History – August meeting
On the afternoon of 15th August last, forty-one members of the Local History group met together at the Congregational Church for a fantastic talk from Neil Lyon who is the Assistant Director of the Lamport Hall Trust. Mr Lyon gave his very informative and interesting visual talk for over an hour with no notes. It […]
