Forthcoming Events

All events cost £4 and need to be booked through Danny Wells unless indicated otherwise.

TALKS

‘Cook’s Tours’-The achievements of Thomas Cook and Son in opening up popular travel.

DATE: Tuesday 10 June 2008 (7.30-9.00pm)

VENUE: Long Eaton Library-this is a Derbyshire Literacy Festival event.

FEE: £4/£3 concessions, from any Derbyshire Library or call 08456 058058

Florence Nightingale - ‘The Lady with the Lamp’.

DATE: Thursday 26 June 2008 (7.00-9.00pm)

VENUE: All Saint’s Community Hall, Belle Vue Road, Ashbourne- an Ashbourne Arts Festival Event

FEE: £4 payable on the door.

Ilam- ‘the place where heaven and earth touch’

DATE: Thursday 3 July 2008 (7.00-9.00pm)

VENUE: All Saint’s Community Hall, Belle Vue Road, Ashbourne- an Ashbourne Arts Festival Event

FEE: £4 payable on the door.

 

TALKS & TOURS

Guided Tours of Ashbourne

DATES: Tuesday 24 June 2008;(7.00-9.00pm); Tuesday 1 July 2008. (7.00-9.00pm);
These are  Ashbourne Arts Festival events

VENUE: Meet outside Ashbourne Town Hall, Market Place

FEE: £4, Book through Ashbourne Tourist Information Centre, 01335-343666

 

COURSES

Famous Victorians with Derbyshire Associations

A short course run by Matlock W.E.A.

DATES: Four Saturday Morning Meetings in Spring 2008- -19/4; 26/4; 24/5; 31/5;

VENUE: The Whitworth Centre, Darley Dale nr. Matlock

FEE: Contact Mrs. L. Peat, Matlock W.E.A. ON 01629-650676

The Great War: Shattered Illusions

Through posters, paintings, poetry, sculpture and journalism, this course explores the romanticised image of war on the run-up to 1914, considers later shattered illusions and looks at a range of post-war memorials. Two fieldtrips are planned.

DATES: Ten week course, Monday mornings, commencing Mon. 22 Sept. 2008 (10.00-12.00pm)

VENUE: Burton on Trent Library

FEES: Keele University., Centre for Continuing and Professional Education, 01782-583436

In Darkest England, and the Way Out

This course studies London’s East End, at the heart of Britain’s vast empire in the late nineteenth century, where poverty and crime were manifest and where reformers such as Dr. Barnardo, the Booth’s Salvation Army and Arts and Crafts campaigners helped to build a better world. A fieldtrip is planned.

DATES: Ten week course, Monday mornings, commencing Mon. 19 Jan. 2009 (10.00-12.00pm)

VENUE: Burton on Trent Library

FEES: Keele University, Centre for Continuing and Professional Education, 01782-583436

 

RESIDENTIAL COURSES

‘An Appreciation of the Derbyshire Dales and the Staffordshire Moorlands’.

DATES: Friday 25 - Sunday 27 July 2008

VENUE: Wedgewood Memorial College , Barlaston,Staffs. 01782-372105. e-mail:wedgwood.memorial@stoke.gov.uk

‘The Spirit of the Age’

Victorian Architecture and Art, including a trip to Birmingham

DATES: Tuesday 9- Thursday 11 September 2008

VENUE: Wedgwood Memorial College, Barlaston, Staffs.

FEES: Contact Wedgwood Memorial College, 01782-372105, e-mail: wedgwood.memorial @ stoke.gov.uk

 

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