Tim Marsh

The Woodland Trust was formed in 1972 as a charitable trust. They now own 1,200 woods covering approximately 75 sqare miles throughout the British Isles, and also work with landowners who own their own woods. With around 300 employees, 300,000 members and many volunteers, they are financed equally by legacies, membership, grants, full-time fundraisers and … Read more

Ian, a renowned local historian, who has appeared on TV & radio, told us the story of a multiple murder, in Mansfield, that occurred in the early hours of 11th August 1895. Henry Wright (H.W.) the lodger, had, allegedly, murdered his landlady, Mary Reynolds aged 48, her 2 children, Big William & Charles, aged 15 … Read more

Our Treasurer, who spoke in Part 1 about his National Service days in an RAF band, agreed at short notice, to entertain us with further yarns of his time in the Service, because the scheduled speaker had become incapacitated. Geoff pointed out that he had obviously not been first choice, as the Chairman admitted he … Read more

Christopher Dorries, the Senior Coroner for Sheffield and Barnsley, was on his second visit to us. This time, he delivered a talk on the so-called ‘Porthole Murder,’ when a 21-year old girl called Gay Gibson (her stage name) disappeared from the MV Durban Castle, a 17,000-ton cruise ship, in 1947, in shark infested waters 90 … Read more

Although David is not a doctor, historian or academic, he retired to Eyam and discovered that the waterfall on the farm he had bought, was the site where  a Matthew Morton had taken up residence, in 1665, with his dog ‘Flash’, to escape the plague, which had killed his wife – or was it? When … Read more

Andy, who is not a policeman, but works for the South Yorkshire Police in the Community Safety Dept. is clearly dedicated and committed to Crime Reduction. Along with giving talks to the general public on crime awareness, supporting victims of crime, detecting crime and liaising with other authorities, he works at the Lifewise Centre at … Read more