Tim Marsh

Another talk by David Templeman, a volunteer Sheffield historian and a Stumperlowe favourite, who periodically visits us to keep us informed and enthused about the unfolding great unheralded history of Sheffield. This time he took us from 1296, when we were a small market town, and when our Tuesday market charter had just been granted, … Read more

There are 165 million cups of tea drunk in the UK each day (!). We all tried a tasty sample from Kenya, prior to the presentation, and if you thought wine-making was an art, then try tea (from the plant known as Camellia Sinensis). Much travelled to many of the tea-producing countries in the world, … Read more

Stephen began his 13th presentation to us since 2001 where he finished off in Part 1 of the talk on the 28/1/13, near Leeds. The exact location being Kirkstall Abbey, built in the 11th century, which is situated  on the Midland Railway line, Leeds to Carlisle section, opened in 1876. The line closed in the … Read more