Directory of Previous Talks

This talk, given the full title of “Is this police brutality? – Insights from an inquest following the death of a man in custody,” was a true case of a man dying shortly after being admitted to hospital, following an incident where police had subdued him by using tasers. Those attending the talk were invited … Read more

After his visit to us a year ago, Neil Hanson was best known to us as a former owner and proprietor of Britain’s highest pub, the Tan Hill Inn. He kept us laughing on that occasion with his story (Inn and Out at the Top, as he called it) of tight-fisted farmers, eccentric characters, bizarre … Read more

Keith Pitchforth came to Sheffield to study Computing and Information Technology in 1975. Following his degree course, he taught the subject for many years and by his own account, retired early. With some time on his hands, he became a scout leader, and it was through his desire to make the Remembrance Service at the … Read more

Our own member Graham Blincow gave us a fascinating insight into the world of radio – from Guglielmo Marconi’s patent of 1896 to the present time – but it was the period of Graham’s own involvement and the introduction of local radio in the 1960s and 1970s which prompted the talk’s title. BBC Radio Sheffield … Read more

The purpose of this talk was largely to enlighten we locals as to why Sheffield should be acknowledged as the home of Association Football. An early game played with a ball was being played in the Americas 3,000 years ago, and in China around 2,000 years ago. Even in this country a few hundred years … Read more

This week we were given an illuminating and informative talk around the question of “Who Invented Stainless Steel”? This is often claimed to have been Sheffield’s own metallurgist Harry Brearley. However the story as outlined in Peter’s talk gave a wider view of developments across a number of years within the broader steel industry, prior … Read more