Directory of Previous Talks

Tricia has been coordinator of Sheffield Street Pastors for about 5 years. All of the Street Pastors are Christians who have a genuine concern for their communities and are volunteers from local churches. After a comprehensive training course, teams go out at night to engage with people where they are, on their ground and on … Read more

Sheffield based, Steve turned a hobby into a business.  Wildlife photography is his real passion and he says he is an intuitive and not a technical photographer.  He started his talk by saying there was a kaleidoscope of wildlife and scenery around the Sheffield area.  He demonstrated this by showing a photograph of his back … Read more

Ann, who is a local Sheffield University history graduate, chose a career as a history teacher. With her obvious passion for the history of Dronfield she is now the Archivist for the Old Dronfield Society, which was formed in 1968. The culmination of all the Society’s efforts is now coming together with the Dronfield Heritage … Read more

Many of us would walk three to ten miles and think that we had done well, but how about 215,000 miles in forty years of walking! John started life having a disruptive childhood.  Born in London, he came to Sheffield and attended Westbourne School when he was six and a half.  He was not the … Read more

This is basically a true storey based on the diaries of two Chesterfield lads called Clifford Lone and Jimmy Tate.  Jimmy was 15 years old when he lied about his age and signed up. James Clark donned the uniform of an army private of WW1 and demonstrated the basic equipment and weapons issued to a … Read more

Just eleven months ago we had a riveting talk by Christine called “Brown Hares In The Peak District” and if anything this talk was even better. The story was about a Peak District River called the River Bradford in the White Peak. We were taken on a journey from its source in Gratton Dale through … Read more