Here is a list of all our all our previous talks – Over 400 in total!! You can use the Search function for key words (magnifying glass in our menu).
Thank you to all the Speakers we have had over the years.
Driven by one of her children to have a hive, Christine finds herself many years later with nearly 50 and has become thoroughly absorbed in the workings of the bee. The questions kept coming but Christine was Queen Bee for the morning and coped with them all. She said we must look after our bees … Read more
As a librarian and now researcher, Suzanne’s knowledge of her subjects is extensive and she delivers it with huge enthusiasm. A most interesting step back in time – but not that long ago – revealed that hygienically we have come a long way in recent times!
Ironman, Marathon man, marmalade maker extraordinaire and now sailing – it there anything this man won’t take on? Some quite superb pictures of his trip on the Boston to South America leg of the Global challenge. A late taken place meant that he was not quite as prepared as he would have wished never having … Read more
Super traveller John Gilleghan returned to Stumperlowe to take us on the safest trip to the troubled Middle East. His many slides covered a trip to Petra at the time of the Syrian troubles so whilst he was concerned back then, we were all very relaxed as he took us all to Petra!
The symbols that adorn so many churches are painting a story of the events of the Bible, much like a comic does today, because in the early days so many people could neither read nor write. The quality of Pat’s pictures of the symbols in many churches in Yorkshire were only matched by his encyclopaedic … Read more
Mike spent his working life in education and he came upon Thornbridge Hall when it was owned by Sheffield City Council and used as an educational centre. He clearly became very fond of the place and his pictorial tour of the hall took us from the early days in the 12th century when it was … Read more