THE GREATER WIGSTON
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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OUR NEW TALKS LOCATION IS:
PLEASE NOTE TALK START TIMES:
OCTOBER TO MARCH OPEN 2.30PM – TALKS START AT 3.00PM
APRIL TO SEPTEMBER OPEN AT 9.30AM – TALK STARTS AT 10.00AM
THURSDAY JANUARY 9TH @ 3.00PM
CHANGE OF SPEAKER......
Two Sides of The Law by Mark Startin
Two 19th Century characters – “Tanky” Smith and James Hawker
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13TH @ 3.00PM
Ernest Gimson by Rowan Roenisch
Early influences and how he came to build Stoneywell
THURSDAY MARCH 13TH @ 3.00PM
CHANGE OF SPEAKER....
The History of The Red Cross by Sue Meeks
Sue worked for the Red Cross for 30 years
TALKS FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER WILL BE IN THE MORNING
THURSDAY APRIL 10TH @10.00AM
Seldom Seen & Unknown Leicester by Judith Proctor
THURSDAY MAY 8TH @10.00AM
Fictional Wigston by Rosemary J Kind
Many places have a life in fiction. Sometimes it is overt, with the place being named and appearing as a fictionalised version of itself. On other occasions it appears in disguise, the inspiration for a location otherwise named. Wigston has been both of these things in the novels of Rosemary J. Kind
– join us to find out more.
THURSDAY JUNE 12TH @10.00AM
Leicestershire’s Wartime Airfields by Brian Johnson
THURSDAY JULY 10TH @10.00AM
The Rise and Fall of Stephenson's
Leicester Swannington Railway by Malcolm Riddle
THURSDAY AUGUST 14TH @10.00AM
Simon De Montfort by Stephen Marquis
The only commoner, apart from Oliver Cromwell, to ever rule England.
Almost certain that men from Wigston would have died either at the Battle of Lewis or the Battle of Evesham fighting alongside him.
Simon de Montfort's Rebellion (along with Magna Carta, 1215) had a profound effect on the political consciousness of Leicestershire’s (and across the country) labouring classes, resulting in them acting increasingly as an independent political force, which culminated in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
In the context of his time, Montfort can only be described as a political revolutionary; the reforms of his short rule transformed the country's political landscape, the impact of which still dominates today.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH @10.00AM
LEGAL LEICESTER :THE STREETS AND
VOICES OF LEICESTER GREYFRIARS by Iain Jones
It gallops thought the greyfriars precinct from Richard III's burial in the friary choir stall to dissolution and then redevelopment in the 18th century ; our research 2015-2020 with Jane Kennedy comprised some 25 interviews with members of the local legal profession and some of their illuminating and varied stories . The talk is about both the buildings of Greyfriars and the people who worked and lived there in the second part of the 20th century before it was again re- developed this century .
TALKS NOW REVERT TO AFTERNOONS
THURSDAY OCTOBER 9TH @3.00PM
Shackleton's Lost And Forgotten Men by Stuart Mucklejohn
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13TH @ 3.00PM
More Than “Jam and Jerusalem” by Sue Lobb
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Thursday Daytime Talks 2025
