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
Stephen Marquis
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH @10.00AM
Legal Leicester – The Streets and Voices of Greyfriars by Iain Jones
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
£4 Donation Per Person - Book on 07702 127313
Or Email: [email protected]
Thursday Daytime Talks 2025
