- Loxley: Wanderings in a Curious ValleyA talk by Peter Machan Part of the Nether Edge Festival Thursday 19 September 19:30 – 21:00 From Robin Hood to the greatest flood in England’s history. This fully-illustrated talk is based on Peter’s recently-published book on the Loxley Valley, featuring the diverse landscape and the historic and dramatic events of Sheffield’s most curious and least well-known valley. Kenwood ...
- Only Hunter’s Hallamshire?Tuesday 16 July at 7.30 in the Kenwood Hall Hotel A talk by Julie Banham £5 on the door Joseph Hunter (1783 – 1861) was a Unitarian Minister and antiquarian best known for his book Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York (1819). The Hunter Archaeological Society, which studies and ...
- Sweet RemembranceThe Confectioners of Sheffield General Cemetery Sweet Remembrance: The Confectioners of Sheffield General Cemetery Date – Tuesday 23rd January 2024, 7.30 – 8.45pm Cost – £5 (cash only on the door, no online booking) Venue – Kenwood Hall Hotel, Kenwood Rd, S7 1NQ Confectioner researcher, Andrew Littlewood, will shed light on the stories of some Sheffield confectioners who now rest in ...
Local History Talks and Lectures
We have provided evenings of short History Talks for the Nether Edge Festival on a wide range of topics including; A History of Brincliffe Woods; The Drabble Family of Writers; The History of the Bowling Club; A Wartime Evacuee in Nether Edge and Silversmith Joyce Himsworth.
Occasional lectures began at the Bowling Club in 2019 with Peter Machan’s illustrated lecture on Mary Queen of Scots in Sheffield. We are currently hosting a series of talks at the Mercure Sheffield Kenwood Hall Hotel, such as Annie the Bustle Lady’s talk on the Wonders of Gas!