Some dates for your diary if you’re interested in local history – Stone Historical and Civic Society have a packed programme of talks coming up over the next 12 months.
All the talks will be held at St Michael’s Hall in Lichfield Street, starting at 7.30pm. Annual membership of the Society is £15 (which gives free entry to all of the talks), while admission to non-members (who are always welcome) is just £2 per talk.
One of the talks is from Alan Appleby, who restored a historic flint mill in Stone with the help of TV architect George Clarke. It made for a brilliant TV programme on Channel 4, and Alan will be talking about the project on 17th February next year.
For more information, email stevebooth46@hotmail.com
Wednesday 16th September
Lester Stuart – Living in Nazi Germany as a Jewish family
Wednesday 21st October
Dr. Philip Morgan – St. Wulfad & Stone
Wednesday 18th November
Levison Wood – The Duchess
Wednesday 16th December
Harry Gillow – The Battle of Waterloo
And looking ahead to 2016…
Wednesday 20th January
Eric Pemberton – At Loggerheads with the Enemy
Wednesday 17th February
Alan Appleby – Forgotten But Not Gone – The Restoration of the Flint Mill in Stone
Wednesday 16th March
Shaun Farrelly – The Yarnfield Railway At War
Wednesday 20th April
Philip Leason – My Old Oak
Wednesday 18th May
Anthony Poulton-Smith – When Nature Called
Wednesday 15th June
Steve Booth – Lidice – its destruction and how the people of North Staffs. helped it to live again
