THE GREATER WIGSTON
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 
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OUR NEW TALKS LOCATION IS:
 
The Pavilion, The Peace Memorial Park,
Long Street, Wigston.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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
 
THURSDAY APRIL 10TH @10.00AM
Seldon Seen & Unknown Leicester by Judith Proctor
 
THURSDAY MAY 8TH @10.00AM
Wigston as used in  her novels by Ros Kind
 
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
 
THURSDAY OCTOBER 9TH @3.00PM
TITLE TBA 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]
 
 
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Thursday Daytime Talks