We have received a grant from the Big Lottery Fund for equipment for our organisation. |
Social and Family History
About the GroupThe Social and Family History group meets on the third Monday in the month at 2pm
in the Methodist Church Hall. Our
numbers vary from 25 to 10 members, but as our topics stand alone, folks can
dip in and dip out of our sessions (grandparent duties and hospital
appointments permitting!). We
started 2016 with Illegitimacy, Marriage and Legalities, attitudes to
which have changed greatly over the years. We also heard some more Foundling
Stories based on information from the Foundling Museum in London. Round
the Table sessions always prove popular, where we all contribute to the same
topic and we have enjoyed 4 such sessions this year: A
House that I Remember (
from 2 up, 2 down houses to mansions) An
Ancestor that is not Mine (Not my Relly!) (we researched folks with a name from our families, some
of whom were famous!) Show
and Tell (Members
brought in the most amazing artefacts to relate their story) Stories
of a familiar Town or Village (this
took us all over the world). Two
members gave informative presentations on the local villages of Wysall and
Keyworth: we enjoyed seeing old photographs and hearing about the stories which
went with them. We finished for the
Summer on a very topical note: Refugees a topic very ably researched by
one of the group, which gave us a fascinating history of peoples who had come
to our shores over the years. |