All Future Events

This page lists all the events that we will plan to undertake. You can select any particular type of event by using the “Categories” pull-down list immediately below.

Apr
23
Wed
Meeting: “Robert Adam – Architect to the Nobility” (4th Wednesday, not 3rd) @ Oatlands Club
Apr 23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Tony Burkitt will talk to us about Robert Adam, the great Georgian architect and designer, whose work and inspiration is still with us today

May
7
Wed
Meeting: “Clifford’s Tower” @ Oatlands Club
May 7 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Karen Adams will return to talk about Clifford’s Tower in York – don’t say you’ve never climbed it!

May
21
Wed
Meeting: “The Bradford Canal” @ Oatlands Club
May 21 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Stuart Lines will talk about the rise and fall of the Bradford canal – how the canal system reached the city of Bradford and why it died.

Jun
4
Wed
Meeting: “The Crimes of Dr Gramshaw” @ Oatlands Club
Jun 4 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The author Rosemary Cook will tell us about Dr Gramshaw, who was a successful family doctor in Yorkshire for thirty-five years, until his final desperate actions brought his professional and personal life crashing down around him

Jun
18
Wed
Meeting: “The History of the Circus” @ Oatlands Club
Jun 18 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Steve Ward has has a PhD in the social and cultural history of the circus and has several books on the subject.  He is bound to open our eyes to many little facts about circus life

Jul
2
Wed
Meeting: “The Archbishops of York” @ Oatlands Club
Jul 2 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Maybe not  quite you expect.  Malcolm Walker will visit us to take a satirical swipe at the second most senior prelate in the Church of England

Jul
16
Wed
Meeting: “The History of the English Canals” @ Oatlands Club
Jul 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Eric Jackson will return, this time to talk about the history of the English canals and their place at the centre of the Industrial Revolution

Aug
6
Wed
Meeting: “An A to Z of Full- and Part-Time Tales” @ Oatlands Club
Aug 6 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Paul Whitely will entertain us with a variety of tales on various topics

Aug
20
Wed
Meeting: “Family History” @ Oatlands Club
Aug 20 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Michael Goodliffe will be talking to us about his experiences in tracing family histories, and the sorts of steps to follow

Sep
3
Wed
Meeting: “Imperial Airways, 1924 to 1940” @ Oatlands Club
Sep 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Our very own Peter Rix will be speaking to us again, this time on the history of Imperial Airways, an organisation whose role matched its name