Tickhill & District Local History Society

The next meeting will take place on Thursday 19th January 2012

Mike Oliver will give a talk entitled "The Discovery of the Lindholme Trackway"

We meet in the Methodist School Room at the rear of the Methodist Chapel on Northgate starting at 7.30

Visitors are always welcome

Programme for 2011 - 2012

15th September 2011

AGM followed by a talk by Mike McCoy on Medieval Tanning in Tickhill

20th October 2011

A Sniff of Snuff with Jenny Stacey

17th November 2011

Excavations at Rotherham Minster - Deborah Moretti

15th December 2011

Christmas Social and Buffet at the Millstone  including "Who do you think they are?" with Frank Morley

19th January 2012

The Discovery of the Lindholme Trackway - Mike Oliver

16th February 2012

"Not of this Parish" - Gordon Taylor

15th March 2012

Mediaeval Architecture of Lower Fishergate, Doncaster - Jane McComish

19th April 2012

15th Century Table Manners - Linda Brook

17th May 2012

The Mediaeval Way of Death - Jean Townsend in costume

Programme for 2010 - 2011

16th September 2010

AGM followed by "Rockingham Pottery" - a talk by the Leader Brothers

21st October 2010

"Saucy Seaside Postcards" - Roy Newman

18th November 2010

"Mary Queen of Scots" - David Templeman

9th December 2010

Christmas Social Event at the Millstone, Tickhill -  "Mystery Boxes" with the Leader Brothers

20th January 2011

"A Barber Surgeon's Tales" - Chris Felton

17th February 2011

A Night in the Archives - T&DLHS Members

17th March 2011

"From Trenchers to Coffins" - Mediaeval Cookery with Jane West

21st April 2011

"India to Pegasus Bridge" - a talk about a World War II Denaby Hero by Sylvia Atkinson

19th May 2011

"Plagues and Potions" - Eric Houlder

Summer Visits - 2010

10th June - Gainsborough Old Hall

 The tour was guided by Sue Allen who provided the splendid entertainment at our Christmas Social. The £12 cost covered a cream tea, coach fare, driver's tip and a donation to Gainsborough Old Hall.

8th July - Mrs Smith's Cottage, Naveby near Lincoln (Cancelled)

Mrs Smith lived in the cottage until her death aged 102. She resisited change and so this home provides a wonderful insight into living conditions in the 1920s since when it has been virtually unchanged.

Programme for 2009 - 2010

17 September 2009        AGM, followed by The Revd Canon Gordon Taylor: 900 Years of St Mary’s Church

22 October 2009            Maureen Taylor: Elizabethan Costume (please note date - 22nd not 15th)

19 November 2009        Carolyn Dalton: Origins and Meanings of South Yorkshire Place Names

10th December2009      Christmas Social at The Millstone - with the gracious presence of Lady Rose

21 January 2010            Frank Morley: Interesting Burials in South Yorkshire

18th February 2010      Henry Corey Garner: WW II Rations CHANGE to PROG                                            

18 March 2010              TDLHS Members: An Evening in the Society Archives

15 April 2010                Roy Taylor: Taylors Tales: A History of Taylors of Tickhill

20 May 2010                  Rosemary Preece: A Woman’s Role in the Mining Industry

We attach for historical interest ( ! ) the programmes for 2008/2009 and 2007/2008 

SUMMER VISITS - 2009

WEDNESDAY 17TH JUNE - SOUTHWELL WORKHOUSE - DISCOVER THE WORKHOUSE

We enjoyed a private visit to the Workhouse during which we were "booked in" as would the unfortunates of times past.

Southwell is the best surviving workhouse in Britain so that we could imagine what life was like for the 19th century paupers who lived there. It was built in 1842, introducing a harsh and revolutionary system which was designed to cut the cost of caring for the poor. The system was later adopted across a national network of over 600 union workhouses.

Following in the paths of the paupers we explored the segregated work yards, dormitories, dayrooms, the master's quarters and cellars, and then, in the 19th century working garden, we saw what food the paupers would have grown and eaten.

This establishment influenced the New Poor Law Act and brought bureaucracy to a head and struck fear into the hearts of so many people.

WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY - ABBEYDALE INDUSTRIAL HAMLET

A guided tour of Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.

Programme for 2008 - 2009

18 September 2008        AGM, followed by David Adgar: Sacred Places – Special 

                                     People (Wentworth)

16 October 2008            Ian Morgan: Footpads, Kings and Highwaymen

20 November 2008         Tony Barber: History of Doncaster Racecourse

26 November 2008                Social event at The Millstone, 7.30 p.m.

15 January 2009            Peter Robinson: Archaeology in and around Tickhill up to

                                    410 A.D.

19 February 2009          Maureen Hambrecht: Up Before the Beak

19 March 2009              Hedley Higgins: A Tickhill Childhood

16 April 2009                The Revd. Richard Plant: Old Coins

21 May 2009                 Howard Smith: The Story of the English Inn

Programme for 2007 - 2008

 20 September 2007        AGM

Tony Sheridan: The Merry Wives of Doncaster

18 October 2007            Julie Harrop: Cusworth Hall – The Refurbishment

15 November 2007        John Cowie: Tickhill’s Missing Men?

6th December 2007             Christmas Social at The Millstone, Tickhill

17 January 2008            Howard Smith: The Story of the English Inn

21 February 2008          Garry Swann: History of Doncaster Infirmary

20 March 2008              Malcolm Dolby: The Contents of the English House 1500-                                    1750

17 April 2008                Steve Payne: Tickhill - Then Now and Future: Our Website

15 May 2008                 Christine Greenwood: Clumber Park & the Newcastle Family