| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Convenor: |
Lucy C
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| Convenor: |
Judy S
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| Group email: | Local History group |
| When: | Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am 4th week |
| Venue: | Wollaton Library |
| Cost: | £1 when at Library, for room rental and refreshments |
Photos by Lucy C.
Note: Our numbers are restricted to 25 because of room capacity. If you are interested in joining the group, please contact convenor Lucy C to check for space, using the email link above. If we are full, you will be placed on the waiting list.
We have a combination of meetings, which are held at Wollaton Library, and trips out to locations of local interest.
Calendar for 2026
| January 22nd Library talk 🗣️ | February 26th Trip 🚗 | March 26th Library talk 🗣️ | April 23rd Trip 🚗 |
| "The Meadows" by Graham W £1 room hire/ refreshments Organised by Lucy C | Nottingham Industrial Museum £2 entry Organised by Lucy C and Judy S https://nottinghamindustrialmuseum.org.uk/ | **Change of venue - see below** "The Luddites, with a local emphasis" by Lynette H £1 room hire/ refreshments Organised by Lucy C | Papplewick Pumping Station, plus optional underground Reservoir tour £9 each (min. 15 visitors); £5 extra each for Reservoir tour Organised by Allan B https://papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk/ |
| May 28th Library talk 🗣️ | June 25th Trip 🚗 | July 23rd Library talk 🗣️ Home Histories | August 27th |
| "Who lived in the Admiral Rodney?" by Julia K £1 room hire/ refreshments Organised by Lucy C | Clifton Village, led by Graham W No charge Lifts to be arranged https://www.clifton-village.org.uk/ | "All Things Australian" by Maxine T and other members. Stories of ancestors and relatives who emigrated there - or were transported! £1 room hire/ refreshments Organised by Judy S | No meeting |
| September 24th Trip 🚗 | October 22nd Library talk 🗣️ | November 26th Library meeting 🎄 | December 24th |
| St Anns Allotments Tour details here STAA website: https://staa-allotments.org.uk/ | "Nottingham School of Art" by Daryle G and Lucy C £1 room hire/ refreshments Organised by Lucy C | Planning meeting and Quiz £1 room hire/ refreshments Organised by Judy S and Lucy C | No meeting |
** March 26th venue change: Due to the temporary closure of Wollaton Library, our March meeting will be at St Thomas More’s Catholic Church Hall, Glenwood Road, Wollaton, Nottingham, NG8 2GA.
The hall is on the 30-bus route, about an 8-minute walk from Wollaton Library, and we will have access to the hall car park.
The cost will be £1.50 for this session (10.30-12.00). The talk will start at 10.45am.
Some highlights from 2025:
- Wollaton Hall. Talk by Andrew Hamilton
- Trip to National Galleries of Justice
- Home Histories. Presentations by group members: Leeds/Stoke-on Trent/ Port Sunlight.
- Trip to The Park led by Graham Woodward
- Trip to Taylors Bell Foundry Loughborough
In 2024 we enjoyed:
- Nottinghamshire Asylums talk by David Stewart
- A visit to the University Archives
- Notts Women’s History Group - ‘The Clergyman the Widow and the Milkman’ talk
- A visit to the new Central Library and Local Studies centre
- A visit to Wollaton Park Walled Garden with Andrew Hamilton
- A guided tour around the Lace Market with Graham Woodward
- A visit to Newstead Abbey Costume Archive
- A visit to the Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum
- A talk on Nottingham Theatres and Music Halls by Graham Woodward
- Review of the year, a quiz with fuddle and Planning for 2025
