Working Together: What We Do Best Elections for Community Directors
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Working together: what we do best Volume 2, Issue 12, August 2016 Elections for Community Directors at INSPIRE INSPIRE is the newly created organisation set up to run the Nottinghamshire County Library Service and Nottinghamshire Archives. The libraries, archives and local studies departments are all vital, essential resources for all of us who are involved in local or family history and we need to show our support as much as we can. Please get involved. Join INSPIRE. Have a say in how INSPIRE is run by voting in the elections for community board members. Only registered members of INSPIRE are able to vote. To read the candidate manifestos and to vote, please visit the website https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/ before Midnight on Monday 19 September. Results will be announced one week later. Non-members can join and then vote. So, it isn’t too late to sign up. Our colleague Richard Gaunt is standing for one of these community board positions and NLHA are fully supporting his bid in order to ensure that someone with a local history/heritage background represents our community and works for all our interests at INSPIRE NLHA Autumn Day School at Ravenshead on Saturday 22 October 2016 between 10:00am and 4:00pm. For this Day School we have adopted the theme of Food History we will look, over time, at the introduction, preparation and use of various items of food and drink now taken for granted plus some recent hot & spicy introductions. We will also examine the cultural, economic, environmental, and sociological impacts of food. What did we do before Walter Raleigh brought us the potato from the New World? Did you know that It was not until the 15th century that “breakfast” came into use in written English to describe a morning meal? Did you know that there is evidence of an Etrusco-Roman noodle made from the same durum wheat used to produce modern pasta: it was called "lagane"? East Midlands History & Heritage Magazine, Issue 3 out now! Copies available at your local library, at Beeston Heritage Open Days, at Martinmas Fair and at NLHA Day School. FREE Copies for local history groups are available from John Parker [email protected] Also available on-line at: http://eastmidlandshistory.org.uk/magazine-issue-3/ Speaking Clock's Third Voice to join the BHI Museum The British Horological Institute Museum, based at Upton Hall, near Newark, Nottinghamshire are delighted to announce that BT have formally donated the original Speaking Clock machines from 1936 and 1963 to the museum, where they have been on loan and on display for almost thirty years. BT will also be donating a digital Mark IV Clock, from 1985 … Read more. The D. H. Lawrence Festival of Culture Thursday 25 August - Sunday 18 September 2016 Celebrate one of the UK’s most controversial authors in and around his hometown of Eastwood. A programme of talks, exhibitions, readings, special events and workshops will explore the different facets of D.H. Lawrence’s works and personalities. Previous events have seen special exhibitions of some of Lawrence’s rare writings and paintings. … Read more. Heritage Open Days 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th September 2016 Heritage Open days are an annual national celebration of England's fantastic architecture, culture and history, offering FREE access to properties and events that are not normally open to the public or normally charge admission. Beeston and District Heritage Open Days Group is promoting this year's programme of local events in South Broxtowe and West Nottingham in conjunction with local societies. Events are also taking place in Nottingham Central Library, Worksop Library, Nottinghamshire Deaf Society, St Anns Allotments and at many more sites throughout the City and County… Read more. Museum Set for Special 45th Anniversary Garden Party The Framework Knitters Museum in Ruddington is busy preparing for their fifth annual August Bank Holiday Garden Party – which this year marks an extra special occasion, as 2016 commemorates the 45th anniversary of the museum’s birth in 1971. The popular family event, which takes place on Monday 29 August from 11am to 4pm, includes live music from local artists … Read more. The Last Journey of the Magna Carta King On the 800th anniversary of the death of King John in Newark Castle Collingham and District History Society has arranged for Stephen Church, Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia, to give an illustrated talk in Newark Town Hall on Wednesday 19th October at 7:15pm Afterwards there will be a buffet and wine. Tickets priced £10 will be on sale at The Palace Theatre Newark. Entrance will be by ticket only and numbers are limited so please book early. More information from Martin Anderson 07988786288 or www.collingham-history.org.uk. … Read more. I Remember When, Beeston and District LHS Beeston and District Local History Society's new publication will be officially launched by the Mayor of the Borough of Broxtowe, Councillor Graham Harvey, as part of Heritage Open Day at 10.30am on Saturday 10 September 2016 at Barton’s PLC, High Road, Chilwell. 'I Remember When' is a collection of life experiences during the 1940s and 50s from a range of folk living in Attenborough, Beeston, Chilwell, Bramcote, Toton, Sandiacre and Long Eaton. These vary from the tale of a teenage boy, who drove a butcher’s delivery van in wartime to a seven year old, off to school on her own in thick snow, with no chance of cancelled lessons or crossing wardens! There are recollections of the joys of shopping, before the advent of supermarkets, the ‘sixpenny rush’ and halcyon days at Mablethorpe. Published by BEESTON & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Price £7.99 Check out the website for details of where to purchase www.beestonhistory.org.uk Read more. New Book by Alan Mallatratt William Martin, the principal subject of this work, was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1767. From his earliest childhood, he was raised in a one- parent family, owing to his mother Ann having been deserted by her feckless husband. Economic circumstances obliged Ann to seek a career on the provincial stage, which in turn became William's destiny. He however, was to become more than a successful comic actor. He was also a pioneer in the field of palaeontology and geology, as well as a reputable artist, engraver and teacher. Employment with a touring company obliged actors to lead the life of a gypsy. For the stock-player, this meant very little remuneration, which was the lot of William and his mother. By sheer chance, a number of Buxton, Derbyshire Theatre playbills have survived from the latter part of the 18th century and into the early decades of the 19th century. It is from this treasure house, that it has been possible to resurrect long forgotten plays, plots and characters. … Read more. Have a Go at Being Leonardo, Nottingham Society of Artists To commemorate the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the Nottingham Castle, the Nottingham Society of Artists (NSofA) is holding a special event on Bank Holiday Monday to celebrate the artist and his work. Leonardo: His Drawings, Your Drawings, Our Drawings is an interactive family event that will bring art from members of the public and local artists … Read more. Edward Carver: Local Hatter and Furrier, Keyworth and District LHS Presented by Peter Hammond on Friday 2nd September 2016 at the Centenary Lounge, Keyworth Village Hall commencing at 7:30pm. Guests are welcome. There will be refreshments and a bookstall. Read more. Sunken Cities, University of Nottingham Museum On Wednesday 7th September 2016 at 1:00pm at The Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Dr. Daniella Rosenaw (Project Curator of the British Museum Sunken Cities exhibition) will give a presentation on the lost worlds of Ancient Egypt's Sunken Cities. Talks are free but must be booked at the Box Office 0115 846 7777 Read more. Beeston Heritage Open Day 8th September Events In and around Beeston on Thursday 8th September 2016. Please check entries at www.heritageopendays.org.uk for last-minute changes or download a programme • Beeston Conservative Club • Beeston Fields Golf Club Club House Tour • Beeston Parish Church • Chilwell Depot • Fred Hallam Ltd …Read more. Beeston Heritage Open Day 9th September Events In and around Beeston on Friday 9th September 2016. Please check entries at www.heritageopendays.org.uk for last-minute changes or download a programme • Beeston Conservative Club • Beeston Parish Church • Beeston Town Hall … Read more. 10th Anniversary Celebrations, Manuscripts and Special Collections On Friday 9th September commencing at 10:30am Manuscripts and Special Collections are holding an Open Day to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their move to King's Meadow Campus and to say thank-you to everyone who has supported them over the last decade. Programme of events: 10:30: Behind the scenes tour of Manuscripts & Special Collections 11:30: Formal opening of our newly refurbished Reading Room … Read more. Imprints of Deaf Heritage, Nottinghamshire Deaf Society On Friday 9th September 2016 between 2:00pm and 5:00pm at 22 Forest Road West Nottinghamshire Deaf Society will offer a unique opportunity to see inside their Gothic Revival style listed building designed by R. C. Sutton. All are welcome. Refreshments provided. This event is part of Nottingham Heritage Open Days Read more. Heritage Open Day, Nottingham Central Library On Friday 9th September at 2:00pm at Nottingham Central Library see parts of the building normally closed to the public and treasures you didn't know existed. FREE tickets are available from Ground Floor Help Desk or phone 0115 915 2825 or email [email protected].