Meetings take place at 7.30pm at St Peter’s Church Hall, Chellaston DE73 6UT.

30 JAN               AGM  followed by  Crich Tramway Museum
                            Frank Bagshaw
                            Illustrated talk

27 FEB               Australian Gold Rush
                           Gay Evans
                           Presentation on the gold seekers who travelled from c.1851 to the gold fields

26 MAR             The History of Swarkestone Boat Club
                           Linda Harrington and Vaughn Wheatly

30 APR               Percy Currey the architect
                           Andrew Polkey
                           Talk on the local churches and buildings designed by a local architect

28 MAY             Mawming & Mooning: the minds of Medieval masons
                           Bob Trubshaw
                           Looking at the Medieval carvings and their carvers on the inside and outside of churches

JUN                    NO MEETING

JUL                    NO MEETING

27 AUG              Women in the English Civil War
                           Helen Chambers
                           A look at the part women played, some were wives and mothers of soldiers

24 SEP               Mystery of Crop Circles
                           Paul Newsham
                           Often large and geometric. Carving artwork into the landscape is an age old
                                      tradition and reports go back hundreds of years.

29 OCT              Picture Quiz
                           Godfrey
    
26 NOV             Rutland Roman Villa
                           Peter Liddle
                           Discovered in 2020, Peter tells us of this significant Roman Villa
                                     and mosaic near Rutland Water

10 DEC              Christmas Social - 7 pm start

28 JAN 2025     AGM      and   ......... to be announced.