Terry Bracher of Wiltshire History Centre focuses on the less known black history of Wiltshire and its influence on the history of the county as part of Black History month.
Booking essential. Funded by Friends of YHC. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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The Codrington family of Doddington House had strong links with both slavery and politics and Tewkesbury. John Dixon of Tewkesbury Museum brings to life this chapter at the end of the slavery period.
Booking essential. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Funded by the Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Barry Simon will take us through the history of aircraft built in North Wiltshire including the Gloster Gladiator, Gloster Meteor and the Supermarine Spitfire built at South Marston near Swindon. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Event funded by Friends of YHC. Booking essential. |
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Stroud boasts a fine legacy of woollen mills with Dunkirk Mill as arguably the finest surviving example. Ian Mackintosh charts the history of this fine mill and th estory behind the Stroud Trust and preserving it.
£2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Funded by Friends of YHC. Booking essential. |
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Tuesday, November 30, 2021 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Sue Webb of the Gloucestershire Police Archive charts the history and origins of the police service in the old county of Gloucestrershire to its development in the 20th century. £2 admission for non Friends of Yate Heritage Centre. Event funded by Yate Heritage Centre Friends group. Booking essential. Lecture venue currently Poole Court, Yate. Announcements on the return to Yate Heritage will be made nearer the time. |
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Anistatia Miller reveals new research into the history of brewing in Bristol from its late Medieval origins to the industrial revolution. £2 admission or free for Friends of Yate Heritage Centre. Booking essential. Funded by the Friends of YHC. Venue currently Poole Court, Yate. |
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Andy Meller discusses the role of the Gloucestershire Regiment at Waterloo and their part in the downfall of Napoleon in 1815. Admission £2 or free for Freinds of Yate Heritage Centre. Booking is essential. Funded by Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Paul Barnett of the Purton Hulks Trust reveals the history of the Sharpness Shipbreakers. Discover this fascinating part of Severn industrial life with Paul. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by Friends of YHC. Venue to be confirmed nearer the date. |
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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John Reid discusses the fascinating subject of some of the amazing funerary monuments devoted to Gloucestershire people throughout the centuries. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Yate lecture Series presents the talk "The Life of FD Maurice" a lesser known but significant Victorian reformer and theologian brought to life by popular local speaker Alan Freke. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by Friends of YHC. Please note this talk is at Yate Heritage Centre. |
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Lecturer June Hannam of the UWE supplies our summer lecture on the famed Bristol suffragette and Bristol politician Margaret Tothill. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Stuart Burroughs of the Museum of Working Life in Bath takes us on a journey from Romans in Aqua Sulis to the heyday of the town in the 18th century and working class jobs in the later 19th century. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by the Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, October 04, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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As part of Black History month, Terry Bracher will be covering the Black Presence in Rural Wiltshire 1580 to 1945. Discover some surprises from Elizabethan times tothe Second World War. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by the Friends of YHC.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Terry Ransome charts the history of aerospace production at Filton and how the BAC company and different incarnations has played a leading role in Bristish space research. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by the Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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David Addis discusses the parishes that were fortunate in not losing any men during the Great War conflict including Little Sodbury. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Gwilym Davies charts the history and development of Christmas traditions in Gloucestrershire through the centuries. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, November 29, 2022 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Dr Rose Wallis of UWE charts the history of the trail and execution of John Horwood in Bristol and examines what this tells us about crime and justice 200 years ago. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by the Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Historian Helen Frisby charts the history of burial grounds in the City of Bristol, what they did and who they served. Admission £2 or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by the Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Join Alan Pilbeam as he explores the Gloucestershire of 1700 through the Atkyns county county and brings to life the landscape of Gloucestershire 300 years ago. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by the Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Malcolm Watkins brings to life his 17th century alter ego Sir Watkyn Morgan a self important 17th century nobleman. Watkins looks at his life and politics and how it fitted into life in 17th century Gloucestershire in this theatrical re-enactment. £2 admission or free for Friends of YHC. Booking essential. Funded by the Friends of YHC. |
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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