HeritageEvents

10
MAY
Shining a Light: Exhibition Launch (hybrid) BSL
Royal College of Nursing

Join us for the launch of our new exhibition on the history of nursing support workers. Enjoy free refreshments and a chance to look around the exhibition alongside drop‐in activities and talks on the history and future of healthcare support…

21
MAY
Show and Tell Night
Theddlethorpe Village Hall

Show and Tell NightA chance for History Club members to bring along a photo document book or object to talk about andor promote discussion. Dont worry if youre shy as there are plenty here who like doing the talking.Village Hall…

23
MAY
Making the Rounds: Stories of Workhouse Nursing (o
Online Digital

Long before the founding of the NHS many people who were destitute turned to workhouses because of illness old age disability mental illness or as a safe place to give birth. The day‐to‐day care of sick and vulnerable inmates was…

02
JUN
A Talk about The Making of Blythswood
Mackintosh at the Willow

In this talk Graeme Smith will illustrate the making of Glasgows New Town of Blythswood in the early 1800s with a special focus on its prime developers William Harley and Jane Laird who were also responsible for building townhouses that…

08
JUN
Barnet Medieval Festival
Barnet Elizabethans Rugby Club

London and the Home Counties very own spectacular annual medieval festival recreating and commemorating the life and times of those who took part in the C15th Wars of the Roses including the decisive Battle of Barnet in 1471. The festival…