Meeting dates
The Spondon Historical Society meet regularly at Spondon Village Hall for a variety talks, presentations and discussions.
Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of each month and start at 7.30pm. Anyone is welcome to come along to the meetings with visitors paying a small admission charge. Details of our forthcoming meetings are as follows:
| 9 January | Canals and Roads: trade in Derby before the railway age by Philip Riden |
| 13 February | Derby Hippodrome Theatre, by Vicki Rouse |
| 12 March | Chellaston Alabaster, by Mick Malpass |
| 16 April | AGM, followed by a talk by Stephen Flinders on his wife's family history This meeting will be held in St Werburgh's Parish Room |
| 14 May | Two Queens and a Countess, by David Templeman |
| 11 June | An introduction to family history using the internet, by Derek Hathaway |
| 7 July 10am-12 noon Saturday Special | Ceramics 1950s to present day, by Sue Taylor |
| 9 July | An extraordinary life in music and its instruments, by Alan G Hopkin |
| August | No meeting |
| 10 September | Archive Evening |
| 8 October | Guessing old things from granddad's attic, by Bob Neill |
| 12 November | The Census Story, by Wendy Freer |
| 10 December | Girls from the Big House, by Ian Hingley |
For more details about the meetings or to find out more about the Historical Society in general, please feel free to contact us.
