CANCELLED Note this is 1st Monday, as 13 April is Easter Monday.
AGM, to be held at Spondon Methodist Church, Lodge Lane North, Spondon DE21 7FG, followed by a talk by Kaff Jones from Cherry Tree Picture Framers.CANCELLED
The curious world of Olde Time Punishments, by Ian Morgan. . From birching to branding and beheading to burning, the strange and curious world of olde time punishments is something to behold. Listen to stories of ducking stools and witches, the pillory and perjurers and many more. We all know of corporal and capital punishment but how do you punish the dead? And how do you punish a horse and cart or a train? The answers are all here in The Curious world of Olde Time Punishments. Just what is a deodand or a Newcastle cloak and what about the Branks of the Hand of Glory?
The Framework Knitters of the East Midlands, by Jane Whitaker.
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire were the centre for framework knitting in the 18th and early 19th centuries, the talk traces the years of plenty, to the downturn in prosperity in the face of new machines, and the Luddite struggle for improvement in working conditions and better pay.
