Ashby History Comes to Life

Talks take place in the Ferrers Community Room at the Museum.
Evening talks begin at 7.30 pm unless otherwise stated.

ADMISSION £3. Prior booking essential.

The Friends of Ashby Museum organise a series of Wednesday morning talks.
CLICK HERE to see their programme.
 

2010 - 11

  
  8th December

Kenneth Hillier, Robert Jones and Wendy Freer will each give a short talk on a topic of interest. More details coming soon.
  23rd February

Continuity and Change: The Church of England in Ashby,

Michael Ockenden, Ashby Museum Trustee and Lecturer

This talk, illustrated by colour slides, will tell the stories of the two very different Anglican churches in Ashby: St. Helen's and Holy Trinity. It will look at the architecture, furnishings and fittings of the buildings, and at how their interior ordering and the nature of the worship in them have changed over time. It will consider some of the people involved in the churches, and see how the challenges of recent times have been met.

  23rd March

The Development of the Military Arrowhead and its applications: A study of one of the first forms of Arms Race

Mark Stretton, Master Blacksmith; Author, Lecturer and Expert on the English Longbow

This talk will concentrate on the different shapes of arrowheads and their historical significance. There will be a Powerpoint presentation on what effect these have on the different types of armour that were around. One focus will be on the way that arrow head profiles changed over time as the types of armour developed to compensate the threat. There will also be a study of the differences between hunting heads and military heads when they are studied in detail. This popular lecturer returns to Ashby Museum for another fascinating exposition of medieval warfare.
 

6th April

 

Passing Muster: the Militia in Leicestershire & Rutland,

Robin Jenkins, Keeper of Collections, Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

 This is more a story of bureaucracy than of battles; an account of Leicestershire’s militia through its archives, from Anglo-Saxon times until 1939. It is a tale of compulsory military service long before conscription and of ordinary men forced into redcoats for years on end, fighting overseas and guarding prisoners of war and garrisoning coastal fortresses at home.
     
   
     
  A list of talks given in previous years can be seen HERE.