Ashby History Comes to Life

Talks in previous years are listed below

 

2011
  April 6
Passing Muster: the Militia in Leicestershire & Rutland - Robin Jenkins
 

March 23
The Development of the Military Arrowhead and its applications: A study of one of the first forms of Arms Race - Mark Stretton
 

February 23
Churches of Ashby - a tribute to Michael Ockenden Kenneth Hillier and Wendy Freer
 

2010
 

December 8
Three thirty minute talks:
Three Stuart Characters- Robert Jones
Rival Fiddlers - Kenneth Hillier
Below Stairs at Calke Abbey in 1911 - Wendy Freer

 

March 24
The Napoleonic Wars and Ashby - Kenneth Hillier

 
 

February 17
The Mining Landscape of North West Leicestershire - Denis Baker


 

2009
  November 25
The Census Story -Wendy Freer, Industrial Historian
  March 18
The Augustinians - Michael Ockenden, Ashby Museum
  February 25
The Adventures of Frank Abney-Hastings, From Willesley Hall, Ashby to Greek Hero -
Maurice Abney-Hastings
  January 28
The Military Warbow - its development and effectiveness as a decisive weapon of the Middle Ages -
Mark Stretton
 

2008

  
  December 10
Inns and Alehouses - Robert Jones, Ashby Museum
  November 19
Framework Knitters - Wendy Freer, Industrial Historian
  October 2
Ashby Canal - Geoff Pursglove, Ashby Canal Association
  July 26
Local Folk Lore and Legends - Kenneth Hillier, Ashby Museum
  March 12
From Monastery to Mansion - Michael Ockenden, Ashby Museum
  March 5
The Day the Tram came to Ashby - Kenneth Hillier, Ashby Museum
 

2007

  
  December 4 & 5
Ashby through the camera - Robert Jones
  October 31
Carrying Coals from Leicestershire - Wendy Freer
  August 15
The Wildlife Heritage of Leicestershire - Peter Gamble