The Spondon Historical Society meet regularly at Spondon Village Hall for a variety of talks, presentations and discussions.
Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday 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:
Spondon Railway Station Visit
Early evening visit hosted by the volunteers of The Friends of Spondon Station courtesy of East Midlands Railway (EMR) and Network Rail (NR) followed by short return journey by an EMR train service to either Beeston or Duffield to view the work of the volunteers at those stations. Spondon Station visit free, £3 return fare for train. For more details contact the society secretary.
Joseph Paxton
Danny Wells talks about Joseph Paxton, described by Charles Dickens as the busiest man in England. Paxton was a designer of gardens, conservatories, parks and much more.
Derbyshire by the Sea
No Derbyshire is not by the sea, but Liz Keeley entertains us with stories of Derbyshire's connections to the sea.
Christmas Radio Times
Robert Mee relates the changing nature of festive programmes on radio and television from 1923 to date.
No Meeting this month
It's Christmas!