Clarborough & Welham Community
near Retford, Bassetlaw
North Nottinghamshire
United Kingdom
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Retford and District Historical and Archaeological Society holds monthly talks themed on local history and organises, history-themed, visits (in June/July). Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month, September to May, at 19:30 in the Sanctuary at Grove Street Methodist Church, Retford.

Membership is £10.00 for a full year, and new members are always welcome.

Upcoming monthly talks:

2025

12^th March, 2025, John Stocks and Dave Pickersgill - Worksop and Retford Brewery

9^th April, 2025, David Templeman - Two Queens and a Countess

14^th May, 2025, David Skillen - The Gretna Girls and the Devil’s Porridge

10^th September, Stuart Rose - The Farming System, Landscape and Architecture of Laxton

8^th October, Michael Kirkby - Nottingham to Waterloo

12^th November, Elaine Perkins - Candlewax, Chickens and Cheese

10^th December, Jan Reade - A Victorian Christmas

2026

14^th January, Roy Evans - Life in an Edwardian Village

11^th February, Gareth Howell - WEar Heros to Enemies of the State: The Life, Work and Struggles of Coal Miners 1919-1990

11^th March, Stephen Flinders - History Beneath our Feet

8^th April, Adrian Gray - Scandal and Adultery: Marital Disasters of the Sherwood Forest Nobility

13^th May: AGM plus Judith Goodall - Local Scattered Graves

Admission to these meetings: Free for members, £3 for non-members.

Email: retfordhistoricalsociety@gmail.com