OPEN MEETINGS (8pm at Heswall Hall unless stated otherwise)
Meetings normally include an update from the Chairman on matters of current interest to the society.
Coffee is available at the venue from self service vending machines,
Visitors are welcome
Coffee is available at the venue from self service vending machines,
Visitors are welcome
Wednesday 19th February 2025 - Speaker: Dr Stephen Lyus - "History of Ness Botanic Gardens". Arthur Kilpin Bulley, founder of Ness Botanic Gardens, possessed a progressive and welcoming ethos. Bulley wanted to ensure that everyone had access to beautiful plants.
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Wednesday 19th March 2025: Speakers Gillian & Peter Bolt. Thomas Brassey - The Greatest Railway Builder in the World.
Brassey (1805 – 1870) was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century. By 1847, he had built about one-third of the railways in Britain, and by time of his death in 1870 he had built one in every twenty miles of railway in the world. This included three-quarters of the lines in France, major lines in many other European countries and in Canada, Australia, South America and India. |
Wednesday 24th September 2025.
Speaker Mike Haskins Beatles Liverpool and Wirral, A virtual tour around the sites and stories behind them.
Wednesday 19th November 2025 :
Speaker Elizabeth Davey. "A History of Working Class Housing in Wirral
Speaker Elizabeth Davey. "A History of Working Class Housing in Wirral
