FRODSHAM & DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY

Programme of Meetings 2016

All indoor meetings are held on Monday evenings at Main Street Community Church, Frodsham, and start at 7.45pm
Membership £5.00 p.a. + £1.50 per meeting. Visitors £3.00

4 January "Thomas Hazelhurst, Prince of Methodism"Dr Peter Vardy
1 February "Garments concealed within buildings"Dr Dinah Eastop
7 March AGM
+ Frodsham Castle
"All the trappings of a medieval castle landscape, but where is the castle?"Dr Rachel Swallow
4 April(Booking forms available for June visit) : "History of the Chemical Industry in Runcorn and Widnes"Dr Diana Leitch
9 May"Bodies in peat and ice: not for the squeamish!"Dr Jonathan Lageard
8 June (Wed)Guided afternoon visit to Princes Road Synagogue, LiverpoolOrganised by
Kath Gee
5 September"Edgar Battersby, Edwardian Photographer"Rupert Battersby
3 October"Reading the Wirral landscape"Anthony Annakin-Smith
7 November"Family fortunes – the Astons of Aston and the Pickerings of Thelwall in the 18th century"Dr Mike Taylor
12 December"The Merchant Palaces of Liverpool"Stephen Guy