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Welcome to our 2023/4 programme

Join us on the second Tuesday of each month at 2pm.

Next up: Tuesday 14 May Pete Lowden, 'Grave-robbing in early 19th century Hull and area'.

Everyone welcome £20 a year / £5 a meeting. 

Meet at Hedon Methodist Church – 5 Church Lane, Hedon HU12 8EL (map).

Level access, free parking and refreshments. 

More information: please email – hedon DOT history AT gmail.com 
 
PROGRAMME 2023/24
2023
12 September: AGM
10 October: Christine Dakin, 'The Demise of the Department Store'
14 November: Richard Clarke, 'The River Hull, Its History and Navigation'
13 December: Kingston Theatre Hotel, 1pm, 'Xmas Lunch' [NB: Wednesday]
 
2024
9 January: Jenny Scruton, 'The Hull Tile Trail'
13 February: Mike Rymer, 'The Master Mariners of 17th-Century Kingston upon Hull'
12 March: Sally George, 'Walking East Riding Coast: from the Bay of Jacobeus to Sunk Island'
9 April: Sam Bartle, '"What Was Here": Exploring the East Riding's Past'
14 May: Pete Lowden, 'Grave-robbing in early 19th century Hull and area'
 
PAST SPEAKERS
2022/23: Jenny Scruton, 'Kay Kendall: a Life Cut Short; Pete Lowden, The TS Southampton and the Class of 1911'; Mike Rymer, 'Netherhall, Sutton: the House and Its People'; Jane Owen, Heritage Manager, Hull Minster, 'Revival - Back to Life project'; John Scotney, 'Converging on Hull'; David Smith, 'The Avenues: an Illustrated History'