Meet 2nd Tuesday of each month @2pm –
Hedon Methodist Church HU12 8EL –
NEXT: 14 OCTOBER, Jenny Scruton, BEVERLEY AND THE ELWELLS –
Free refreshments, parking, level access –
All welcome: £20 a year | £5 visitor –
More info: 01482 899180 (Brenda Goldspink) | hedon.historyATgmailDOTcom
PROGRAMME 2025/26
2025
9 September: AGM & Social + Brenda Goldspink, Some Hedon Mayors
14 October: Jenny Scruton, Beverley & the Elwells
11 November: Francis Davies, Bethel Jacobs & Sons of Hull: Jewellers, Architects & Engineers
9 December: Xmas Lunch, Kingston Theatre Hotel (pre-booked only, 1.30 for 2pm)
2026
13 January: Steve Clark, 1939: A Hull School Evacuates to Scarborough
10 February: Mike Rymer, 31-34 Posterngate: Georgian Townhouses & Their Occupants, 1850-1900
10 March: Tony Porter, The Ups and Downs of Horse Racing in and around Hedon
14 April: Alan Beadle, Give Us a 'V': Hull Vikings Speedway Memories
12 May: Peter Connelly, The 'Seeds of Change Project': Celebrating the History of Oil Seed Crushing in Hull
RECENT SPEAKERS
2024/25
Nick Jackson, The Lighthouses of Spurn; Carol Osgerby, Walter Skirlaw: from Skirlaugh Boy to Prince Bishop; Pete Lowden, Grave-Robbing in & around Early 19th-Century Hull; John Scotney, Lowgate: a Walk through Hull's History; Dr Alex Ombler, Reuben Chappell: Goole's Maritime Artist; Sally George, From Sunk Island to Trent Falls: Walking the East Riding Coast, part 3; Michele Beadle, Out with the Old, In with the New: Hull Repertory Company & Hull New Theatre's Early Years
2023/24
Christine Dakin, 'The Demise of the Department Store'; Richard Clarke, 'The River Hull, Its History & Navigation'; Jenny Scruton, 'The Hull Tile Trail'; Mike Rymer, 'Master Mariners of 17th-Century Kingston upon Hull'; Sally George, 'Bay of Jacobeus to Sunk Island: Walking the East Riding Coast, part 2'; Sam Bartle, 'What Was Here: the App that Explores the East Riding's Past'
2022/23
Jenny Scruton, 'Kay Kendall: a Life Cut Short; Pete Lowden, 'TS Southampton & the Class of 1911'; Mike Rymer, 'Netherhall, Sutton: the House & 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'