Thoroton Society Events
Lectures, unless otherwise stated, are held at Nottingham Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, NOTTINGHAM NG1 4EZ. Lectures start at 2:30 pm.
This venue is fully accessible and has facilities for disabled people. A bookstall is available from 2:00 pm.
Saturday 12 October 2024
Myles Thoroton Hildyard Lecture: 'RNLI 2000 - Two centuries of saving lives at sea'.
Denis Readhead, RNLI Community Presenter
Saturday 2 November 2024
Annual Lunch
Belgrave Rooms (Nottingham Masonic), NG14 6NU.
12:30 for 1:00 pm.
Cost £30 per person.
Saturday 9 November 2024
Nottinghamshire History Lecture: '"Open to the world": Nottingham Castle Museum and the British Empire’.
Frances Potts, University of Nottingham
Saturday 14 December 2024
Neville Hoskins Lecture: ‘Cinemas in Nottingham’
Graham Woodward, Local Historian
Saturday 11 January 2025
Maurice Barley Lecture: ‘Nottinghamshire timber-framed buildings’
Jason Mordan, Conservation, Nottinghamshire County Council
Saturday 8 February 2025
Norah Witham Lecture: ‘Nottinghamshire surveyed: mapping and documenting estates in the county before 1700’
Steph Mastoris
Saturday 8 March 2025
Rosalys Coope Lecture: ‘Restoring a Georgian town-house garden’
Martin Stott, Trustee, Bromley House Library
Saturday 27 April 2025
Spring Meeting & AGM
Venue to be confirmed. At 2:00 pm.
Entry to the AGM is free, there will be a modest charge for afternoon tea.