Lectures - Thoresby Society

Lecture Syllabus 2021-2022

The following lectures have been arranged for members but everyone is welcome to come. All meetings will be at the Leeds Library at 6pm, or by Zoom or both, depending on the circumstances. This year we are trying both live and on Zoom so please use the link on each lecture to book your place. Please select either to attend in person or to use Zoom.
2021
Monday September 20th	A City of Shopkeepers Eric Musgrave, fashion writer and author of Leeds Then And Now, celebrates the ways in which shops and shopping have shaped Leeds city centre. To book you place click here
Monday October 18th	Spinning through the West Riding John Cruickshank will discuss some of his recent research, based on Bramley, Armley and Wortley in Leeds, into the pre-industrial woollen industry in Yorkshire. To book your place click here
Wednesday November 3rd @ 1pm	George Corson, Leeds Architect by Eveleigh Bradford. To book your place click here Now available on youtube
Wednesday November 10th @ 1pm	Dr Hook and the Oxford Movement in Leeds by Rev. Dr Roy Yates. To book your place click here
Monday November 15th	William Gascoigne, Leeds Astronomer - or, How a spider placed Leeds at the forefront of the Scientific Revolution David Sellers will explore the life of William Gascoigne (c.l612-1644), the first inventor of the telescopic sight and the telescope micrometer. To book your place click here.
Wednesday November 17th @ 1pm	Alice Cliff Scatcherd, Leeds Suffragist by Janet Douglas. To book your place click here
Wednesday November 24th @ 1pm	Joshua Tetley and the development of Tetley's Brewery by Prof. John Chartres. To book your place click here
Monday December 20	"Look at this - Did you see that'': Making Sense of the Leeds 'Blitz' This talk from Dr. Henry Irving will explore the history of the city's worst air raid, which took place on the night of14 March 1941. To book your place click here Please note that this time the In Person and the Zoom registrations are on different pages.
2022
Monday January 17th	Members' Evening Part 1 1. Henry Rowland Marsden: his life and legacy, presented by Chris Hindle. 2. The Leeds Preventorium 1925-1939: shielding children from tuberculosis, but ••• presented by David Cundall. 3. Fawkes' Fairfaxiana, c.1815-1825: JMW Turner's Illustrations of the Past for the Future, presented by Lucy Bailey.
Monday January 31st	Member's Evening, Part 2 1. The Leeds firm Burmantofts, 1880-1914, presented by Hans van Lemmen. 2. Family life in a ledger 1860-1877: The records of a regular visitor to Leeds -Frederick W. Sheppard, Schoolmaster & Parish Clerk of Bardsey, presented by Margaret Moseley. 3. Brutal exhibition' or 'Noble Art of Self Defence'? - a short history of prize fighting in Leeds 1820-1860, presented by Derek Martin.
Monday February 21st	'The Risk We Take': LGBTQ Histories of Leeds. Ross Horsley looks into the lives of local lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans gender people from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Monday March 21st	Field Marshal Lord Nicholson (1845-198): From LGS to CGS William Gustavus Nicholson was born in Leeds and attended Leeds Grammar School. He served most ofhis army career in India before becoming Chief of the General Staff and the first Chief of the Imperial General Staff. John Davies' talk tracks his life and career.
Monday April 25th	THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Followed by a lecture from Michael Meadowcroft exploring the many possible uses of Ephemera in the aid of Leeds research.