| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Coordinator: | |
| When: | On Friday mornings 10:15 am 1st Friday |
| Venue: | Park House |
| Cost: | £5 |
The History Group meets on the first Friday of the month in the main hall at Park House from 10.15 to 12 noon. There is a charge of £5 per person for a meeting.
We are usually able to welcome new members but please contact the Group Coordinator before coming to a meeting because the number in the room for each meeting is limited.
Programme 2024
Programme for 2025
| Friday 3 January ‘Famous People of History’ discussion |
| Friday 7 February ‘The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie’ Mark Temple |
| Friday 7 March ‘Leicestershire Industrialists and their non-industrial legacy’ R.Bisgrove, Swannington Heritage Trust |
| Friday 4 April ‘Queen Eleanor and the Queen Eleanor Bike Ride’ Andrew Tennet |
| Friday 2 May ‘The History of the County of Leicestershire’ Peter and Jo Leadbetter |
| Friday 6 June ‘The rise and decline of the Medieval village’ Peter Liddle |
| Wednesday 2 July Visit to Taylor’s Bell Foundry (Note this visit is on a Wednesday) |
| Friday 1 August Visit ‘A New Walk Stroll’ Richard Warren |
| Friday 5 September ‘155 years of education in the heart of Leicester’ (DMU and its predecessors) Katherine Short |
| Friday 3 October ‘The Commonwealth War Graves Commission’ Neil Strange |
| Friday 7 November The Gunpowder Plot – group session |
| Friday 5 December ‘Tis the Season to be Jolly’ Kath Reynolds |