Nottinghamshire History, With Julia Hickey (and Tea and Cake)

About this event

From prehistory to present times, Nottinghamshire has been shaped by Romans, marauding Danes, Norman barons, rebel armies, radicals and industrialists. The medieval wool trade was superseded by coal and textiles, while John Player’s tobacco, Raleigh bicycles and Boots’ pharmaceuticals have also played their part in the region’s economy.

Our county boasts Sherwood Forest, monastic houses, a medieval ‘dance of death’, castles, workhouses and pumping stations, as well as its industrial heritage. Robin Hood and his merry men, the ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’ poet Lord Byron, the Pilgrim Fathers and D.H. Lawrence are all part of Nottinghamshire’s legacy.

It is a place where freedom of speech and the right to vote have been fought for across the centuries; where innovation and technology helped to forge the modern world; and where people come to explore a legendary past.

In this illustrated talk Julia Hickey will talk about the things you know about our County, things you had forgotten and things you didn’t know at all!

JULIA A. HICKEY has a degree in History and English and an MA by research from the University of Kent. During the past thirty years she has taught across a range of educational sectors from secondary schools to the Workers Educational Association. She is currently a freelance speaker, tutor and writer living in the Peak District.

Tea and cake is included in the ticket price

Doors open 4.45