OLDHAM & DISTRICT PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS
All Meetings at Gallery Oldham CANCELLED until further notice due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Starting our Monthly Talks on Zoom
Although we don't normally have a December Meeting, this year we will be doing so as we have already missed so many due to the pandemic. Our first online meeting, with the zoom app, will actually be on the 12th of December, the 2nd Saturday.
We anticipate that at least the first three meetings, in the programme for 2021, will also be online and are already arranged as such. After that we will re-assess the situation. In the meantime, we will contact the speakers booked from April onwards, and ascertain whether or not they would be happy to give their talks online.
We remain positive, with the hope, that we will be able to resume our meetings at Gallery Oldham in the not too distant future. However, there is one bonus to be found and that is the fact that we can welcome visitors to our meetings, online, from virtually anywhere! That can only be a good thing!
These first Meetings will be free to both members and non-members alike of MLFHS.
In order for us all to get the most enjoyment possible out of our on-line meetings, you can download a couple of .pdf files that explain the process of actually joining a meeting with zoom, and the protocols which help to make the meeting run as smoothly as possible. 'New to Zoom' HERE and our Branch Protocols HERE.
'Failsworth & Woodhouses War Comforts Society in WW1.'
In WW1, the Government hardly even provided the bare necessities of life for men on active service. As early as September 1914, groups (of mainly women) were springing up all over the country to find ways to provide the extras that would make lives a little more tolerable for the men who had volunteered. Set up as private and church organisations, to begin with, within months many came under the umbrella organisation of the Red Cross. This talk is based on the records and ephemera of one such group, which were saved by a family and which have survived into the present day.
A free, online, illustrated talk with zoom, given by Sheila Goodyear, Saturday 12th December, at 2pm.
Booking is essential:
on Eventbrite or by email to < This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , in which case, please add 'Booking for December Talk' in the subject bar. In the text box include your name and, if an MLFHS member, your membership number.
A reminder email will be sent out to you about a week before the talk, and the zoom meeting link on the day before the talk.
There will be a Q&A session at the end of the talk, but it would be appreciated that, if you do have any questions, you email them (to the above address) in advance of the talk.
Please take the time to read our two zoom meeting help-sheets HERE & HERE
We're very much looking forward to welcoming you to our first online talk.
Programme for 2021
DNA ... Just Taken Your Test?
How to work through your results, how to interpret them and how you can use your results with other sites like My Heritage.
A free, online talk with zoom, given by Hilary Hartigan,
Saturday 9th January 2021, at 2pm
Booking at Eventbrite HERE
Other booking options as for December.
Annie Kenney ... a Working Class Suffragette.
This local girl became one of the most well known of Suffragettes. Imprisoned many times, she endured hunger-strikes in the fight for Women's Suffrage.
A free, online talk with zoom, given by Carol Talbot,
Saturday 13th February 2021, at 2pm
Booking at Eventbrite HERE
Other booking options as for December.
A Gartside sent to Van Diemen's Land ... Man's Inhumanity to Man”
Transportation and the story of Van Diemen's Land, the convicts
and the indigenous aboriginal population.
A free, online talk with zoom, given by Sheila Goodyear,
Saturday 13th March 2021, at 2pm
Booking details to follow.
Manchester Oddities ...
A light-hearted look at customs, buildings and characters around Greater Manchester.
A talk given by Keith Warrender,
Saturday 10th April 2021
Confessions of a Country Lane Researcher ...
An illustrated talk, on interesting family and local history items, from over 40 years as a researcher.
A talk given by Tony Foster,
Saturday 8th May 2021
Market to Supermarkets and beyond ... 200 years of shopping
Covering the main changes in shopping over the past 200 years.
A talk given by Michael Winstanley,
Saturday 12th June 2021
A Brief History of the Canals ... around Oldham and Manchester
A look at why and when the local canals were built, in particular the Rochdale, and the Huddersfield Narrow Canals.
A talk given by Judy Jones,
of the Canal & River Trust,
Saturday 10th July 2021
Medicine and Magic in the Home ...
The medicinal and magical herbs and spices, and other things in the house.
A talk given by Peter Watson,
Saturday 14th August 2021
A History of the Co-operative Movement ...
from the Rochdale Pioneers to the present day
Covering the development of independent Co-operative Societies; an explanation of the 'divi', and how different are the co-ops of today.
A talk given by Sophie McCulloch,
of the Co-op Archives,
Saturday 11th September 2021
An Awful Accident ...
the fall of Lowerhouse Mill in Oldham in 1844
The tragic story, of how 20 people lost their lives, in the collapse of Lowerhouse Mill.
A talk given by Rita Vaughan,
Saturday 9th October 2021
Family Life in the Industrial Revolution ...
the autobiography of Benjamin Shaw, 1772-1841
The talk covers everything from child labour, via bastardy and terrible working conditions, to problem teenagers and early death; the world of your Lancashire ancestors, 200 years ago.
A talk given by Dr Alan Crosby,
Saturday 13th November 2021
No Meeting in December
MANCHESTER & LANCASHIRE FHS was formed in 1964 and is now one of the largest family history societies in the world. Although the Society is united by a common interest in Genealogy and Family History, members also pursue interests in closely related fields.
