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A listing of lectures already given and FUTURE
PRESENTATIONS is shown below, with links where
possible, to the host organisation or venue
Further details can be obtained from:- John Frearson -
johnphfrearson@btinternet.com
The
Next Event
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Date:
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25 March 2013 [Monday]
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Time:
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8.00 pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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The Green Room Plaque
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Organisers:
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Oxfordshire
Family History Society
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Venue:
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Exeter Hall, Kidlington
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Contact:
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Paul Gaskell
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Future
Events
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Date:
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11 April 2013 [Thursday]
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Time:
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10.30 for 11.00am
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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A History of Morris
Dancing and the Morris Dancing Year
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Organisers:
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Memory Cafe, Alzheimer's Society at The
Foleshill Baptist Church
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Venue:
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The Foleshill Baptist
Church, Broad Street, Coventry CV6 5AZ
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Contact:
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Gary Stanley
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Date:
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13 May 2013
[Monday]
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Time:
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7.00 for 7.30pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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A History of Morris
Dancing and the Morris Dancing Year
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Organisers: |
Coventry Family History
Society
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Venue:
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Coventrians Rugby Club,
Tile Hill, Coventry
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Contact:
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Mrs Angela Crabtree
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Date:
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27 November 2013
[Wednesday]
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Time:
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tba
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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Speight's
Warwickshire
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Organisers: |
Wellesbourne and Walton
Local History Group
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Venue:
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tba
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Contact:
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Mrs Pat Partridge [or
Mrs I Herwin 01789 840745]
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Past Events
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Date:
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14 February 2013 [Thursday]
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Time:
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7.00 for 7.30pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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The Green Room Plaque
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Organisers:
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Leicestershire
Family History Society
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Venue:
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Age Concern, Hawthorn House, 51
Paddock Street, WIGSTON, Leicester LE18 2AN
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Contact:
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Peter Cousins
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Date:
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20 September 2012 [Wednesday]
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Time:
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7.30 pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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The
Frearson Family of
Ockbrook
and the Moravian Church
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Organisers:
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Kenilworth
Family History Society
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Venue:
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TBA poss. Senior Citizens Club, Southbank Road,
Kenilworth
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Contact:
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Sue Tall
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Date:
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4 September
2012
[Tuesday]
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Time:
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2.00 pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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A History of the Rugby Cement
Company
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Organisers:
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Hillmorton Townswomens'
Guild
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Venue:
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Community Centre,
Hillmorton Road, Rugby
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Contact:
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Mrs Prosser
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Date:
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3 March 2012
[Saturday]
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Time:
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2.00 pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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The Speight Family of Photographers
of Rugby
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Organisers: |
Friends of Warwickshire County Record Office |
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Venue:
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Warwickshire County Record
Office
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Contact:
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Monica Ory
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Date:
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16 January 2011
[Monday]
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Time:
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2.00 for 2.30pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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A History of Morris
Dancing and Rugby Morris Men
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Organisers: |
Willans Retirement Club,
Rugby
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Venue:
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Thornfield Bowls Club,
Rugby
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Contact:
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Mrs June Redman
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Date:
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31 January 2012 [Tuesday]
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Time:
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2.00 pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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A History of Morris
Dancing and Rugby Morris Men
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Organisers: |
Parkinsons' Support Group,
Nuneaton
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Venue:
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St Francis RC Church Hall,
Bedworth
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Contact:
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Trevor Bailey
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Date:
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4 November 2011
[Friday]
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Time:
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7.00 for 7.30pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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Was your Ancestor a
Morris Dancer? A History of Morris Dancing
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Organisers: |
Bedfordshire Family History Society |
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Venue:
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Mak Rutherford School,
Bedford
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Contact:
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Geoff Sewell
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Date:
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12 October
2011
[Wednesday]
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Time:
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7.30
pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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A History of the Rugby Cement
Company
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Organisers:
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Barby Local History Group
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Venue:
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Village Hall,
Barby
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Contact:
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Mrs Anne Luntly
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Date:
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20 June
2011
[Monday]
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Time:
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2.30
pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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A Brief History of the Rugby Cement
Company
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Organisers:
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Willans Retirement Club,
Rugby
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Venue:
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Thornfield Bowls Club,
Rugby
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Contact:
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Mrs June Redman
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Date:
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31 May 2011
[Tuesday]
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Time:
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7.30 pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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The History of Morris Dancing and the Morris
Dancing Year
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Organisers:
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Riseley Local History Society
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Venue:
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Riseley Village, Bedfordshire
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Contact:
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Peter Smith
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Date:
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5 March
2011
[Saturday]
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Time:
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2.30
pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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Two into One -
then None!: The John Frearsons of
Manchester and Birmingham: socialists;
engineers; writers; inventor etc etc
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Organisers:
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Birmingham
and Midlands Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
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Venue:
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The Birmingham and Midland Institute,
Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BS
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Contact:
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Peter Middleton
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Date:
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5 March
2011
[Wednesday]
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Time:
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12.30
pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson [with Les
Skinner]
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Title:
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The History of Morris Dancing and
the Morris Dancing Year
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Organisers:
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Probus Club |
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Venue:
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Chequers Inn, Keysoe |
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Contact:
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Date:
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9 February 2011
[Wednesday]
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Time:
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7.30 pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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The Speight family of Photographers
of Rugby
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A "shortened" Family History of the Speight
family of Photographers
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Organisers:
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Kenilworth
Family History Society
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Venue:
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Senior Citizens Club, Southbank Road,
Kenilworth
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Contact:
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Sue Tall
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Date:
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26 January
2011
[Wednesday]
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Time:
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12.30
pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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The Rugby
Morris Men
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A short history of Morris Dancing and
particularly of the Rugby Morris Men - in
support of Exhibitions on the theme of Morris
Dancing at the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum.
Link to
Event Poster
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Organisers:
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Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
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Venue:
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Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
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Contact:
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Rugby Art
Gallery and Museum [01788 533201]
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Date:
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13 October 2010
[Wednesday]
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Time:
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7.30pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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The Frearson Family of Ockbrook
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The [shortened] story of the Frearson
family: their tithe dispute with the Vicar;
their dealings with the Moravian Community and
their life in and around Ockbrook from the 16th
to 19th century.
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Organisers:
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Ockbrook Heritage Society
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Venue:
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Moriavian Church tbc
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Contact:
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Dr Margaret Barke
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Date:
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8 September 2010
[Wednesday]
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Time:
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7.30pm for 7.45pm
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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Gulliver Speight, Photographer of
Market Harborough
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Gulliver Speight, late 19th – mid 20th
century Market Harborough photographer and the
Rugby Speight Photographer family.
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Organisers:
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Market Harborough History Society
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Venue:
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Roman Way
Community Centre, Market Harborough
LE16 7PQ
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Contact:
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Rosalind Willatts
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Date:
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12 February 2010
[Friday]
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Time:
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19.30 – 21.00 hrs
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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The Speight family of Photographers
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Clare Speight, 19th century Nuneaton photographer and the Speight
family of Warwickshire Photographers
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Organisers:
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Nuneaton
History Society
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Venue:
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Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre, Nuneaton
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Contact:
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Peter Lee
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Date:
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4
January 2010
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Speaker:
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John Frearson
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Title:
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Clare Speight of
Nuneaton
and the Speight family of Photographers
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Organisers:
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The Bedworth Society
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Venue:
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The Old Meeting, Bedworth
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Contact:
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John Burton
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