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March

From Pauper Palace to Regional General Hospital – Mary Garside.

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Date: Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
Venue: Sheffield Workhouse – View on map
Location: South Yorkshire | In Person

Tour of Sheffield Town Hall – Led by Cllr Janet Ridler SCC Heritage Champion.

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Date: Friday, March 22nd, 2024
Venue: Sheffield Town Hall – View on map
Location: In Person | South Yorkshire

April

Ernest George and large country houses

In this talk, Hilary Grainger explores the larger country houses considered to be the backbone of his practice. He designed over two dozen with Peto and seven with Yeates, in addition to altering, restoring and adding to many others. Clients were drawn from a wide spectrum – the landed gentry, the professions, trade and industry and the middle classes.

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Date: Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
Venue: Online
Location: South Yorkshire

August

Walk: Walkley with Walkley Historians – SOLD OUT

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Saturday, August 17th, 2024
Time: 10:30am
Venue: St Mary’s Church, Howard Road, Walkley S6 3RX – View on map
Location: Walk | In Person | South Yorkshire

September

Walk: Sheffield Networks of Activism – A free guided walk during Heritage Open Days

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Ticket Price: FREE
Date: Sunday, September 8th, 2024
Time: 2:00pm
Venue: Town Hall, Sheffield – View on map
Location: Walk | In Person | South Yorkshire

October

Talk: Sheffield’s Crofts settlements with Christine Minter

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: Talk | In Person | South Yorkshire

November

Talk: Victorian Cutlery from The Ken Hawley Collection

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: In Person | South Yorkshire

December

Talk: Women’s Suffrage before the Suffragettes with Matthew Roberts & Denise Annett

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: Talk | In Person | South Yorkshire

February

Talk: Scattered Homes by Sheffield Hospitals History Group

Mary Garside of Sheffield Hospitals History Group looks at why children were in the workhouse and what other options were available for those in need of care.

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: Talk | In Person | South Yorkshire

March

Talk: Sheffield in 1903 – A History Tour of Central Sheffield through 120 Old Photographs with Martin Naylor

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: Talk | In Person | South Yorkshire

April

Talk: Philosophical Foundations: Origins of Sheffield’s First Public Museum in Weston Park

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: Talk | In Person | South Yorkshire

June

A walking tour of Victorian and Edwardian Rotherham

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Ticket Price: £5.00
Date: Saturday, June 14th, 2025
Time: 2.00 pm
Venue: Clifton House Museum Rotherham S65 2AA – View on map
Location: Walk | In Person | South Yorkshire

July

CANCELLED – A guided tour of Loxley Cemetery by the Friends of Loxley Cemetery.

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Ticket Price: £5.00
Date: Saturday, July 19th, 2025
Time: 2.00 pm – 4.00pm
Venue: Loxley United Reformed Churchyard – View on map
Location: In Person | South Yorkshire

October

Victorian Photography in the Lake District with Richard Gosney

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row Sheffield City Centre S1 2BX – View on map
Location: Talk | In Person | South Yorkshire

EXTRA VISIT – Saturday 25th October 2025 – Harmony Works at Canada House

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Time: 12 Noon
Venue: Canada House, 11 Commercial Street, Sheffield S1 2AT – View on map
Location: South Yorkshire | Visit | In Person

November

The Arts and Crafts movement in Manchester: an untold story

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row Sheffield City Centre S1 2BX – View on map
Location: Talk | In Person | South Yorkshire

December

Sheffield and Atlantic Slavery, 1760-1888, with Tobias Gardner

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Ticket Price: £5
Date: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – View on map
Location: Talk | South Yorkshire | In Person

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