• What's On in Quorn

     
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    March

    Quorn Local History Group - Online Talk - ‘A (virtual) walk around Quorn St Barts Churchyard’

    Monday 29th March 2021

    Zoom
    7.00pm for 7.15pm start
    Free

    Sue Templeman takes us on a (virtual) trip around St Bart's Churchyard, looking at a variety of gravestones, the characters that are buried there, the old Quorn families they belonged to and some of the interesting designs and imagery on the memorials.

    Meeting joining instructions:
    Members: check the Newsletter.
    Non-members: please email us at least 24 hours before the talk
    NOTE! Spaces are limited - Members have priority.
    Please note - no admission during the talk. New Members are always welcome.

    Tel: 01509 620 295
    Email: quornlhg@gmail.com
    Web: www.quorndon.com/quorn_local_history_group.php

    April

    Quorn Local History Group - Online Talk - ‘Great British Statues’

    Monday 25th April 2021

    Zoom
    7.00pm for 7.15pm start
    Free

    Ann Brown will talk about some of our most famous statues from Lady Justice to Boudiccea, the Lions once outside HSBC Bank in Shanghai, and the Leicester Boer War Memorial, all made by her ancestor and foundry owner John Webb Singer.

    Meeting joining instructions:
    Members: check the Newsletter.
    Non-members - please email us at least 24 hours before the talk.
    NOTE! Spaces are limited - Members have priority.
    Please note - no admission during the talk. New Members are always welcome.

    Tel: 01509 620 295
    Email: quornlhg@gmail.com
    Web: www.quorndon.com/quorn_local_history_group.php

    May

    Quorn Local History Group - Online Talk - ‘A just measure of pain’

    Monday 24th May 2021

    Zoom
    7.00pm for 7.15pm start
    Free

    John Adsley will analyse 15 centuries of the changing definitions of what constitutes criminal activity, the methods and the philosophy behind punishment in Britain. Explore notable cases in Leicestershire that had a national impact and discover what punishments were meted out to some Quorn residents who broke the law, including imprisonment, transportation and even death.

    Meeting joining instructions:
    Members: check the Newsletter.
    Non-members - please email us at least 24 hours before the talk
    NOTE! Spaces are limited - Members have priority.
    Please note - no admission during the talk. New Members are always welcome.

    Tel: 01509 620 295
    Email: quornlhg@gmail.com
    Web: www.quorndon.com/quorn_local_history_group.php

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