Category: Previous Events and Lectures
Walking tour of Central Liverpool
We strolled gently along Castle Street admiring grandeur of the historical commer-cial centre which developed around the trade through the Port of Liverpool. Today’s atmosphere was light hearted, celebratory and a far cry from the hustle and stress of yesteryear. Each building resplendent with decorations heading everskyward announcing to the world Liverpool the largest port …
COLLECTION OF TEXTILES IN LANCASHIRE ARCHIVES
MEETING DATE –19 FEBRUARY SPEAKER – VICCI McCANN Vicci is the Lead Archivist at Lancashire Archives and gave a most interesting talk on the work and items in the Collection held in Preston. The topics held in the Archives cover a wide list of subjects including education, community, public records, cultural not to mention the library …
Lancastrian Travellers in 19 Century America
January 2023 Speaker – Roger Mitchell It was around 1850 when over 160,000 people from the Lancashire area travelled to the New World. This was a Revolution as steam replaced sail. People from Europe came to Liverpool and travelled to the USA as part of the Cotton Trade. The stories of 4 people were told, each with …
SKELMERSDALE – THE OLD NEW TOWN
ORMSKIRK HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 2022 SKELMERSDALE – THE OLD NEW TOWN SPEAKER – MARK BOARDMAN Mark delivered a fascinating talk on the history of Skelmersdale from its beginning, right up to date. Whilst most of the audience were aware of some of the background to Skelmersdale, it was evident that there were lots of details which were …
The American Civil War
ORMSKIRK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 7 NOVEMBER 2022 The American Civil War – Speaker David Hearn The meeting was well attended and members enjoyed a most interesting and informative talk. David who has been to our Society in the past is a well-researched and well-known public speaker, has broadcast on radio and television and appeared on Channel 5. Many of …
History of Liverpool Docks
A talk by Ken Pye. This was the first meeting in this series of lectures and exceptionally well attended with 42 people! As usual, Ken delivered a most interesting presentation on the history of the Liverpool Docks, the people, trade and the development of the docks. He explained the fascinating work involved in building the series …
Scarisbrick Hall Visit
Following the invitation by the Governors of Scarisbrick Hall School for Society members to visit the magnificent Pugin designed school, twenty members accepted and were treated to a most interesting and informative talk and tour of the building by Mr Aylmer, a director of the school. Mr Aylmer stressed the intention of the Board is …
Overhead Railway
A talk by Michael Murphy. On Monday 5th March, we were able to share memories, historical maps and pictures of the Overhead Railway – locally known as the ‘Dockers Umbrella’ which operated from 1893 up until 1956. Michael Murphy detailed the full history of this railway, from the planning stages to the final days …
Fish & Chips … Little Ships… and North Sea Spray
Fish, Chips & Little Ships was the title of the talk on the 19th February when we were delighted to have Gordon Bartley share his memories with us. Gordon showed some fabulous slides of photographs he had taken over the years on his many visits to Whitby and the North Yorkshire coast. The views …
Art Deco in the Twentieth Century
On the 5th February, Keith Hick explained the origin of the Art Deco movement and its evolution to probably the major influence in design in modern times. From its beginning routed in the Arts and Craft era via the work of Macintosh and the free thinkers of the movement to the new wave of …
Lest We Forget – the history and operations of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
On Monday15th January the Ormskirk Historical Society had the privilege of a talk given by Glen Hearnden on the creation of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1917 through to the present day. In 2018 the commission are responsible for the commemoration of 1.7 million service personnel killed in the defence of our country …
Haydock Lodge – St Helens Family History Society
On 16th October, Pauline Hurst from the St Helens Family History Society provided an insight into the working and history of Haydock Lodge. The lodge had once belonged to a privately owned, and then modified into a mental institution where patients came from all over the country to live. Conditions were poor, many people …
Forgotten Liverpool
Our first meeting on 2nd October with a talk entitled ‘Forgotten Liverpool’ was well attended by a record number of members and visitors. Speaker, Stephen Guy was interesting and well informed on some of the palaces and personalities around Liverpool. His research was thorough and the slides and films shown made our evening most …
Trip to Llangollen
On Tuesday 9th May we left the Four Lane Ends Mission at 9.30 am for our trip to Llangollen. We made our way to the Grosvenor Garden Centre for coffee, an early lunch and a browse around the Centre. We then continued over the Llandegla Moors and on to the Horseshoe Pass. The views …
Big History Event
OHS at St Georges Hall Liverpool 29th-30th April 2017 OHS was one of a group of approximately fifty groups invited to exhibit as part of The Merseyside Big History Weekend held in the elegance of the famous St Georges Hall, in Liverpool city centre. The team from the Society set out to show Liverpool, and …
Summary from 2016/17 Annual General Meeting
The AGM held on Monday 22 March was very well attended. The Chairperson summarised the activities for 2016-2017, recognising the success of the lecture programme, the programme of external visits and our contributions to local exhibitions. The reports of the Chairperson and Secretary were accepted by the membership. The Annual accounts will be published as …
“Should I stay or should I go?”
This talk was given by Roger Blaxall on 20th Feb 2017. How Ormskirk helped people displaced after the blitz of WW2 (Illustrated) An enigmatic smile playing on the lips of a very attractive little girl surrounded by heaps of luggage was a real Tear Jerker. The photo was taken in September 1939 when hundreds …
The Danny
This talk was by Stewart Wood on 30th January 2017. Stewart Wood and his team provided an excellent exhibition of materials together with an interesting presentation on the life of this unique vessel. This included a detailed scale model and a print of the ship at work on the Mersey during the 19th century. The …
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