Salt and the Great War: Violet's Story
2nd December 2024 - 7:30 pm
Hazelmere, Winsford, Cheshire
Title of Talk: Salt and the Great War: Violet’s Story
By Elizabeth Morris
Winsford Salt Baron’s wife, Violet Hamlett must question her privileged existence when the horrors of the Great War bring family tragedy and lay bare the working conditions of the working women in her husband’s saltworks.
Elizabeth, a direct descendant of Violet, relates a gripping tale of the extremes of privilege and poverty in Winsford in the early 1900s.
Sponsored by Cliff Dickenson & Son
All Welcome: £3 at the door for visitors
Read moreThe Cheshire Hoard
4th February 2025 - 7:30 pm
Hazelmere, Winsford, Cheshire
Title of Talk: The Cheshire Hoard
By Keith Lawrence
During the Civil War many rich people went to extraordinary way to hide their riches thinking they would be safe and some hoards were never retrieved by their owners.
Keith Lawrence from Nantwich Museum will explain how coins and other valuables, hidden during the Civil War, were discovered in several unlikely places, and how some were found in a most unusual place in Winsford. The Winsford hoard was found in a pot during construction work in Over in 1970. The hoard is now in the Grosvenor Museum in Chester.
Sponsored by The Old Star
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Read moreThe Highwayman came riding
4th March 2025 - 7:30 pm
Hazelmere, Winsford, Cheshire
Title of Talk: The Highwayman came riding
By David Shaw
Highwayman Higgins. “Squire” Higgins, as he was known to his friends of the local gentry, appears to have been of good birth, although much of his origin is obscure. He seems to have arrived to take up residence in Knutsford about 1756 and was accepted by the community as a gentleman of reasonable means. But there was much more to the story, Higgins and his wife dined with their neighbours and he hunted, fished and shot with them. Such a life enabled him to become familiar with the layout of the houses of his hosts so that at a later date he was able to sneak back for a spot of burglary!
Our very own David Shaw will relate the tale of Highwayman Higgins in his own unique and spell binding style, the amazing story of an adventurous Cheshire Highwayman.
Sponsored by Fowles Funeral Services
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Read moreCheshire's Historic Houses
7th April 2025 - 7:30 pm
Hazelmere, Winsford, Cheshire
Title of Talk: Cheshire’s Historic Houses
By Tony Bostock
From magnificent stately homes to quintessentially English gardens, Cheshire’s splendid array of historic houses and gardens offer visitors the chance to journey back in time but there is more!
We welcome back our own Tony Bostock to Winsford History Society, Tony will walk us through our unique historic houses once known as the birthplace of gentility. We will enjoy some of the unusual aspects of our many historic houses and explore some of their treasures.
Sponsored by Katie Costello
All Welcome: £3 at the door for visitors
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