Tuesday, September 27th, 2011. Rainhill in Bloom Presentation. Followed by “Who Do You Think You Are?”. Ancestry expert, Mike Royden, talks about family history.
Also in September a repeat of last year’s history course will be held on 15th and 29th at Manor Farm.
Tuesday, October 25th. “Wirhahl Skip Felag (The Wirral Viking Society)”. Everyday life in Viking times, with Linda and Sonnie Sa. Go to the Viking Society's Facebook page.
Saturday, November 5th. “Rainhill Remembered - the 1940s”. A free exhibition showing typical domestic scenes, photographs, clothing and memorabilia from the period. Open to the public from 10am to 4 pm; light refreshments.
Tuesday, December 6th. “The Titanic Disaster, 1912”. Ken Pye provides an introduction to next year’s centenary. See some background about the ship.
Tuesday, January 31st 2012. “John Moss of Otterspool”. Author Graham Trust talks about this fascinating character, who was a slave owner and also chairman of the Liverpool-Manchester railway. Find out about Otterspool House, and its history.
Tuesday, February 28th. “Whiston Hospital Chapel”, a talk by Donald Sutcliffe. The now- demolished building contained stained glass donated by the Stapleton-Brethertons.
Tuesday, March 27th. “Southport Offshore Rescue Trust”. This organisation, independent of the RNLI, will be the subject of John Shawcroft’s talk.See details about the charity. Note (January 2012) Unfortunately, John Shawcroft will be unable to give this talk. We are in the process of arranging an alternative speaker. Details will be posted here as soon as we have them.
Tuesday, April 24th. AGM followed by a review of the full year’s activities and an opportunity to look at the Society’s web site, including contributions from contacts all over the world.