Recent Meetings

Where transcripts of meetings are available, they are provided as '.pdf' files, which may be downloaded.

(The Group would like to thank all those who provide these transcripts.)

The History of Desford Aerodrome, a talk given by Roy Bonser. (20 March 2008)

This transcription has been provided by George Carpenter.

The History of the Kirby PLayers, a talk given by Christine Ball. (15 November 2007)

This transcript has been provided by John Briggs

Leicester Legends, a talk given by Colin Crosby, a 'Blue Badge' guide. (20 September 2007)

This transcript has been provided by John Briggs

Stroll Historic Kirby (19 July 2007)

Some 45 or so members and friends took the opportunity to walk around the village, visiting some of the places that may not have been visited so often in the past.
It was good to have a break in the wet weather for what was an evening much enjoyed by everybody, which ended with coffee and a chat in St. Bartholomew's Church Hall.

Annual General Meeting (17 May 2007)

The first Annual General Meeting of the Group took place on 17th May.
This was followed by a short presentation of some of the slides that Will Walker used some years ago when he talked about the history of the village.

'The History of Leicester' - an illustrated presentation given by Alan Joyce, a registered Blue Badge Guide. (18 January 2007)

This transcription has been provided by John Briggs

A Brief History of 'The Poplars', Main Street, Kirby Muxloe.
A presentation given by John Blenkin, who lived in the house until 1960.
(18 January 2007)

'The Fall and Rise of Kirby Muxloe' - a presentation given by Michael Ball. (16 November 2006)

This transcription has been provided by John Briggs

Kirby Muxloe Village War Memorials - a brief presentation given by Sheila Mileham. (16 November 2006)

Sheila Mileham has been researching the background to the names shown on the War Memorial in the village.
She summarised this work and provided a list of the names, together with all the information that she has discovered about these people.
This list is available to download.

The History of Railways in Leicestershire - a presentation given by Fred Hartley. (21 September 2006)

This transcription has been provided by John Briggs

Visit to Kirby Muxloe Castle - hosted by Glynn Coppack, a Warden from English Heritage. (20 July 2006)

The visit to the Castle was hosted by Glyn Coppack from English Heritage and later in the evening he gave a short presentation in the St Bartholomew's Church Hall on 'The Hastings' Castles'.

Glynn's talk was based on the information that has been discovered, from various sources, about the original building and the plans that William Hastings had for the development of the site.
In addition he talked about the restoration work that has been recently completed, as well as the building work that William Hastings carried out at Ashby.

This transcription has been provided by John Briggs

Talk given by Colin Hyde, from the East Midlands Oral History Archives, based in the History Department of Leicester University. (18 May 2006)

These notes have been prepared by John Osband.

The History Group provides transcripts of the talks etc. given at our meetings but cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy of either these transcripts or the information provided by our guest speakers.