Special Talk
Special talk by Dr. Stephen Sherlock on Saturday 11th May in the Normanby Room. Dr. Sherlock is the archaeologist who excavated the Saxon Princess site so this talk is directly relevant to our current exhibition on loan from Kirkleatham Museum.Talks
Talks take place at 2.15 pm on the fourth Wednesday in every month, except for July, August and December, in the Normanby Room. Whilst originally intended for members of the Lit. and Phil., non-members are now most welcome on payment of £1.00Talks usually last just over 1 hour and are often accompanied by slides or other illustrative matter.
| DATE | SUBJECT | FURTHER DESCRIPTION | SPEAKER |
| 28th November 2012 | A numismatic zoo | Coins bearing images of animals, from armadillo to zebra, and dating from the very earliest coins to the present day. An illustrated talk with handling of the coins possible | Roger Dalladay |
| 23rd January 2013 | Farming the land at Glaisdale head in the 1950's | Tony Richardson | |
| 27th February 2013 | Easter Island | Where did the islanders come from? How did a Stone Age tribe make gigantic monuments? What caused their downfall? | Dag Haganaes Kjelldahl |
| 27th March 2013 | An historical walk down Spital Bridge and Lower Church Street | A description of buildings and their use in Lower Church Street and the Spital Bridge area of Whitby | Mike Yates |
| 24th April 2013 | A history of Whitby and Pickering Railway through to modern times | Mark Sissons (Archivist NYMR) | |
| 22nd May 2013 | Quilting in the NorthEast of England | A History of Quilting. Quilting in the North East. The Resurgence of Quilting | Dr Bridgid Ockelton (Quilters Guild of the British Isles) |
| 26th June 2013 | The Industrial Revolution in Britain in the 18th century | Roger Osborne | |
| 11th September 2013 NOT the 4th Wednesday | All at Law: a Whitby lawyer and his business in the mid 18th century | John Goodchild | |
| 23rd October 2013 | How Yorkshire theatre developed in the 18th century | An insight into how the provincial theatre worked in the 18th century. What it meant to be an actor at that time | Ian M. Small |
| 27th November 2013 | Manor of Fyling Court Leet | A brief history. What it is, how it works |
Lol Hodgson (Bailiff of the Manor of Whitby and Fyling) |