2021 Website Development
You may have noticed that there isn’t very much available on our website at the moment. We just need to explain what’s happening. In 2020, we have an issue with our website hosting provider and while we were setting up our new site, we all of a sudden lost the ability to see our old website! Luckily we had downloaded all of the information but this now needs checking, links need repairing, out of date information needs deleting and new information needs to be added. Our webmaster currently works full time and is trying to do this in her spare time (as well as bringing up a family). So, unfortunately things are slow. Please be patient with us while we go through this transition between sites.
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Latest Update July 2021
At our meeting in July, Lady Teviot gave a most informative talk on Medicines and Illnesses of the Nineteenth Century. We now understand much more about those strange causes of death we see on death certificates, but also the treatments involved. Lady Teviot also outlined the lives of some of the pioneering doctors of the period. It was a most informative and interesting presentation, appreciated by all.
On Tuesday 10th August the talk will be David Cuffley‘s presentation of Brickmakers and Brickmaking mainly in the nineteenth century. His talk will explain and discuss brickmaking and investigate how the workforce worked as teams, their wages and social conditions at the time. Many men in north Warwickshire worked in the brickyards across the area. Why not join us and learn more about it. Members will receive a Zoom link for the evening and non-members can join via Eventbrite; details will be …