The Last British Soldier
7th October 2024 - 7:30 pm
Hazelmere, Winsford Cheshire
Title of Talk: The Last British Soldier
By Chris Green
Chris tells the amazing story of Private George Edwin Ellison who was the last British soldier to be killed in action during the First World War. He died at 09:30 am (90 minutes before the armistice came into effect), shot by a sniper while on a patrol in woodland on the outskirts of Mons
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Read moreWinsford History Society AGM
4th November 2024 - 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Hazelmere, Winsford Cheshire
Winsford History Society AGM
The Annual General Meeting will take place on the 4th of November at 7pm.
The AGM will be followed by by the monthly meeting starting at 7.30pm.
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The Decline and Fall of the Cheshire Empire
4th November 2024 - 7:30 pm
Hazelmere, Winsford Cheshire
Title of Talk: The Decline and Fall of the Cheshire Empire
By Peter Cotton
Following the Norman conquest of 1066, King William I confiscated most of lands of Cheshire’s Saxon lords to reward his Norman followers for their support at Hastings. Peter will pick up the story and take us through the history of the palatine county through to modern times.
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Read moreSalt 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.
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