There some Society events and cooperations with events run by other people.
A new programme of Winter activities for the 2010-2011 Season will be published in Autumn 2010.
SUMMER PROGRAMME 2010
Events marked * are Society/Trust events. A selection of events from the Environment Weeks programme etc has also been included. Some are organised by our members, and some by affiliated/sister organizations. Please note that for many of the walks you will need stout shoes, waterproofs and a packed lunch (we will be away from easy access to pubs/cafes in some cases). Contact names will be able to provide you with more details of access by bus and train. These details are included in the Environment Weeks and Rotherham Walking Festival brochures. Contact details are given for each event, but feel free to phone me if necessary. (Telephone prefix is 0114, except where stated.) Christine Ball, Hon Secretary. c.ball@sheffield.ac.uk Tel: 2361471*Sunday 2nd May and Sundays and Bank Holidays throughout the summer until Bonfire Night.11:00 - 17:00. Open Days at Wortley Top Forge. Contact : Gordon Parkinson 2817991 or Ted Young 01226 763896.
Saturday 8th MayWalk through Anston Stones Wood with Creswell Heritage Trust: flora, geology and archaeology, prehistory to present. Meet 1pm at Anston Recreation ground, Ryton Road, North Anston, GR SK 520 841. Part of Rotherham Walking Festival (www.visitrotherham.org).
Sunday 9th May11am-4pm. A walk around industrial Wakefield, led by Robert Vickers of Yorkshire Archaeological Society IA Section. Meet at Westgate railway station entrance. Pub lunch stop on the way. Trains from Sheffield and Barnsley.
Contact: Margaret Tylee 2830056
Wednesday 12th May18:30-20:30 (approx). A Guided Walk round Sheffield's Victorian City Centre with the Victorian Society. Meet at Sheffield Town Hall front steps.
Contact: Valerie Bayliss 2307693
*Saturday 15th May11:00 - 15:30 approx. Stocksbridge to Deepcar. Gentle walk looking at water power on the Little Don, Samuel Fox's steel town, fireclay and refractory brick works; led by Graham Hague. Meet at the Public car park facing Stocksbridge Co-op. Bus route 57/58 or Middlewood Supertram link.
Contact Derek Bayliss 2307693
*Monday 17th May19:30-21:00 Cravens of Darnall: 100 years of history.
Howard Turner.
Lecture at Kelham Island Museum £1 for non-members. Contact Derek Bayliss 2307693
Thursday 20th May13:30 - 15:30pm (approx). Kelham's Riverside - a walk through the past and the future. (and again, walking further upriver, on Thursday 10th June). Organised by SIMT/Upper Don Trust. Meet at Kelham Island Museum Car Park.
Contact: Robin Fielder 2580575
*Saturday 22nd May10:00-16:00. Rotherham Local Heritage Fair at the Library and Arts Centre. Admission Free. The Society will be having a stall; any offers of assistance will be very welcome.
Contact: Christine Ball on 2361471
Wednesday 26th May18:30-20:30 approx. Victorian Attercliffe a look at what survives.
Meet at Banners, Attercliffe Road/Staniforth Road. Supertram to Attercliffe or 52/69/130/287 bus. Organised by S Yorks group of the Victorian Society.
Contact Graham Hague on 2686729
Saturday 5th June10:15am Chesterfield to Renishaw: a walk along the towpath of the canal, viewing parallel railways. 7 miles linear walk with pub lunch.
Led by Brian Slater of the Railway Ramblers. Meet in the booking hall of Chesterfield station. Bus back to the start.
Contact: Jane Ellis 0113 2659970
Thursday 10th June13:30-16:30 (approx). Kelham's Riverside - a walk through the past and the future. Follow the industrial past beside Sheffield's 'rural' Don.
Organised by SIMT/Upper Don Trust. Meet at Kelham Island Museum Car Park. Supertram to Shalesmoor, buses 11/12/14/57/58/77/78.
Contact: Robin Fielder 2580575
*Sunday 13th June.1-3pm. Guided tour of the new Hawley gallery at Kelham Island museum with Ken Hawley.
Meet at the entrance to the Museum. Buses, as above.
Contact: Christine Ball 2361471
Sunday 13th June2:30, 4pm and 5pm. Newcomen Beam Engine. Free guided tours followed by a short talk at 5pm about plans for the engine.
At the Victorian Meeting Room, Elsecar. Includes refreshments.
Contact: 01226 741817 or stephpollard@tiscali.co.uk
Tuesday 22nd June7pm+. Tour of his excavations in Rivelin with Bob Johnston of Sheffield University Archaeology Dept.
Meet at the Rivelin Valley Café. Buses and trams to Malin Bridge.
Contact: Christine Ball 2361471
Wednesday July 28th6:30pm Elsecar Heritage Railway. Short talk about the railway and plans for the future, followed by train ride and Cornish cream tea.
£6 for ticket and tea.
Contact: 01226 746746 to book a place
Sunday 5th September11:00 -17:00 Model Engineers' Open Day at Wortley Top Forge. Railways, refreshments, and the Forge!
More volunteers always needed.
Contact Gordon Parkinson 2817991 or Ted Young 01226 763896
*Saturday 11th September.11:00-16:00. Wortley Top Forge, Heritage Open Day. Free admission on this day.
Contact: Derek Bayliss 2307693
*Sunday 12th September.11:00-16:00. Hoylandswaine Nail Forge, Heritage Open Day.
Contact: Derek Bayliss 2307693
September 25thAll day. Down by the Riverside 4: the annual family event organised by the Upper Don Walk Trust.
Kelham Island Museum. Free admission.
Contact: Kelham Island 2722106
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