Meetings 2012 to 2016
Hoole History & Heritage Society Meetings – 2012 to 2016
| 2012 | ||
| Date | Presentation | Presenter |
| Jun 12 | Open Morning at Hoole Community Centre: Public invited to bring in documents of local interest. (prior to inauguration of Society) | |
| Sep 12 | Inaugural meeting of Hoole History & Heritage Society “Thomas Brassey” | John Whittingham |
| Oct 12 | An overview of Hoole’s development in the Victorian Period | Linda Webb |
| Nov 12 | Members’ Visit to Chester Heritage Centre: Research into Victorian resources, especially maps | |
| 2013 | ||
| Date | Presentation | Presenter |
| Jan 13 | Planning Victorian Hoole Project | Linda Webb |
| Feb 13 | ‘Route Map for Victorian Project’, and
‘Information on 91 Hoole Road, and the Mowle, Bridgeman and Walker Families, Tithe Map’ |
Linda Webb |
| Mar 13 | Members’ Visit to Railway Museum, York: Research: Hoole and the Railways | |
| Mar 13 | The coming of the Railways and feedback to Members from York museum visit | Ralph Earlam
Linda Webb/Phil Cook |
| Apr 13 | Members’ Visit to Cheshire Record Office: Research into archives | |
| May 13 | The history of Hoole: Hoole’s Victorian streets, roads and land | Ralph Earlam |
| Jun 13 | Exploring daily life, church, school, leisure and work | Linda Webb |
| Jul 13 | Daily life, clubs, societies, allotments, bowls family memorabilia | Linda Webb |
| Sept 13 | Ground-breaking research and information on the Royal Agricultural Show held in Hoole in 1893 | Monty Mercer |
| Oct 13 | The early years of Chester Football Club when its ground was located on two sites in Hoole | Chas Sumner |
| Nov 13 | “What the Papers Said” about life and events in Victorian Hoole | Linda Webb |
| Dec 13 | Annual General Meeting | |
| 2014 | ||
| Date | Presentation | Presenter |
| Jan 14 | Information gathering day - World War I | |
| Feb 14 | Follow-up from Information Day and setting of Calendar for 2014 | |
| Mar 14 | ‘The Lost Gardens of Hoole’ - the story of Hoole House and its rock gardens built by Lady Eliza Broughton | Ray Jones |
| Apr 14 | WW1 “The Calm before the Storm” | Gerald Tighe |
| May 14 | Hoole district tour Hoole Road | Ralph Earlam |
| Jun 14 | Hoole district tour from Westminster Road via Lightfoot Street to Charles Street | Ralph Earlam |
| Jun 14 | Tour: Chester Station & The Coming of the Railways | Phil Cook |
| Jul 14 | Members' Questions evening. Hoole's Coat of Arms, William Titherington, The Shrublands and Edwin Ashley, cab driver. | Ralph Earlam |
| Sep 14 | Virtual Tour of Hoole | Linda Webb |
| Oct 14 | Two Parcels of Land (Moor Park and Cow Pastures) from pre-Tithe Map to the Present Day | Ralph Earlam |
| Nov 14 | The Battle of Audregnies 24th August 1914 | Ged Ellis |
| Dec 14 | Annual General Meeting | |
| 2015 | ||
| Date | Presentation | Presenter |
| Jan 15 | Parcels of land in Hoole – Part 2 - third parcel of land related the history of Flookersbrook Field; and a history of Egerton Terrace and the family of James Mowle | Ralph Earlam |
| Feb 15 | The effects of WW1 upon the families of the Parish of St. Werburgh's | Ann Marie and John Curtis |
| Mar 15 | Information gathering day - Westminster Road School and Hoole Community Centre | |
| Apr 15 | The Chester Union Workhouse Hoole Lane- details of the occupants, the staff, the regime and conditions | Linda Webb |
| May 15 | 150th Anniversary of Westminster Road School
& Feedback from information morning in March |
Linda Webb
Ralph Earlam |
| Jun 15 | Tour of Chester Railway Station - Anniversary celebrating the railways coming to Chester in 1840 | Phil Cook |
| Jul 15 | Hoole Alexandra Park- from early Committee papers of Hoole Urban District Council | Linda Webb |
| Sep 15 | 175 Years of Railways in Cheshire (Display)
& Walking Tour |
Linda Webb
Phil Cook |
| Oct 15 | Siege of Chester 1645-6
150th Anniversary: Westminster Road School |
Bob Burgess
Ralph Earlam |
| Nov 15 | Early Railway History | Phil Cook |
| Dec 15 | Annual General Meeting & Social | |
| 2016 | ||
| Date | Presentation | Presenter |
| Jan 16 | James Hampson Spencer - a Victorian chemist and photographer with premises in Bridge Street | Linda Webb |
| Feb 16 | ‘Cheshire’s own Magna Carta’ - Commemorating the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta | Prof. Graeme White |
| Mar 16 | ‘Canals & Rivers around Chester’ - highlighting the industries and businesses | Ray Buss - Chester Canal Heritage Trust |
| Apr 16 | ‘Flookersbrook’ - early history and the extent of the land to which it gave its name | John Ebo |
| May 16 | ‘Hoole Road Bridge’ - its construction and development | Phil Cook |
| Jun 16 | ‘Battle of the Somme’ - 100th Anniversary | Dave Rees |
| Jul 16 | ‘Newton Hollows’ - Roman road from Wilderspool to the river Dee | Monty Mercer |
| Sep 16 | ‘The Ermine’ - in Victorian times, an important hotel offering accommodation and stabling | Ralph Earlam |
| Oct 16 | HH&HS members review of progress | |
| Nov 16 | Belgians who came to Chester in WW1 | Ann Marie Curtis - St. Werburgh’s Parish WWI Group |
| Dec 16 | Annual General Meeting & Social |