Bailgate

Events

Our monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday at 2.00pm at the Nightingale Rooms, Nettleham Road, Lincoln. Doors open from 1:30pm for refreshments and social chat.

List of upcoming speakers

Speakers 2024

March 19th. Keith Hanson. Tales of the Tower.
After a career in the army Keith became a Yoeman Warder - a beefeater so who better to tell us about this special place - the Tower of London than someone with first hand experience?

April 16th. AGM

May 21st. Nancy Appleyard. Body Language.
Nancy began her working life in Insurance and moved into Communication Studies in adult education. She now gives presentations to a wide variety of audiences supported by her husband Keith. Body Language is obviously an important part of communication and we look forward to learning more about it.

June 18th. Paul Scott. Sir Joseph Banks.
Paul of the Joseph Banks Society and curator of the centre in Horncastle will tell us about one of Lincolnshire’s famous sons. Born in 1743 Banks inherited the family estate of Revesby Abbey. He was a Botanist famous for his voyages with James Cook and collecting plants for George III in the setting up of Kew Gardens.

July 16th. Dave Newman. Life in the Victorian Garden.
Dave is half of a team and with Jane (both horticulturists) form The Sage Gardeners. They have worked and taught extensively in this field. Today Dave pays us a visit to talk about Victorian Gardens.

Aug 20th. Steve Lovell. Cuba - it’s time to Salsa!
Steve is a landscape gardener, photographer and a world traveller. Past visits to us have covered Lincolnshire wildlife but today he is to tell us of a place possibly more exotic than ours!

Sep 17th. Lesley Clarke. Swanpool Garden Suburb:Lincoln’s Failed Dream.
The Swanpool area of Lincoln is a suburb built in the interwar years. It was to have been a self sufficient garden city of over 3000 houses but only 113 were completed we hear of the how and why these plans were abandoned!

Oct 15th. Heather Hughes. Lincoln’s Black History Trail.
October is Black History Month aimed at promoting and celebrating the Black contribution to British Society. We are pleased to be part of this by welcoming Heather - Professor of Cultural & Heritage Studies from the University. Reimagining Lincolnshire was established and the trail developed in 2021. We look forward to hearing all about it.

Nov 19th. Ian Morgan. The Curious World of Olde Time Punishment.
Ian is a writer, historian and public speaker. He is a published author on history and crime subjects having appeared on local BBC radio stations several times. Hearing of the punishments of the past could be quite enlightening!

Dec 17th. 2024 Christmas Social