Bakewell Area u3a: Events

Events

Dates for your Diary
Meetings
Thu Apr 25th	The History and Restoration of Wingfield Station Held at Belper No28 on Belper Market Place 7pm - 9pm Speaker : Peter Milner, The project manager for this restoration Any Bu3a member interested in car-sharing, in order to attend could inform secretary@bakewellu3a.org.uk The Grade II* listed Wingfield Station was built in 1836-1840 to the designs of Francis Thompson, as one of a series of structures built for the North Midland Railway to Thompson’s designs. The building is one of the earliest surviving railway stations in the world, and is the sole survivor of Thompson’s picturesque sequence of twenty-four stations between Derby and Leeds, widely regarded as his finest work. The condition of the building however deteriorated severely after its closure in the 1960s, resulting in Amber Valley Borough Council serving a Compulsory Purchase Order on the owner, with grant support from Historic England. The restoration is an excellent example of what can be done with even badly neglected sites, and is an encouragement to all historic building fans - there are many of those all over Derbyshire!. Tickets are £5 and can be bought at the shop in Cromford Mills or online from the Events Section of the Cromford Mills website. This is one of a series of talks taking place over the next few months that you may be interested in attending. These talks are being jointly run by the Arkwright Society at Cromford Mills and Belper Mill North Volunteers.
Tue Apr 30th	Meg Laird Talk - “The Camp Follower” by Gill Roberts Friends Meeting House - 2 pm for 2.15 pm start, £3, refreshments, non-members most welcome Gill spent 30 years as a diplomat’s wife, working in 11 countries. Her husband, Graham, was the diplomat. Her tales of living a life most of us can’t begin to imagine form the basis of her talk. NOTE: IT'S AT THE FRIENDS. NOT THE MEDWAY

Dates for your Diary

Meetings

Thu Apr 25th

The History and Restoration of Wingfield Station

Held at Belper No28 on Belper Market Place 7pm - 9pm

Speaker : Peter Milner, The project manager for this restoration

Any Bu3a member interested in car-sharing, in order to attend could inform secretary@bakewellu3a.org.uk

The Grade II* listed Wingfield Station was built in 1836-1840 to the designs of Francis Thompson, as one of a series of structures built for the North Midland Railway to Thompson’s designs. The building is one of the earliest surviving railway stations in the world, and is the sole survivor of Thompson’s picturesque sequence of twenty-four stations between Derby and Leeds, widely regarded as his finest work. The condition of the building however deteriorated severely after its closure in the 1960s, resulting in Amber Valley Borough Council serving a Compulsory Purchase Order on the owner, with grant support from Historic England. The restoration is an excellent example of what can be done with even badly neglected sites, and is an encouragement to all historic building fans - there are many of those all over Derbyshire!.

Tickets are £5 and can be bought at the shop in Cromford Mills or online from the Events Section of the Cromford Mills website.

This is one of a series of talks taking place over the next few months that you may be interested in attending. These talks are being jointly run by the Arkwright Society at Cromford Mills and Belper Mill North Volunteers.

Tue Apr 30th

Meg Laird Talk - “The Camp Follower” by Gill Roberts

Friends Meeting House - 2 pm for 2.15 pm start, £3, refreshments, non-members most welcome

Gill spent 30 years as a diplomat’s wife, working in 11 countries. Her husband, Graham, was the diplomat. Her tales of living a life most of us can’t begin to imagine form the basis of her talk.

NOTE: IT'S AT THE FRIENDS. NOT THE MEDWAY