The new programme of talks for the Edwinstowe Historical Society commences on 18th September when Adam Nightingale’s presentation is entitled “English Civil War”.   At future meetings members will hear about a survivor of the sinking of the SS Titanic; the Pilgrim Fathers;  Worksop, Witches and an American Legacy;  Mary Queen of Scots;  Thoresby Hall and Park; culminating with a guided tour of St. Mary’s Church, Edwinstowe.

The Society’s current display in the Sherwood Forest Art and Craft Centre relates to various types of transport that has helped to serve Edwinstowe in the past, whether it was horsepower, steam or mechanisation.

A recent display produced by a committee member served as a reminder of Edwinstowe’s literary connections:   Cecil Day Lewis, Poet Laureate, 1967, whose father was the vicar in Edwinstowe, and under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake  wrote detective stories;  Dr E. Cobham Brewer lived with his daughter and son-in-law the vicar of St Mary’s Church, and whose labour of love was the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable; Geoffrey Palmer, who wove Sherwood Forest into his books for children; Frederick Kitchen, farm labourer who wrote about work on the land during the first half of the 20^th century; and Elizabeth Sarah Villa Real Gooch lived at Villa Real farm led an extremely dramatic life and wrote novels and poetry.  Additional information about these personalities is available on the website.