Friends of Shropshire Archives Events

Friends Annual Lecture - "Have bell, will yell"

Talk by Martin Woods, Shrewsbury Town Crier

Thursday 20th November

7.00pm at Shropshire Archives

£3.00 Booking required, contact Shropshire Archives

Origins and Evolution: The Darwin Family and Shropshire

A Friends of Shropshire Archives and Shropshire Archaeological Society event

Sunday 15th February 2009

9.45am - 5.00pm

At Shropshire Archives

On the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth we take this opportunity to place him in context, find out more about his family, his times and the places he grew up in.

9.45 Welcome and introduction

10.00-10.40 Charles Darwin: the Shrewsbury connection by Peter Boyd

10.40-11.10 Coffee/tea

11.10-12.10 Darwin's "la belle Fanny", her life and loves by Jessie Hanson and Jill Burton

12.10-12.40 Shrewsbury and its surroundings at the time of Darwin by David Pannett

12.40-1.30 Lunch

1.30-3.00 Visits
The Mount, Darwin's birth place
St Chad's church and Shrewsbury Unitarian church
Shrewsbury Library, formerly Shrewsbury school

3.00-3.25 Tea/coffee

3.25-4.15 The Descent of Darwin? by David Annal, The National Archives

4.15-5.00 A virtual walk around Darwin's Shrewsbury by Phill Scoggins

5.00 Finish

£3 for members, £7.50 for non-members