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April 2024
The Good, The Bad And The Deadly.- FULLY BOOKED
A talk by Sheelagh James. Medicine (but not as we know it!) in the Georgian Period. 'It is often hazardous to marry an heiress, as she is not infrequently the last of a diseased family.‘ Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) Tea/coffee included in ticket price.
Find out more »Lunar Lecture – ‘For all our people’:the establishment of a public library service in Victorian Birmingham.by Steve Hewett
‘For all our people’: the establishment of a public library service in Victorian Birmingham. Steve Hewett is a retired university librarian with an interest in local and regional history. He is in his final year of doctoral research for a PhD, investigating the development of civic culture in Birmingham during the late eighteenth- and nineteenth centuries, in particular looking at the campaign for a free library service which began in the 1850s. Book tickets here
Find out more »May 2024
Stafford Gaol And How To Get There by Steve Geale
This lecture tracks the developing UK history of criminal Courts and Prisons. The talk will include Lichfield Assize at the Guildhall and the holding cell. Lichfield Gallows Wharf The purchase of the body of Thomas Williams (hanged 1762) The course of anatomical lectures held daily on the body at Erasmus Darwin House Tickets include tea/coffee Buy tickets here
Find out more »Cellar Tour 2024
Learn more about part of the house that is not normally open to the public on this fascinating cellar tour. Please be aware that there are steps down to the cellar and the cellar floor is very uneven. Minimum age 12 years.
Find out more »June 2024
Cellar Tour 2024
Learn more about part of the house that is not normally open to the public on this fascinating cellar tour. Please be aware that there are steps down to the cellar and the cellar floor is very uneven. Minimum age 12 years.
Find out more »