Erasmus Darwin House Events
Cheers – A Talk by Sheelagh James
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom‘For centuries ‘small beer’ was one of the safest drinks in the nation, drunk by men, women and children. This talk looks not only at ale, beer and porter in...
Sweet Memories
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomA jaunt down to the sweetie shop to recall some of our favourite sugary treats…some classic adverts to jog your memory too! A nostalgic talk by Kath Reynolds
Dr William Palmer of Rugeley – Saintly Billy or Mass Murderer?
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomA talk by Steve Booth. Dr William Palmer, better known as the Rugeley Poisoner. was convicted in 1856 for murder. Born in Rugeley executed at Stafford Prison. Gambling, Strychnine, and...
“A Brief History of Hypnotherapy”
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom"From the Ancient Greeks to AI" Jim Moorhouse will take us on a whistlestop tour of the history of therapeutic applications of hypnosis from ancient times to the present. Often...
The Adventures of Harry Payne – the Edwardian “Literary Tramp”.
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomA talk by Quintin Watt Looking at the remarkable story of a partially sighted vagrant, who tramped around the British Isles. Each town he visited, he earned a few pence...

