May 19, 2026
A good day out at Mansfield Heritage Day
& a happy visitor wrote about us on the letters page of the Nottingham Post (May 19,
[…]May 16, 2026
Upcoming programme about the Corinthians, a 1950’s women’s football team who defied the FA’s ban on women’s football teams using FA pitches. It will be shown on BBC4 Tuesday 19th May at 10 pm. […]
May 11, 2026
Nottingham lace: From craft to industry
Nottingham Local Studies, part of Nottingham City Libraries, preserves a wealth of artefacts that illustrate how the lace craft became an industry central to the British Empire’s growth
https://libraryon.org/special-collections/lacemaking-in-nottingham
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Dates for your Diary
Saturday 15th May 2026: Hands on Heritage at Mansfield Library.
Hands on Heritage 2017.
Wednesday 10th June 2026: Walk – Some Remarkable Nottingham Women led by Miriam. Meet at 7pm in front of Theatre Royal. £5 – no need to book, just turn up.
Saturday 20th June 2026: Come and visit us at the very last Lowdham Book Festival and make sure this wonderful event is given a fitting farewell. We will have a stall, as will Rowena Edlin-White, and Karen Winyard will be giving her fascinating talk about Laura Knight’s early life in Nottingham. Look out for booking details here: https://www.thebookcase.co.uk/
Saturday 27th June 2026: Talk – by University of Nottingham’s Charlotte May about “Nottingham’s C18th & C19 Cavewomen” – how the caves were used by women during those centuries. Gather 2 pm at International Community Centre, Mansfield Road NG1 3FN, £5 donation for coffee, tea, biscuits, raffle and enlightenment.
Wednesday 15th July 2026: Walk – Mary Bailey and Susannah Wright led by Karen Winyard. Meet at 7 pm at the Lions. £5 – no need to book, just turn up.
Sunday 16th August 2026: Walk – Some Remarkable Nottingham Women led by Miriam. Meet at 2pm in front of Theatre Royal. £5 – no need to book, just turn up.
Sunday 6th September 2026: Walk – Mary Bailey and Susannah Wright led by Karen Winyard. Meet at 2 pm at the Lions. £5 – no need to book, just turn up.
Saturday 17th October 2026: NWHG AGM and talk by Miriam Jackson on Plaque Attack, the progress of NWHG’s aim to get more plaques commemorating women installed in Nottingham. Gather 2 pm at International Community Centre, Mansfield Road NG1 3FN, £5 donation for coffee, tea, biscuits, raffle and a top-quality afternoon.
London until 8 November 2026 – The Last Princesses of the Punjab exhibition at Kensington Palace, highlighting Suffragette Princess Sophia Duleep Singh and the women who influenced her. Duleep Singh’s godmother was Queen Victoria, making her commitment to the cause all the more laudable.