History Wardrobe
Events Diary
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Last updated 14th September 2017
2017 EVENTS
February 2017
1st PORTRAIT OF A LADY - Middlethorpe Hall, York
2nd A VERY VICTORIAN LADY - Hands on History Museum, Hull
7th DESTINATION: UNKNOWN - 1940s writing workshop
Harrogate Ladies College
8th FROCKS ON PARADE - Osprey Luncheon, Brantingham
11th TEA GOWNS & TEATIME - Bagshaw Museum, Batley
12th DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Darlington Head of Steam Museum
22nd JOLLY HOCKEYSTICKS - Wakefield Museum
25th FABULOUS FIFTIES - Kiplin Hall, nr Richmond
28th DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Gateshead Central Library
March 2017
2nd TITANIC - Nelson Dinner Club
3rd AGATHA CHRISTIE & ART DECO - The Word, South Shields
8th WOMEN AND THE GREAT WAR - Wakefield Cathedral
9th JANE AUSTEN'S LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE - Tangent club
Mexborough
11th SILK - Durham Embroiderers Guild
12th A VERY VICTORIAN LADY - Oakwell Hall, Batley
21st DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Wallsend Customer First Centre
25th JANE AUSTEN'S LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE - Jane Austen
Society (Northern Branch)
28th PINK, THE TRUE STORY - Tullie House Museum, Carlisle
29th PINK, THE TRUE STORY - NYFEWI, Scarborough
30th TITANIC - Tickhill Library, Doncaster
April 2017
4th JOLLY HOCKEYSTICKS - West Yorkshire Fed WI, Ilkley
6th TEA GOWNS & TEATIME - Guisborough Women's Luncheon Club
7th AGATHA CHRISTIE & ART DECO - Middlethorpe Hall, York
22nd FROCKS ON PARADE - Creswell Social Centre, Crewswell, Derbys.
23rd FABULOUS FIFTIES - * special fundraising event for the Friends of
Richardson hospital* Barnard Castle
26th WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION lecture, University of East Anglia
May 2017
6th AGATHA CHRISTIE & ART DECO - St Michael's Church Lichfield
8th AGATHA CHRISTIE & ART DECO - Forest Group WI
11th AGATHA CHRISTIE & ART DECO - Cameo Group, Mansfield
16th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - North Shields Customer First Centre
18th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Gateshead Central Library
19th FABULOUS FIFTIES - Fundraising luncheon at Wetherby Golf Club
22nd DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Sandhurst Library, Bracknell
23rd DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Woodley Library, Reading
June 2017
11th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Potteries Museum & Gallery, Stoke
14th FABULOUS FIFTIES - Callerton Garden & Flower Club
16th DRESSED TO IMPRESS - Thornaby Central Library
20th PINK: THE TRUE STORY - Market Bosworth Festival
22nd BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Hartlepool Central Library
24th FAIRYTALE FASHION - Norwich Costume & Textile society
28th FROCKS ON PARADE - Guisborough NAFAS
29th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
30th TITANIC - Middlethorpe Hall, York
July 2017
5th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Social Lites WI, Flixton
6th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Tullie House Museum, Carlisle
15th V for VICTORY - The Minton Centre, Hartshill, Stoke
20th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Doncaster Mansion House
21st TITANIC - The Word, South Shields
28th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Bettys Tearooms, Harrogate
7.30pm presentation and 3 course dinner
Tel. (01423) 814070
August 2017
1st 'ALL WRITERS GREAT AND SMALL' - Yorkshire Day celebration
Middlethorpe Hall York
14th PINK: THE TRUE STORY - Frazer Theatre, Knaresborough
16th TEA GOWNS & TEATIME - Aldermaston Parish Hall
17th TEA GOWNS & TEATIME - Phyllis Court Members Club, Henley
19th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
September 2017
8th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Middlethorpe Hall, York
16th GOTHIC FOR GIRLS - The Mission Theatre, Bath
* part of the Jane Austen Festival *
6pm presentation Jane Austen Festival programme 2017
18th THE RED RIBBON - Hawthorn High School, Pontypridd
19th THE RED RIBBON - Highfields High School, Matlock
21st Publication of THE RED RIBBON novel pre-order here
23rd THE RED RIBBON - Children's Books Ireland Conference, Dublin
In conversation with YA author Anna Carey
24th THE RED RIBBON - Leicestershire & Rutland WI
Lunch & presentation
26th THE RED RIBBON - Ringwood Library
28th THE RED RIBBON - Coombe Girls School, New Malden
29th V FOR VICTORY - Poppleton Historical Society
The Tithe Barn, Poppleton
7.30pm dinner and presentation
Contact Julian Crabb (01904) 798868 (ansaphone)
johnjcrabb@gmail.com
October 2017
4th THE RED RIBBON - Lichfield Library, The Friary
7pm presentation Tel. (01543) 510700
lichfield.library@staffordshire.gov.uk
5th THE RED RIBBON - Darby & Joan Hall, Cottingham
7.30pm presentation Tel. Val Wright (01482) 843976
wright2@wright2.karoo.co.uk
6th THE RED RIBBON - The Word, South Shields
7pm presentation Booking details
7th FABULOUS FIFTIES - Royal Pump Room Museum, Harrogate
3pm presentation Tel (01423) 556188 museums@harrogate.gov.uk
9th THE RED RIBBON - Middlesbrough Central library
7pm presentation
Tel. Ruth Cull 01642 729409 ruth_cull@middlesbrough.gov.uk
12th AGATHA CHRISTIE & ART DECO - National Trust Assoc. York
St Edward the Confessor Community Hall, York
14th THE RED RIBBON - Wakefield Library, Wakefield One
2pm presentation wakefieldlibrarymuseum@wakefield.gov.uk
Tel (01942) 305376
19th THE RED RIBBON - Tickhill Library, Doncaster
2pm presentation
20th PORTRAIT OF A LADY - The Early Dance Circle
Riley-Smith Hall, Tadcaster 8pm presentation
** LAST CHANCE TO SEE **
21st JANE AUSTEN'S LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE- Jane Austen
Society (Scottish Branch) Edinburgh
2pm presentation. Contact Ann Bates figment1@btinternet.com
24th THE RED RIBBON - Gateshead Central Library
6.30pm presentation Tel. (0191) 43382420
or book online www.gateshead.gov.uk/whatson
25th OH MY POOR NERVES! - Heart of Tyne WI, Riding Mills
26th THE RED RIBBON - Tullie House Museum, Carlisle
7.30pm presentation www.tulliehouse.co.uk
28th THE RED RIBBON - Dunnington Library Reading Room
7pm presentation info&tickets
November 2017
1st WISH YOU WERE HERE... - Scarborough Ladies Luncheon Club
2nd THE RED RIBBON - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
2pm presentation
2nd THE RED RIBBON - Whitley Bay Customer First Centre
7pm presentation Library.Events@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel. (0191) 6435390
4th THE RED RIBBON - SYFWI - Rockingham Centre, Barnsley
7th THE RED RIBBON - St Mary's Parish Church, Barnard Castle
1940s event hosted by World War II Operations
Tel. Iris Hillery 07919 344845 iris@ajalon.co.uk
8th JOLLY HOCKEYSTICKS - Birmingham Federation of Townswomens'
Guilds 2pm presentation. Carr's Lane Church centre
9th TITANIC The Yorkshire Club, The Parsonage, Escrick
Tel. Jane Issot (01904) 488174 ** LAST CHANCE TO SEE **
11th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Ripon & District U3A
St John's Chapel, Bondgate 10.30am
16th THE RED RIBBON - Middlethorpe Hall, York
1pm drinks 1.30pm presentation 3pm buffet afternoon tea
To book please call Julia (01904) 661301
26th JOLLY HOCKEYSTICKS - Darlington Head of Steam Museum
1.30pm presentation Tel. (01325) 405060
December 2017
3rd GOTHIC FOR GIRLS - Potteries Museum & Gallery, Stoke
1.30pm presentation melanie.firman@stoke.gov.uk
January 2018
27th THE RED RIBBON - Stockton Central Library
6.30pm presentation Tel. (01642) 526521
February 2018
1st A DRESS FOR EVERY DECADE - Whitley WI
8pm presentation
3rd JANE AUSTEN'S LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE - Clowne & District
Community Transport, Cresswell Social Centre
2.30pm presentation Tel (01246) 573040
4th V FOR VICTORY - Belford and District Hidden History Museum
2.30pm presentation Tel. Fiona Renner-Thompson 07761 470591
renner.thompson2@gmail.com
8th V FOR VICTORY- Gateshead Central Library
9th V FOR VICTORY - The Word, South Shields
7pm presentation
http://theworduk.org/whats-on/history-wardrobe-presents-v-for-victory/
11th V FOR VICTORY - Bagshaw Museum, Batley
2pm presentation Tel.
(01924) 324765
Bagshaw.Museum@kirklees.gov.uk
15th GOTHIC FOR GIRLS - Bramhall Hall, Stockport
2pm presentation Tel. (0161) 4742020
17th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Royal Pump Room Museum, Harrogate
3pm presentation Tel. (01423) 556188
museums@harrogate.gov.uk
18th A VERY VICTORIAN LADY - Potteries Museum, Stoke
1.30pm presentation, linking with an exhibition from the TV series Victoria
museums@stoke.gov.uk www.stoke.gov.uk/museum
27th WHO'S WEARING THE TROUSERS? - Knaresborough Mens Forum
March 2018
5th A DRESS FOR EVERY DECADE - Alnmouth WI 100th birthday
7pm presentation Tel. Joan Davidson (01665) 830893
8th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - Wakefield History Centre tbc
9th VOTES FOR WOMEN! - Linton Memorial Hall, Linton, Wetherby
1.30pm presentation Tel Jan Carnell 07774 147441
14th FROCKS ON PARADE - Richmond Yorkshire Ladies Luncheon Club
Lunch & presentation
15th FROCKS ON PARADE - Hoby & District Village Hall, Leics.
7.30pm presentation Tel. Diane Horsfield (01664) 434 422
diane@horstste.plus.com
17th AGATHA CHRISTIE & ART DECO - The Heritage Centre,
Macclesfield. 11am presentation; coffee from 10am
Tel. Susan Howell (01625) 429569 / 07948099820
susanhowell88@hotmail.com
21st VOTES FOR WOMEN! CWV, York, details tbc
22nd ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - Tickhill Library, Doncaster
2pm presentation
24th TEA GOWNS & TEA TIME - The Herriot Hospice tbc
29th ALL WRITERS GREAT & SMALL - North Shields Customer First
Centre, details tbc
April 2018
12th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - South Dalton Ladies Club
Dalton Holme Village Hall 7.30pm presentation
Tel. Glynis Bevan (01430) 810505 glynisbevan@gmail.com
14th VOTES FOR WOMEN! - Penistone WI
19th GREAT WAR FASHION - East Keswick Flower Club
1.30pm presentation
26th LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE - detail tbc
27th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Bollington Arts Centre
2pm presentation www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk
May 2018
10th ALL WRITERS GREAT AND SMALL - Gateshead Central Library tbc
12th VOTES FOR WOMEN! - Northampton Fed Townswomen's Guilds
The Guildhall, Northampton 2.30pm presentation
Tel. Sheila Baker (01327) 705662 shelbytb27@gmail.com
16th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Weaver Vale WI, details tbc
18th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - The Word, South Sheilds
7pm presentation
19th SUFFRAGETTE STYLE - N.E. Embroiderers Guild
2.15 presentation Emmanuel College, Gateshead
20th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Lichfield Festival details tbc
31st PINK - THE TRUE STORY - Wallsend Library details tbc
June 2018
2nd BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - The Word, South Shields tbc
21st VOTES FOR WOMEN! - Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham
7pm presentation gawthorpehall@lancashire.gov.uk
Tel. (01282) 771004
23rd THE RED RIBBON - Norwich Costume & Textile Association
2pm presentation
July 2018
1st FABULOUS FIFTIES - Darlington Head of Steam museum tbc
6th VOTES FOR WOMEN! - Skipton Town Hall, tbc
18th WE LOVE LAURA - Middlethorpe Hall, details tbc
** premiere performance **
August 2018
1st Hinkley Canalside WI, topic tbc
September 2018
15th BAD GIRLS & BONNETS - Jane Austen Society (Northern Branch)
2pm presentation Heslington Church, York m.joice@btinternet.com
20th V FOR VICTORY - Skipton Town Hall, tbc
21st WE LOVE LAURA - Bollington Arts Centre
2pm presentation www.bollingtonartscentre.org.uk
October 2018
4th FABULOUS FIFTIES - Wetherby Flower Club
9th WE LOVE LAURA - Middlesbrough Central library
7pm presentation Tel (01642) 729002
25th WE LOVE LAURA - Tickhill Library, Doncaster
2pm presentation
November 2018
11th WOMAN IN GOLD ** Premiere **- Bagshaw Museum, Batley
2pm presentation Tel.
(01924) 324765
Bagshaw.Museum@kirklees.gov.uk
15th V FOR VICTORY - Bramhall Hall, Stockport
2pm presentation Tel. (0161) 4742020
22nd WOMAN IN GOLD - Gateshead Central library, tbc
25th V FOR VICTORY - Darlington Head of Steam museum detail tbc
December 2018
4th V FOR VICTORY at CHRISTMAS - Whitley Bay Customer First
Centre, details tbc
More 2018 dates will be posted soon