Programme

All meetings will be held as usual at James Wolfe School, Royal Hill Campus. Doors open at 7.00pm. Meetings begin at 7.30 and conclude at 9.00pm.

The SPRING Programme is as follows:

23 March: The Undefeated Blacksmith; The letters of Celeste Sinibaldi.

Ann Dingsdale is a historian and artist. Her PhD was on Mid Victorian Feminists. She researches the lives of forgotten women, and shares them through textiles, walks and talks. In this talk she introduces us to Greenwich resident Celeste Sinibaldi who had ambitions to save the lives of British sailors in the mid 19th century. Her inventions, and her attempts to bring them to manufacture are recorded in her letters. Meet a complex and determined woman as she struggles to support her family and achieve her unconventional ambitions.

27 April: Will Palin, Barts Hospital.

Will Palin, was appointed the first CEO of Barts Heritage Trust in November 2019 after completing five years as Director of Conservation at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He will describe something of the new project he has undertaken there to repair and conserve the Great Hall, and the rest of the North Wing, in time for the 900th anniversary of the hospital’s foundation, which will take place in 2023.

Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday the following months: January, February, March, April, (occasionally in May) … September, October and November.

Our meetings, unless otherwise advertised, are held at James Wolfe School, Royal Hill Campus, Greenwich SE10 8RZ. Doors open at 7.15. Meetings commence at 7.30 and conclude at 9.00pm. We welcome non-members, from whom we invite a donation of £3 for each meeting.

The venue is well served by public transport. Bus routes 177, 180, 199 and 386 run along Greenwich High Road (at the bottom of Royal Hill). Bus routes 129, 188 and 286 serve nearby Greenwich town centre, and Greenwich Mainline Railway Station and Greenwich DLR are a short walk away.

There is free car parking after 6.30pm in the Burney Street car park (behind Greenwich Picturehouse).

Membership of GHS is open to anyone with an interest in the history of Greenwich. Annual Subscription runs from 1 January to 31 December: Individual: £15 or £18 for two persons at the same address.

If you require any further details, please contact Horatio Blood,
Hon. Secretary, GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

36, Greenwich Market, Greenwich, London SE10 9HZ
Email: info@warwickleadlay.com (stating GHS as the subject, please).