with Danny Wells

The History Live Christmas meeting will be held on Wednesday December 6th at 7.30pm in Warslow Village Hall.  Doors will be open at 7 so do come early to enjoy refreshments  (including mince pies of course), pull a cracker and give yourself time to buy raffle tickets in aid of the Air Ambulance.  The raffle will be drawn at the end of the evening.

Our speaker is Danny Wells. You may remember his visit to us last year when he told us us how the Victorians ‘invented’ many of the Christmas traditions that we now enjoy, including cards. The first Christmas card appeared in Britain in the 1840s. By the 1880s, following the invention of the chromolithographic process and developments within the postal system, millions were being exchanged each year.

Danny’s illustrated talk will trace the history of the Christmas card in Britain from its Victorian origins through the Edwardian era, World War 1 and the inter-war years exploring their art and changes in style.

Danny is a former history teacher,  community worker and also has an MA in Architectural History.  He particularly enjoys ‘unlocking the past’ of social and cultural history.

We would like to thank everyone who has donated prizes for the raffle, we have an amazing selection!  A particularly big THANK YOU to High Peak Bookstore and Cafe; Altrad Belle Engineering; The Greyhound, Warslow; Gerald Harrison, Greengrocer, Leek; The Curiosity Shop, Leek;  Moorlands Cook Shop, Leek; Breckles Wholefoods, Leek; Cottage Delight, Leek….as well as lots more.   Please everyone support these local businesses, who have been so generous to History Live and let’s raise lots of money for the Air Ambulance!