| Event type: | Socials and Events |
| Date: | Saturday 27th March 2027 |
| Time: | 10:00 am |
| Venue: | Penn Room, Friends Meeting House |
| Cost: | Free (refreshments available) |
| Booking: | Note that booking is required. |
Speaker: Richard Taylor
A History Talk that brings you the sights once celebrated by popular Victorian postcards
Richard Taylor is a retired freelance writer working in the museum sector, whose past projects included the Museum in Docklands, Woodhorn Mining Museum, Dynamic Earth and HMS Caroline in Belfast, and is known to many of you as The History Man.
Regarding this talk, Richard says:
“All of us are familiar with the delightful thoroughfares and distinctive buildings that ornament this glorious city of ours and make it a ‘must see’ destination for both domestic and international tourists. Yet it is just this popularity, combined with the ever-increasing pressures of a burgeoning population, trade and particularly the motor car, that has led to urban development that continues to compromise its unique historical character. For the next sixty minutes, thanks to man’s ingenuity with both a paintbrush and a camera, Richard Taylor (The History Man), will share with you glimpses of a world gone by. It was certainly more congested, ripe on the nostrils and dirtier under foot, but there was a lot more at which to marvel.”
