Pymms, Music and Poetry - Ukewirks will again entertain us. Read more

Aisha Lowe will give a talk on Growing up rural East Africa: Looking back over 50 years Read more

Pete Chivers will give a talk on Crime and Punishment in Wirksworth and Beyond Read more

Unfortunately, Mike Wetton our planned speaker has cancelled at short notice and will not be able to attend the coffee morning this week to give his talk on Derbyshire Clock Makers. Instead, Ray Proctor will talk about the family who, in the late 19th and early 20th century, built and lived in the house in… Read more

Councillor Elisa McDonagh, present Mayor of Wirksworth, has agreed to talk to us about the role of Mayor in the town. Its history, events of especially significance through the years, her role within the town council, and events affecting the role currently. Read more

Paul Carr will give a talk on Haalem Mill/Shop Read more

Alastair Clark will give a talk on The wartime canal volunteers - were they really 'Idle Women?' Read more

Robin Knott will give a talk is on the work of the Derby Mountain Rescue Team. It will cover what training team members undertake, how the team is called out to incidents, some incident stats from 2025 and some real examples of the types of incidents they attend. Paul has been involved in Mountain Rescue… Read more

Nick Lockett will give a talk on W W Winters, the world's longest running photography studio that happens to be in Derby! This is an entertaining talk by professional photographer Nick Lockett. Expect lots of eye-catchiong photos and lots of surprising stories. Nick has been a professional photographer for 50 years (all his working life).… Read more