Cheshire as a Palatinate
As Cheshire proceeds with plans for devolution as part of a Mayoral Combined Authority, this talk examines the county’s history of semi-independence from central government.
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Curious About Chester
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Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United Kingdom
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University of Chester Riverside Museum object handling
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterSee objects from the Riverside Museum and meet its knowledgeable volunteers to find about more about this collection of curiosities from the worlds of medicine, nursing, midwifery and social work.
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Let’s Talk History
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterLace up your plimsoles and sprint through the last century of Cheshire’s sporting past with Let’s Talk, History. Using historic sound recordings from Cheshire Archives’ collections, this free audio trail tells 100 years of stories about the county’s competitive, recreational and, at times, amusing sports.
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Scriveners, Priests, Feasts…and Huge Quantities of Objects – Medieval and Later Finds from Chester Amphitheatre
Grosvenor Museum, Chester 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, United KingdomLinked to the Grosvenor Museum's exhibition 'Chester Amphitheatre - an 8000 year story', join the museum's Archaeological Officer for a talk on medieval and later finds from the 2004-6 excavations at the Amphitheatre.
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Why write a biography of Alfred Mond? The Many Lives of Chester’s Forgotten MP
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterWho today knows of Alfred Mond? Once one of the world's greatest tycoons, Mond has largely vanished from British public memory. Yet, elsewhere in the world the picture is very different.
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What Am I Looking At? Following Chester’s Buildings Through Time
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterChester is filled with beautiful and distinctive buildings, but in a place where people have lived for more than two thousand years, things are rarely as they seem.
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The Rows of Chester: A Unique Creation or a Unique Survival?
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterThe uniqueness of Chester's Rows lies first in the imaginative adaptation of a common medieval building form to the city's hilly site. However, they would not have seemed so unusual had comparable buildings elsewhere survived better. The talk will look at parallels for the building type, how it was adapted to the landscape, and the historical circumstances that prompted it.
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Talking Tours: Let’s Talk History
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterLace up your plimsoles and sprint through the last century of Cheshire’s sporting past with Let’s Talk, History. Using historic sound recordings from Cheshire Archives’ collections, this free audio trail tells 100 years of stories about the county’s competitive, recreational and, at times, amusing sports.
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The Immersive Chester Amphitheatre
University of Chester Exton Park Campus - Downes Sports Hall Parkgate Road, ChesterTake a step back in time and experience Chester's virtual reality Roman amphitheatre!
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