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Zoom In!!!

....... to a live online talk on the third Wednesday of each month
Scroll to the bottom of the page to see details about our next talk

Please let Geoff King (members@ryedalefamilyhistory.org) know if you wish to attend one of these meetings, and he will send you an email with a link and instructions.

Forthcoming Wednesday meetings: Live and via Zoom 

Our next monthly Zoom meeting 
Wednesday 16th October 2024, at 7.30pm

This will be a ZOOM meeting accessible to all our
members across the country and the world.

Our Speaker is David Hearn.

After a brief spell in the Army David followed a career in Liverpool in export and property finance before going to university for the first time at the age of 55. After graduating with a BA (Hons) in History from Liverpool John Moores University David went on to take a Masters in International Slavery Studies at The University of Liverpool. He has published three books - one about First World War memorials and two about Liverpool’s role in the slave trade. He is currently working on at least two others.  

He has appeared many times on BBC Radio Merseyside talking about different aspects of Liverpool history and has appeared in a Channel 5 documentary about the River Mersey. David has given lectures online about Liverpool and slavery for Edge Hill University.

The Talk is titled 'The Battle of Waterloo'

After the D Day Invasion, the Battle of Waterloo is probably the most important battle to have taken place in Europe.  The Battle of Waterloo was actually four battles spread over four days. We will look at the background to the Battle, some of the main players in the three armies that were involved together with a look at what happened on the 18th of June 1815 and attempt to decide who won or, perhaps, who lost the battle. Surprisingly we will see two love stories – one tragic and the other surprising – and find out why the good people Bexhill-on-Sea paid for a memorial on the battlefield.

The talk will start as 7.30pm so, if joining us on Zoom, make sure you have put all your gardening tools away by 7.15pm made yourself a cup of tea or poured yourself a glass of wine and join us before 7.25pm to enjoy this talk. You can join us, FREE, for this informative talk from the comfort of your own home on Zoom!  

To pre book for any event and to receive the Zoom link prior to the meeting please email Geoff at members@ryedalefamilyhistory.org

   A full report on this talk will be in the next issue of Ryedale Roots