DIARY
OUR PROGRAM FOR 2025
Natural History and Geology Section - meet the second Monday of the month, September through to April.
Local History and Archaeology Section - meet the fourth Monday of the month, September through to April.
The Natural History and Geology Section and the Local History and Archaeology Section meetings are held in the St Bernadette's Church Hall, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 2RS, starting at 7.15pm. ALL ARE WELCOME TO OUR MEETINGS BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A £3 ENTRY CHARGE FOR NON-MEMBERS.
Art Group Meetings are held in St Hugh's Church Hall, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 2AG. New times are:-
Tuesdays - 7.00pm to 8.30pm
Wednesdays - 10.00am to 12.30pm.
January Ongoing Completion of Spring Entries
February Ongoing Framing and Presentation.
For Spring Exhibition.
March 28/03/26 Spring Exhibition & Awards.
April 03-06/04/26 Easter Exhibition at Normanby Hall.
Where dates are shown as "Ongoing", this means no specific events are planned but members will be actively preparing for the forthcoming Spring Adjudication event.
Further details will be made available on our WhatsApp group or by contacting Secretary Linda Marshall via the group email sms066@gmail.com or contact Brian Skelton on 07881 314445.
Natural History and Geology Section -
Monday, 12th January, 2026
"Colin Smith, the specialist for Moths for the Lincolnshire Naturalists Union, will be giving his talk entitled "The Mothing Year".
Colin will be telling us about the moths of Lincolnshire, explaining how they cope with the changing seasons and why they emerge at different times of the year.
Local History and Archaeology Section -
Monday, 26th January, 2026
We once again welcome Dave Gibson who will this time present his talk entitled "The Lincolnshire Pathfinder Squadron" and examine its significance in the success of the aerial war from 1941 to 1945. David has previously given the Society talks on various topics around the importance to the twentieth century history of Lincolnshire of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Observer Corps.
Natural History and Geology Section -
Monday,9th February, 2026
Rolf Williams, VR, MSc, PGCE, FRGS, will give his variedly illustrated talk "Rudolf Gets Rattled".
Arizona is the most bio-diverse region of the USA. Rudolf introduces the "Sky Islands", their habitat and associated wildlife and shares his top trips on spotting snakes in this environment, talks about their behaviour, and their remarkably useful venom. Of the 18 main species of rattlesnake in North America Rudolf shares his personal encounters with 14 of them...mysterious, much maligned, and deeply misunderstood reptiles. Some present themselves startingly - others are almost impossible to find.
Local History and Archaeology Section -
Monday, 23rd February, 2026
This month's speaker takes us to the mouth of the Humber Estuary. Cleethorpes' Dave Smith's talk is titled "The Sunken Pirate Island of Ravenser Odd that Threatened Grimsby's Existence", arising out of the sea only to return some century and a half later.
Natural History and Geology Section -
Monday, 9th March, 2026
"Bringing Beavers back to Lincolnshire - Wild Wrendale". Hannah Dale will cover the rewilding of a 300-acre former arable farm, the return of beavers, some of the challenges she and husband Jack faced in the project, and the results that they are already seeing.
Local History and Archaeology Section -
Monday, 23rd March, 2026
Society member, Dr Kathryn Bullen, will give a talk on "Digging for Lincolnshire: Axholme's place-names, a journey of interpretation".
Natural History and Geology Section -
Monday, 13th April, 2026
Professor Geoffrey Codd, PhD, FRSE, MBE is Emeritus Professor of Microbiology at the University of Dundee and Honorary Professor at the University of Sterling, Scotland.
Geoffrey is a former pupil of Barton-on-Humber Grammar School and visits us to give his talk entitled "Dinosaur deaths, historical and recent examples of animal and human poisonings and the risk management of toxin-producing cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) in our water resources."
During a 40-year university career Professor Codd has investigated the global occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms in waterbodies. His investigations included museum materials to provide a longer insight into the occurrence of the toxins.
Professor Codd has been a member of several national and international working parties on cyanotoxins, including the World Health Organisation and UNESCO.
This is a unique opportunity for us to into the forefront of knowledge and research that helps to keep water supplies safe and enable co-operation around the world on this essential need for life.
Local History and Archaeology Section -
Monday, 27th April, 2026
"Sand, Peat and Warp: recent geoarchaeological investigation in western Scunthorpe." Luke Parker of York Archaeological Trust will present the findings from extensive fieldwork from a 2200 hectare site between western Scunthorpe and the River Trent spanning a period from post-glacial to modern.
ALL SECTIONS MEETING
Natural History and Geology Section
Local History and Archaeology Section
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Art Group + Natural History & Geology Section + Local History and Archaeology Section