Monday, February 15, 2010 - 08:39 PM

Nottingham Park Residents Association invites you to the first ‘meet up’ in our occasional 2010 Talk and Walk series. March 3rd at the East Midlands Bowls Club Tattershall Drive 7 pm. Click here for more details.

W.E. GLADSTONE: THE GRAND OLD MAN IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

An exhibition celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of William Ewart Gladstone is currently on display at the Weston Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park (until 21 March). Its academic curator, Dr Richard Gaunt of the University of Nottingham’s School of History has brought together original documents, cartoons and other images to illustrate Gladstone’s life and his long association with Nottinghamshire, Nottingham and the Park.

Dr Gaunt has published extensively on 19th century British politics, with a particular focus on Nottinghamshire figures. In this talk he will explain the link between Gladstone and the Dukes of Newcastle, who owned Nottingham Park, and reveal the influence of the “Grand Old Man” on some aspects of the city, and the Park, in the late 19th century.

Dr Dorothy Johnston, Keeper of the Manuscripts at the University of Nottingham, will extend the account with a review of the archival resources at the University which enable us to chart the residential development of the Park and its adjacent areas during the Gladstone era.

Programme for the evening:
7.00 Glass of wine/nibbles on arrival
7.30 Dr Richard Gaunt and Dr Dorothy Johnston
8.30 Bar open and time for one to one discussions and mingling
9.30 Meeting ends

We have designed the evening so that you can meet fellow Park residents so please encourage others to come along For this opening event it is £5 members the same as 2003 and £10 non members

Tickets are on a first come first served basis. To guarantee your place please return the slip below as soon as possible to Ron Turner, Reveille, Barrack Yard ,Pelham Crescent The Park Nottingham NG7 1AQ and enclose a stamped addressed envelope for your tickets

We look forward to seeing you on the evening

Stephen Hyde
On behalf of the NPRA

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