A Palace by a River

Our meeting on 29th June sees visiting speaker Mike Ogden with a presentation giving us both the history and a virtual tour of the Palace of Westminster, otherwise known as the Houses of Parliament, from its beginings before the Norman conquest through to the present day.

The meeting will be held at the Reading Room on Front Street at  7.30 p.m. on Thursday 29th June.

Richard Bell gave a talk about the Sand House, a Victorian marvel. This was built in the 19th century in Doncaster. It was a large house with several bedrooms, a ballroom and stable block, which was all cut out of solid sandstone. Also cut out of sandstone was a long passage or gallery with larger than life size carvings which included an elephant with a mahout.