programme of events

 

7pm Thursday 4 September 2025

Lumsdale Mill with Alan Piper

The Lumsdale valley is a very important industrial archaeological site and was scheduled as an ancient monument by Historical England in 2014. It is owned by the Arkwright Society. There were various mills built over 300 years which included lead smelting and grinding corn.

7pm Thursday 4 December 2025

Chesterfield Bus Society with Andrew Bagshaw

TRANSPIRE was formed in 1976 by a small group of bus enthusiasts to provide a society for those interested in public transport in and around the Chesterfield area. The society now has nearly 200 members, young and old, male and female, including some who live many miles away from Chesterfield. Bus operators serving the Chesterfield and areas around it include international companies such as Stagecoach and First, other large companies such as Trent Barton and smaller local operators such as TM travel and Hulleys of Baslow. Remember too the many coach and minibus operators in the area and the coaches of National Express and as you can probably see from what you have just read there is plenty in Chesterfield for the bus enthusiast!

transpirebus.org

 

7pm Thursday 5 March 2026

Exploring Derbyshire's lost mines with Gary Whitmore.

The presentation will be focused around the efforts of mine exploration groups in researching, re-discovering, recording and preserving mining history. The speaker will bring some artefacts they have discovered. Most of the information and artifacts will be from the archive of the Wirksworth Mines Research Group, who have been exploring and recording lost mines since 1977. It will include something about Ashover which is the closest village with explorable lead and fluorspar workings and will also show some abandonment plans for coal mining works into Tupton, including the land the Methodist Church is sat on.

 

Please note this will be our last presentation.

We would like to thank all who have supported us over the years. It’s been a pleasure to meet you all and we wish you well. Tupton History Society Committee.