We are delighted to be welcoming Hilary Blanford, Chair of the East Surrey Family History Society. Hilary’s talk Twisters, slashers, spinners and others of that ilk is the story of the cotton industry based on those workers living around Hyde, Romiley and Stockport, but of course their stories are repeated in the cotton mills across the whole county.

This event is for members only and registration opens on 1st October when the ‘Register [Individual]’ button will show on the bottom left of the Event details on the FHSC website for you to click and then process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation. Registration will close on 13th October

The zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded the day before the talk.  If you run into any difficulties with this, then please contact us on the dedicated seminar email address – or see the 'Seminar Talks and how to Register' section under 'Online Talks and Meetings' in the FAQ section of the website.

The Seminar series is co-ordinated by Margaret Spate, Jean Laidlaw and Margaret Roberts and ALL correspondence, queries etc should be sent to the dedicated email address -   

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT RECORD SEMINAR TALKS