These are held at 19:30 on the
nearest convenient Wednesday to the Solstices and Equinoxes.
Tickets are on sale three weeks ahead from PSC, Bath Square; The
Sallyport Tearoom, 35 Broad Street, Old Portsmouth and First
Fitness, Clarendon Road. Tickets may be ordered through
Tony Spender on 07730 982809 or by emailing
wyllie@portsmouthsc.co.uk. A reserve list is avalable as sometimes tickets
are returned. Please pass you details to Tony in order to be placed
on the reserve list.
The information below is correct at the time of posting but is subject to change.
The Coming Lecture:
17th March 2010 - Portsmouth’s Canal - a Doomed Venture?
by Dr John Stedman
In the 1820s Portsmouth had a canal linking it with London. Why would anyone think that a coastal town needed an inland waterway? Dr John Stedman of Portsmouth Museums & Records Service explores the early 19th-century mind and the legacy of the canal in the city's landscape.
Please note the March lecture has been brought forward a week and is not 24th as previously advertised.
Future Lectures:
23rd June 2010 - Victorian and Edwardian Hilsea
The Lido, Hilsea Lines, the industry and the people, by author Jane Smith
22nd September 2010 - Sex in the City
Dr Ray Riley has thoroughly researched the area around PSC and beyond, the way it used to be in the 17th and 18th Centuries. You may be surprised to learn what once stood where your house is now!
15th December 2010 - The New Theatre Royal
Professor Tony Pointon guides us through the history, including its alleged ghosts, of one of Portsmouth's greatest cultural assets, once sited where the Portsmouth Grammar School Music Department now stands.
March 2011 - Details coming soon.
The information below is correct at the time of posting but is subject to change.
The Coming Lecture:
17th March 2010 - Portsmouth’s Canal - a Doomed Venture?
by Dr John Stedman
In the 1820s Portsmouth had a canal linking it with London. Why would anyone think that a coastal town needed an inland waterway? Dr John Stedman of Portsmouth Museums & Records Service explores the early 19th-century mind and the legacy of the canal in the city's landscape.
Please note the March lecture has been brought forward a week and is not 24th as previously advertised.
Future Lectures:
23rd June 2010 - Victorian and Edwardian Hilsea
The Lido, Hilsea Lines, the industry and the people, by author Jane Smith
22nd September 2010 - Sex in the City
Dr Ray Riley has thoroughly researched the area around PSC and beyond, the way it used to be in the 17th and 18th Centuries. You may be surprised to learn what once stood where your house is now!
15th December 2010 - The New Theatre Royal
Professor Tony Pointon guides us through the history, including its alleged ghosts, of one of Portsmouth's greatest cultural assets, once sited where the Portsmouth Grammar School Music Department now stands.
March 2011 - Details coming soon.