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Two Christmas Cards from the Victorian Era
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The V&A has maintained a special interest in collecting and exhibiting greeting cards since its inception. Our founding director, Henry Cole, sent the first Christmas card in 1843. We now possess the national collection of cards for all occasions, featuring over 30,000 examples, more than half of which celebrate Christmas. Explore the origins of this distinctly Victorian tradition, read more at The story of the first Christmas card and beyond The Post Office is in the news this Christmas, so why not read Victorian Britain: The Post Office But looking for snow in Marple ? Then look no further than Postcards Part 4 - December 2019 aka Snow in Marple Meanwhile back in the recent past, a mere half a century ago, 1974, on the 'tele' with but three channels, Christmas viewing on the two BBC channels was this, while over on the one ITV channel this. And The song that topped the UK Singles Chart in 1974? Selling over 750,000 copies and reaching Christmas number one., it was 'Lonely this Christmas' by Mud. |
Programme for our 2024 - 2025 Season
Browse a record of the 2023 - 2024 Season to get a feel for what to expect.
Next Meeting: 13th January 2025:
‘Pott Shrigley Abduction' with Neil Mullineux
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Local YouTube videos
There are videos taken during drone flights, c/o Air Tours, of Marple Bridge,.... Marple Hall – Dobbies – Chadkirk, ....and Stockport Road travelling east towards Marple.
December 2024: 'The call what he made' - Mobile Phones
Nigel Linge brought us to half-time in the Society season with the story of that device in your pocket, handbag or just by your side. Comedian Ernie Wise was one half of the UK’s hugely popular comedy double act, Morecambe and Wise, and was famous for the “plays what he wrote!” However, on 1st January 1985 Ernie Wise made history by inaugurating the UK’s first mobile telephone network. This therefore was “the call what he made” that signalled the start of our mobile communications revolution which today has resulted in the situation where there are now more mobile phones than people in the country. Those early mobiles were huge, extremely heavy, very expensive, had limited battery life and could only make telephone calls. This talk tells the story of how that technology evolved over a relatively short period of time to deliver today’s smartphone that acts as our gateway to the web, ensures that we have a camera with us at all times, can pinpoint our physical location within a few metres on the planet’s surface and has transformed our lives and the very nature of how we communicate.
Read more: December 2024: 'The call what he made' - Mobile Phones
