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  • Joseph Cook: the Staffordshire Miner's son who became Australian Prime Minister.

    Heritage Talk: From Pit Boy To Prime Minister

    Online via Zoom

    No matter where you are in the world please join us via Zoom on Saturday 18th October 2025 at 11am BST for our latest #engleseabrookchapelandmuseum Heritage Talk. Joseph Cook, who left Silverdale “to better himself” in the colonies, was extraordinarily successful. He arrived in Australia as a miner in the 1880s and became a trade […]

  • "And Where, Pray, Is Ramshaw?"

    Heritage Talk: “And Where, Pray, Is Ramshaw?”

    Online via Zoom

    Join us via Zoom on Saturday 15th November at 11am GMT for our next Heritage Talk, "And Where, Pray, Is Ramshaw?" The talk is presented by John Bell, Vice-President of the Conference in 2005-06 and former Englesea Brook representative on the Methodist Heritage Committee. John will trace his family roots, steeped in both Wesleyan and […]

  • Love Feast Cup 3

    Heritage Talk: Methodist Love Feasts

    Online via Zoom

    Join us via Zoom on Saturday 17th January at 11am GMT for our first Heritage Talk of 2026. "Methodist Love Feasts" will be presented by long-time friend of Englesea Brook, John Anderson. In 1760 John Wesley defined the love feast in his journal as follows: ‘The very design of a love feast is a free […]

  • Westminster Students During Wartime

    Heritage Talk: Methodist Teacher Training in Wartime

    Online via Zoom

    Our next Heritage Talk on Zoom will be on 21st February 2026. Social Historian Dr. Tom Dobson's talk will be What did you do during the War?' Westminster College and the impact of warfare on the training of Methodist teachers. Dr. Tom Dobson is a Social Historian whose current research focuses on links between Methodism and […]