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2024/25
PROGRAMME OF TALKS
Millard Suite
Village Hall
Burberry Road
Buckden
St Neots
Cambridgeshire
PE19 5UY
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7.30 pm start on night
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Members ~ Free
Visitors ~ £5 per talk
Children ~ Free
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Annual Membership ~ £20
Joint Family Membership ~ £35
(Our year runs September ~ June)
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If you want to join please contact the Treasurer, Nicky Gibbs, on any talk night or the Secretary, Richard Storey using the Contact Page
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Programme & Fees: Welcome
SEPTEMBER 4 - 2024
GODMANCHESTER AT WAR
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Roger Leivers
Roger will tell the wartime story of Godmanchester; a town typical of many in the country but with a hidden history of captured German scientists and spies from the SOE and SIS.
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OCTOBER 2
THE HISTORY OF PRE HOSPITAL MEDICINE
Dr Heather Storey
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pre-Hospital Medicine, Heather will tell how pre-hospital medicine developed. She will draw upon her experiences as a doctor flying in air ambulances over London, Sydney and rural Queensland.
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NOVEMBER 6
HELP FOR HEROES 1647
John Davies
John will talk on the Cromwell museum’s reenactment of the 1647 Putney Ware debates and the political settlement that followed Parliament's victory over Charles 1st in the English Civil War.
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DECEMBER 4
THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER
Barry Jobling
Barry tells us about one of England's greatest murder mysteries and with some interesting new research on the subject.
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JANUARY 8 2025
HUNTINGDON THROUGH STAMPS AND POSTCARDS
John George
John will use his display boards to take us through his collection of historical stamps and postcards of Huntingdon and the local area.
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FEBRUARY 5
THE HISTORY OF PORTHOLME MEADOW
Dr Pat Doody
Pat will take us though the rich and varied history of Portholme Meadow. A biological Site of Special Scientific Interest it is one of the UK's largest areas of grassland which is still traditionally managed as a 'common land' meadow.
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MARCH 5
MIRACLES, WONDERS AND POOR NELL
David Longman
Following his brilliant talk last year, David will recount more tales from Bedfordshire Churches.
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APRIL 2
ST NEOTS IN WW2
Liz Davies
Liz will take examples from her new book on how WW2 affected the market town of St Neots. Copies of her book may be obtained after the talk.
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MAY 7
MRS CROMWELL’S COOKBOOK: FOOD, DINING AND POLITICS IN THE 17TH CENTURY
Stuart Orme
In 1664 ‘The Court and Kitchen of Elizabeth, commonly called Joan Cromwell’ was published. Purported to be the cookery book of Oliver Cromwell’s wife, it was, however, a piece of Royalist propaganda. This talk looks at this curious publication and what it reveals about politics, food and dining, as well as the Cromwell family.
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JUNE 4
THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE CYCLIST BATTALION OF WW1
Martyn Smith
Following the AGM Martyn will recall the endeavours of the brave men who signed up for the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion in 1914.
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