Local and General History Group: Past Events.
Programme for 2020:
| DATE | SUBJECT | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan | The History of Mangapps Railway Museum | John Jolly |
| 24 Feb | Virtual Tour of Maldon Moot Hall | Penney McAvoy Mike Fogg |
| 23 Mar | RAF Bradwell Bay Airfield in WW2 | Kevin Bruce |
| 27 Apr | "An East Anglian Panorama" | |
| 25 May | NO MEETING— BANK HOLIDAY | |
| 22 Jun | The Story of Silver End | Jackie Nesbitt |
| 27 Jul | The History of Burnham | Margaret Smith |
| 24 Aug | No meeting | |
| Sep | A visit to Hatfield House | |
| 26 Oct | The Agricultural Riots of 1830 | Roger Smith |
| 23 Nov | The making of a Maldon Journal 1990-1993 | Patrick Chaplin |
| 28 Dec | No meeting |
Meetings and Visits 2019:
| DATE | SUBJECT | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan | The Life and Buildings of local architect A. H. Mcmurdo | Clive Potter |
| 25 Feb | Where was the Battle of Maldon? | Stephen Nunn |
| 25 Mar | The Story of Bourne Mill, Colchester | Chris Thornton |
| 29 Apr | "The People's Post" A visit to London's Postal Museum NB: 5th Monday | |
| 27 May | NO MEETING— BANK HOLIDAY | |
| 24 Jun | The History of Osea Island | David Newman |
| 22 Jul | "The Vyne- A House of many Faces" National Trust property in Basingstoke | Michael Thomas |
| Aug | No meeting | |
| 23 Sep | "A Suffolk Symphony" A visit to Aldeburgh and Snape Maltings | |
| 28 Oct | "October 29th 1940" - one day in the Battle of Britain | Neil Wiffen |
| 25 Nov | "Arrest ye merry gentlemen, or Christmas in Uniform" | Peter Layzell |
| Dec | No meeting |
Meetings and Visits 2018:
| DATE | SUBJECT | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan | Medieval Religion, Myths and Ghost stories | Ben Crussell |
| 26 Feb | Rural Essex in Victorian and Edwardian Times | Peter Layzell |
| 26 Mar | “Where there’s a Will there’s a Way” | Lynne Raymond |
| 23 Apr | Visit to Newmarket - home of the "Sport of Kings" | |
| 28 May | NO MEETING— BANK HOLIDAY | |
| 25 Jun | Walking Tour of Moulsham Street, Chelmsford | |
| 23 Jul | History of Langford Water Works and Museum of Power | Patrick Chaplin |
| Aug | No meeting | |
| 24 Sep | “Kentish Curios”: A visit to less well known parts of Kent | |
| 22 Oct | From Rural Essex and Suffolk to Battles of the Somme | Kate Cole |
| 26 Nov | The History of Surnames | Charlie Haylock |
| Dec | No meeting |
Meetings and Visits 2017
| DATE | SUBJECT | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan | The Siege of Colchester | John Dean |
| 27 Feb | Langford and Langford Grove | Patrick Chaplin & Irene Allen |
| 27 Mar | The Rise and Fall of Colchester’s “Good Time Girls” 1855-1895 | Dr Jane Pearson |
| 24 Apr | Visit to Knebworth House | |
| 22 May | Broomfield’s Princely Burial Site | Christine Whybrow |
| 26 Jun | A Walking Tour of Colchester | |
| 24 Jul | Local Medieval History | Ben Crussell |
| Aug | No meeting | |
| 25 Sep | A Walking Tour of Canterbury | |
| 23 Oct | Mundon Facts and Fables | Christine McDonald |
| 27 Nov | Historical Chelmsford | John Pamphilon |
| Dec | No meeting |
Report & pictures taken during 2015
Click here to see the report on the trip to Flanders.
Meetings and Visits 2011
| Date | Subject | Speaker and Additional Information |
| Monday, 24th January 2011 | Local Social History of the Parishes around Beacon Hill | Clive Potter |
| Monday, 28th February | Rayleigh through the Looking Glass | Mike Davies |
| Monday, 28th March | Visit to the Chelsea Hospital | £10 - Pick-up at 10am |
| Tuesday, 3rd May | Maldon and the Great War | Stephen Nunn |
| Monday, 23rd May | Visit to Great Dunmow Maltings and Museum |
Cost £3.50 inc tea
Meet 2.15pm at Dunmow - Car share |
| Monday, 27th June | Visit to Museum of Kent Life & River Medway Boat Trip |
Cost £21
Pick-up at 9.15am |
| Monday, 25 July | The Dutch Quarter in Colchester | Roy Walters |
| August | No Meeting | |
| Monday, 26th September | Visit to Eltham Palace |
Pick-up at 9.30am
Cost £10 |
| Monday, 24th October |
Essex Railways
1901 to the present day | Adrian Wright |
| Monday, 28th November |
Bolingbroke and Wenley
The History of a Department Store | Richard Wenley |
| December | No Meeting |
Report & pictures taken during 2012
Click here to see a report of the Olympic Group - 2012
Report & pictures taken during 2011
Click here to see a report of the Museum of Kent Life & River Medway Boat Trip - June 2011
Click here to see a report of the Visit to Royal Chelsea Hospital - March 2011
Report & pictures taken during 2010
Click here to see a report of the Olympic Village Trip - March 2010
Report & pictures taken during 2008
Click here to see a report of the Visit to Colchester - July 2008
Click here to see a report of the Trip to the Bank of England - March 2008
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Last revised 8 January 2020.