Local History Group 2023 – 2024 programme
When | Subject | Speaker |
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Fri 6 Oct 2023 7:30 pm St LPH | SIR JOHN KEDERMINSTER OF LANGLEY PARK AND HIS REMARKABLE LIBRARY | Julian Hunt is one of our most longstanding and highly regarded speakers. He is an expert lecturer and prolific writer on all things historic in Buckinghamshire |
Fri 3 Nov 7:30 pm St LPH | FROM MARKET TOWN TO METROLAND - A HISTORY OF SHOPPING IN AMERSHAM | Alison Bailey is a resident of Chesham Bois, volunteer researcher at Amersham Museum and frequently writes local history articles for the Bucks Free Press |
Fri 1 Dec 7:30 pm St LPH | GEORGIAN FOOD AND DINING | Adam Smith is a lecturer on architectural history and English country houses and estates. The talk looks at the food that Georgians enjoyed and how it was served. |
Fri 5 Jan 2024 7:30 pm on Zoom | HISTORIC GRAFFITI - SCRATCHES ON THE WALLS | James Wright is a freelance archaeological excavation project leader and academic historian at Nottingham University, focusing on medieval castles and royal palaces. |
Fri 2 Feb 7:30 pm St LPH | THE BRITISH CIVIL WARS, 1642-51, IN ART | Stephen Barker designs exhibitions for museums and lectures on military history. We welcome him back again with a brand new talk researched for 2024. |
Fri 1 Mar 7:30 pm St LPH | THE LOLLARDS OF AMERSHAM | Dr Peter Burrows is a scientist and resident of Old Amersham. He is a participant in the Amersham Martyrs Community Plays and volunteer at Amersham Museum. |
Fri 5 Apr 7:30 pm St LPH | THE AYLESBURY DUCK & AYLESBURY PRUNE | Mike Palmer is Keeper of Natural History and Geology at Discover Bucks Museum with particular interest in overlaps between natural and cultural heritage. |
Fri 10 May 7:30 pm sharp. Cholesbury village hall | AGM followed by CRICKET RAMBLINGS: FAMOUS PLAYERS AND FUNNY INCIDENTS IN LOCAL CRICKET | Eleanor Phillips and Keith Fletcher are Chesham local historians, volunteers at Chesham Museum and Local History Group Members |
All meetings for 2023/24 are at 7:30 for 7:45 pm
except the May meeting which is 7:30 pm sharp.
Members will be sent full access instructions before each meeting.
Adult Membership: £10 per year
School students: Free
Visitors always welcome: £4 per meeting
Please contact Chris Brown 01494 758890 for further information, and Richard Leat (leatrj@yahoo.co.uk) for Zoom invites