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2023/24
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, Eric Nash, on any talk night or the Secretary, Richard Storey using the Contact Page
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Programme & Fees: Welcome
SEPTEMBER 6 - 2023
TRANSPORTATION OF CRIMINALS IN HUNTINGDONSHIRE
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Annie James
Annie received a Goodliffe Award in 2022Â to research and document information and records of Huntingdonshire convicts that were sentenced to deportation. The records will be lodged in the Huntingdonshire Archives once completed.
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OCTOBER 4
5-9 CHURCH STREET
Brendan Henry
Brendan talks about the renovation of one of Buckden’s historic houses.
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NOVEMBER 1
THE HISTORY OF LOCAL SPORT
Nigel Fenner
Nigel talks on the history of local sport focusing primarily on the 19th century.
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DECEMBER 6
DID CROMWELL REALLY CANCEL CHRISTMAS?
Stuart Orme
Stuart reveals the fascinating story behind the myth of how the festive season was outlawed in the 1640s.
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JANUARY 3 2024
BUCKDEN PALACE AND TOWERS
Barry Jobling
A history of the Bishops of Lincoln’s Palace, Buckden’s most iconic group of buildings, from the 15th century to date, using some previously unseen documents and illustrations.
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FEBRUARY 7
IF YOU CAN BE ANYONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF WHO WOULD YOU BE?!
John Upham
We wait with anticipation!
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MARCH 6
THE ADMIRAL, THE RECTOR AND LONG JOHN SILVER
David Longman
David recounts tales from Bedfordshire Churches
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APRIL 3
MALTA IN WW2
Linda Upham
Linda looks at the period leading up to the award of the George Cross, with eyewitness accounts by those who were children at the time.
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MAY 1Â
ST NEOTS IN THE TIME OF JANE AUSTEN
Liz Davies
Liz reveals the fascinating Regency period 1811 – 20, through the lives of local people. Discover local links with the battle of Waterloo, the assassination of a British Prime Minister, the struggle against the international slave trade and the story of the Eynesbury Giant
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JUNE 5
AGM AND COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
Barry Jobling
A short, light-hearted amble through a 20th century Londoner’s vocabulary, where it comes from, what it means and when to use it (but only if you were born within the sound of St. Mary-le-Bow church bells)!
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