Our programme for 2016 is
Talks | ||
Date | Subject | Speaker |
13 January | AGM followed by Henry VIII and Bedfordshire | Dorothy Jamieson (Local Historian) |
10 February | Crime & Punishment in St Neots | Liz Davies (Curator St Neots Museum) |
16 March | Revising Pevsner: a New Look at Huntingdonshire | Charles O'Brien (Joint Editor, Pevsner Architectural Guides & author of revised edition on Bedfordshire, Huntingdon & Peterborough) |
20 April | Local Accents and Dialects | Michael McCarthy (Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham) |
18 May | The Swiss Garden | Corinne Price (Manager Swiss Garden) |
7 September | Richard III - the King in the Car Park | Matthew Morris (Fieldwork Director, University of Leicester Archaeological Services) |
12 October | RAF Tempsford | Bernard O'Connor (Local Historian & Author) |
9 November | 450 Years of Education in Huntingdon | Peter Downes (Retired Headmaster - Hinchingbrooke School) |
7 December | Shopping through the Centuries | Sarah Russell (Curator, Norris Museum |
Outings & Other Events | ||
7 January | Katherine of Aragon Commemoration Service in the Chapel, Kimbolton Castle (Admission by ticket only - Please contact Nora Butler (01480 861007) by 31 December, if you would like to attend) | |
15 June | Visit to Swiss Garden | |
6 July | Tour of Brixworth Church | |
Castle Opening | ||
6 March | 1-4pm Kimbolton Local History Society members to provide room stewards | |
6 November | 1-4pm |