Our programme of lectures runs from September to the following May and are held on the last Tuesday of each month at 7:45pm in the Lounge of the Riseley Village Hall.
30th September AGM Commences at 7:30pm then....
The Seige of Bedford Castle
Speaker: Jeremy Oetgen
25th October at 7:45pm
Bedford's Architectual Heritage - Lost and Saved
Speaker:David Fowler
25th November at 7:45pm
The Blitz as a Catalyst for Greening London
Speaker: The Tea Break Gardener
(This is a joint meeting with Riseley Gardening Club)
16th December at 7:45pm
Grumpy Old Men
Speaker: Steve Dimmer
27th January at 7:45pm
Two Roman Towns and a Villa in Libya
Speaker: David Oliver
24th Febuary at 7:45pm
Secret Bedfordshire - Curator of the Military Intelligence Museum Chicksands
Speaker: Bill Steadman
31st March at 7:45pm
Pioneering Women in Aviation
Speaker: Debbie Land
28th April at 7:45pm
Operation Bernhard: A World War II Nazi plot.
Speaker: Steve Dimmer
26th May at 7:45pm
Barney Barnato- Nineteen Century Diamond Magnate
Speaker: Richard Blacklee
Barney Barnato (21 February 1851 – 14 June 1897) was a diamond magnate who was one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later, gold mining in South Africa from the 1870s up to World War I. He was known as a rival of Cecil Rhodes.