Royston and District Local History Society

Programme

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2009 - 2010 Season

2010

 

 

 

 

 

February 4th

The Pioneer Years – the founding and development of Letchworth Garden City up to 1920

 

Victoria Rawlings

 

Illustrated

March 4th

The Inns and Outs of Pub Names

 

Mark Pardoe

 

Illustrated

April 1st

Cambridge’s Victorian Buildings

 

Tony Kirby

 

Illustrated

May 13th

7.30 p.m. – Annual General Meeting

8 p.m. The Voyage of Charles Darwin

 


 

Geoff Hales

 

The evening concludes with a buffet and drinks

A Travelling Theatre Presentation

June 12th

Coach outing to Warwick

 

 

 

 

2010 - 2011 Season

2010

 

 

 

 

 

October 7th

The Gunpowder Plot

 

Richard Thomas

 

Illustrated

November 4th

The Prison at Norman Cross -
A Time Team Investigation

 

Paul Chamberlain

 

Illustrated

December 2nd

History of Addenbrookes Hospital

 

Fraser Rogers

 

Illustrated

2011

 

 

 

 

 

January 6th

Growing up in the 1930’s and 1940’s – A Village Boy

 

Kenneth K Burton

 

Illustrated

February 3rd

The Life & Times of John Calvin, Reformation Scholar

 

Ian Hamilton

 

 

March 3rd

The construction & logistics of the Guided Bus Project

 

Peter Pascall or anor

 

Illustrated

April 7th

Eels, Punts & Willows – A Life on the Fen

 

Peter Carter

 

Talk given by the last commercial fisherman still making and using traditional willow traps.

May 12th

7.30 p.m. – Annual General Meeting

8 p.m. The History of London

 


 

Martin Copping

 

The evening concludes with a buffet and drinks

 

June 11th

Coach Outing to Birmingham