Royston and District Local History Society

Programme

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2010 - 2011 Season

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

 

 

 

 

2011 - 2012 Season

2011

 

 

 

 

 

October 6th

The Olympics in London 2012,
this once in a lifetime opportunity?

 

John Fuller

 

Illustrated

November 3rd

James I and Hertfordshire

 

Dr. Alan Thompson

 

Illustrated

December 1st

Twenty years on the streets of Cambridge

 

Honor Ridout

 

Illustrated

2012

 

 

 

 

 

January 5th

My Mountbatten Years:
In the service of Lord Louis

 

William Evans

 

 

February 2nd

The Life & Times of Tommy Atkins, The British Infantry in North West Europe 1944-45

 

Phil Sawford

 

Illustrated
Please bring photographs, objects, letters to be identified

March 1st

Royston History on your computer
the library on your laptop

 

Mike Petty

 

Illustrated

April 5th

History of Duxford Airfield

 

Les Millgate

 

 

May 10th

7.30 p.m. – Annual General Meeting

8 p.m. The story of Isambard Kindom Brunel

 


 

Geoff Hales

 

The evening concludes with a buffet and drinks

A Traveling Theatre Presentation

June 9th

Coach Outing to
Stratford-upon-Avon