Updates on Local History Societies' meetings in Essex 2019
Waltham Abbey Historical Society's programme
WAHS Programme 2019-2020All meetings are held at Waltham Abbey Baptist Church, Paradise Road, Waltham Abbey EN9 1RL
2019
Friday 20th September 8pm
Fortitude and Fancy
Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn two of Henry VIII's most important wives
Speaker - Rev Nicholas Henderson
Friday 18th October 8pm
A Local Family. A Century and more of the Symondsons in Upshire and Loughton
Speakers - Carole Symondson and Chris Pond
Friday 15th November 8pm
The New River
400 Years of History. Follow the building of the river from Chadwell Spring in Hertfordshire to the Round Pond in Islington
Speaker - Richard Thomas
Friday 20th December 8pm
Members Evening.
Contributions from Members with Mince Pies
2020
Friday 17th January 8pm
Moorfields: England's First Public Park. The story of its building, maintenance and final destruction.
Speaker - Dr David Marsh
Friday 21st February 8pm
Essex Guilds and Guildhalls
Speaker - Anne Padfield
Friday 20th March 8pm
Puddephat Lecture.
The West Façade of Waltham Abbey Church
Speakers - Lawrence Greenall and Steve Miller
Friday 17th April 8pm
Annual General Meeting
Presidents Address - Stan Newens
Friday 15th May 8pm
Sir Frederick Gibberd and his Gardens
A speaker from the Gibberd Gardens Trust
Witham History Society
Chingford Historical Society
The following meetings will be held at The C of E
Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford
at 7 30 p.m. Most talks are illustrated.
at 7 30 p.m. Most talks are illustrated.
11th April
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The Work ofThe Essex Record Office
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Lawrence
Barker |
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17th October |
A Virtual Walk Around Walthamstow |
Joanna Montcrieff |
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14th November |
The Stort Story |
Richard Thomas |
12th December Chingford in the 80s & 90s Acorn Films
Clacton and District Local History Society
Pier Avenue, Clacton at
7.30 p.m.
18TH APRIL. ROGER KENNELL.“WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SOUTHCLIFF?”
16TH MAY. BILL SMITH.“AVIATION ARCHAEOLOGY AND ST OSYTH WW2 MUSEUM”
20TH JUNE. BRIAN D'ARCY.“GHOSTS OF THE TOWER OF LONDON.”
18TH JULY. MEMBERS SHORT PRESENTATIONS.GILL GREEN AND SANDRA ADAMS SALMON.
15th AUGUST . MALCOLM BATTY.“THE KIRBY RIOTS”
19TH SEPTEMBER. DAVID WHITTLE.“WW1 THE HARWICH FORCE,CAPTAIN FRYATT,THESS BRUSSELS AND THE SURRENDER OF THE U BOATSINTO HARWICH HARBOUR.”
17TH OCTOBER. A.G.M.A SHORT DVD OF JOHNSON'S OF CLACTON BYANTHONY ALLSTON A LOCAL RESIDENT.
21ST NOVEMBER. FRANCIS BOARDMAN.“THE GREAT STINK”,THE BUILDING OF LONDON'SSEWERS.
19TH DECEMBER MILLER. XMAS QUIZ. Foxearth and District Local History Society
Apr
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Tues 10th
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Robyn Lloyd Hughes - The
Rise & Decline of the Stour Valley Railways
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May
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Tues 14th
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David Burnett - Chilton: the
first three thousand years
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Jun
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Tues 12th
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Peter Minter - Visit to
Bulmer Brickyard,
with talk on
recent restoration projects
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Jul
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Tues 10th
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Ian McMillan - The
History of Liston Hall
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Aug
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Thur 8th?/
Mon12th
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Minibus trip to
Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome - near Maldon.
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Sep
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Tues 11th
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? Pat Murrell - The
History of Cupola House.
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Oct
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Tues 9th
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? Sudbury
Cemetery churchyard mapping
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Nov
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Sat 16th
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Ashley Cooper & Andrew Phillips
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"A Sudbury
Boy Wunders (sic) aloud after 80 years"
(Memories of the
Sudbury Market Hill & surrounding businesses).
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Dec
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Tues 10th ?
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Members’ Christmas meal - details
TBC
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All
meetings held in Foxearth Village Hall 7.30pm (unless
otherwise stated).
New members and
friends always welcome.
Visitors
£2 Members £10 per year
Halstead and District Local History Society
All events take place at 7:30pm in the Baptist Church, Hedingham
Road, Halstead unless otherwise stated
Our programme may change at short notice due to circumstances
outside our control
11th
“An introduction
to the Chelsea Physic Garden”
Dr.
Christine Hodgson, who is a guide at the garden, will introduce us to its
history from the foundation in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.
May 2019
16th
“The Lost
Cheeses of Suffolk”
Vivia
Bamford of the Sciapod Dairy in Suffolk will tell us about traditional cheese
making and will be bringing some samples to taste.
June 2019
22nd
Visit to
RAF Wethersfield Museum
July 2019
13th
Visit to
Alderford Mill, Sible Hedingham - Details to follow
September 2019
19th
Old Films
of Halstead & Hedingham
Brian Day
will be showing us a few of the amateur films of the area that he has been
given.
21st
Exhibition:
The Photgraphs of Geoff Root - A Retrospective
To take
place at The Queen's Hall, times to be confirmed.
October 2019
17th
Corsets,
Crinlines & Camisoles
Frances
Saltmarsh returns to tell us all about the history of underwear.
November 2019
21st
Can You
Keep A Secret?
Lynette Burgess,
Visitor Services and outreach Manager, will tell us the history of Bawdsey
Radar and its role in WWII.
December 2019
12th
More Images
Of Old & New Halstead
Followed by
our Christmas drinks and nibbles!
Leyton and Leytonstone Local History Society
7.45pm Wednesday April 17th 2019 *
‘Before the dig: why archaeology happens, how we know what
to look for, and what might be found in my street’, a talk by Christina
Holloway
St John's Hall, off High Road, Leytonstone, London E11 by
the entrance to the Matalan store, (not far from Leytonstone Central Line
station)
7.45pm Wednesday May15th 2019 *
‘The Real Dad’s Army – The Home Guard’ A talk by Mike
Brown, following our Society’s AGM
St John's Hall, off High Road, Leytonstone, London E11 by
the entrance to the Matalan store, (not far from Leytonstone Central Line
station)
Lexden History Group
Wednesday 10th
April 2019 ‘The Early Days of Clacton’ George Hardwick Members £1 Non Members
£3
Wednesday 8th May
2019 AGM ‘Fenwick Jewels’ Adam Wightman Members £1 Non Members £3
Wednesday 12th June
2019 ‘Giles’ John Field Members £1 Non Members £3
Meetings are held
on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7.45pm in St Leonard’s Church Hall,
Lexden except August when there is no meeting. Entry £1 for members, £3 for
non-members, refreshments included.
Loughton and District Historical Society
All meetings are held in the Methodist Church, Loughton High Road, from 8.00pm usually on the second Thursday of the month, from October to May inclusive.
Guest visitors are welcome at all meetings on payment of a donation of £2.50.
April: Thursday 11
29 October 1940: One Day in the Battle of Britain NEIL WIFFEN When a Spitfire crashed in Chelmsford and North Weald was bombed. |
May: Thursday 9
Annual General Meeting, followed by: Heroes of Everyday Life: Postman’s Park DR JOHN PRICE The remarkable history of the Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Postman's Park in the City. |
Saffron Walden Historical Society
Wednesday
27th March: Dr Peter Moore to speak on The Italian Artist Biagio Rebecca and his work at Audley
End
Wednesday
24th April: Richard Till to speak on The Cutlers of Thaxted, 1350 to
1450
Wednesday
22nd May : AGM. A
short talk will be arranged.
All
meetings are held at 7.45 pm. in the Quaker Meeting House, High Street, Saffron
Walden
Annual
Subscriptions: £7.00 per member; Visitors £2.00 per visit – ALL WELCOME!
Thurrock
Local History Society
Meetings are held
at Thurrock Adult Community College, Richmond Road,
Grays Thurrock, Essex, RM17 6DN.
All meetings begin at 8.00 pm unless indicated otherwise. The AGM begins at 7.30 pm.
Most talks are illustrated and there is a break for refreshments.
All meetings begin at 8.00 pm unless indicated otherwise. The AGM begins at 7.30 pm.
Most talks are illustrated and there is a break for refreshments.
Friday, 26th
April
The Annual General Meeting (starts at 7.30) followed by
DNA - what can it tell us? by John Matthews
DNA - what can it tell us? by John Matthews
Friday, 17th
May
Machu Picchu by Scott Sullivan
Waltham Abbey Historical Society
We organise a series of lectures on
the third Fridays of September to May, at the Baptist Church, Paradise Road,
Waltham Abbey EN9 1RL, 8-10pm with a refreshment break. Anyone is welcome to
come; members are free and we invite a £1 donation from non-members.
Friday 12th April 2019:
(this is the 2nd Friday
of April)
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Presidential
Address & Annual General Meeting
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Friday 17th May 2019:
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The West End of
the Church at Waltham Abbey: Mysteries and Modifications
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Lawrence Greenall
& Steve Miller
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