| The Biggleswade History Society meets monthly at the Trinity
Methodist Church, Shortmead Street Biggleswade. Usually 7:45 p.m. for
8:00. on the first Monday of the month. Speakers provide a variety of talks
and presentations. During the summer months there are guided visits to places
of interest.
Meetings are free of charge for members. Visitors are welcome to
attend most meetings, unless designated 'Members Only', for a charge of £3.00 per meeting.
Historical
programmes have been shown so that prospective members
can see the breadth of material that we cover.
PROGRAMME
FOR 2013 |
| 7
January |
‘Churchyards, Cemeteries &
the Victorians’ -Talk by Kevin Varty.
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| 4 February |
‘The Prison at Norman Cross,
a Time Team investigation’- by Paul
Chamberlain
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| 4 March |
‘Death Clouds’- Talk by Geoff
Sewell
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| 9 April
|
Annual General Meeting
Members
Only - Note this will be held
in the Conservative Club in St Andrews
Street - see the January Newsletter.
Also
note this meeting is
on the 2nd Tuesday
|
| 13 May |
'Dan
Albone' by Ken Page (note this meeting is
on the 2nd Monday)
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| 3
June |
Members Only
- OUT
St Neots Museum Visit
& Walk.
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1 July
|
Members Only - OUT The
Emplins;
a medieval former rectory in Gamlingay,
and village walk.
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5
August
|
Members Only - OUT ‘Cracking
Tales & Dark Deeds in Old Biggleswade’
a walk, with stories.
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2 September
|
‘RAF Tempsford and its links
to Violet Szabo’- Talk by Bernard
O’Connor.
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7 October
|
‘In and Out of the Workhouse’-
Talk by Liz Carter.
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4 November
|
‘Villagers - A History of Gamlingay’-
Talk by James Brown.
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2 December
|
Members Only Members Christmas
Party |
PROGRAMME
FOR 2012 |
| 10
January |
Dan
Albone Archive Display at the Conservative
Club. Free to members. No need to
book. |
| 7 February |
"The Archaeology
& History of Biggleswade Common" - Talk
by David McOmish
|
| 6 March |
"The
Victorian Way of Death"
- Talk by Tom Doig
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| 3 April
|
Annual General Meeting
Members
Only
|
| 1 May |
"Prisoners of War in Bedfordshire"- Talk
by S Risby
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| 12 June |
Members Only
- OUT
Visit to St Mary's Church, Gamlingay
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3 July
|
Members Only - OUT Visit
to Signals Museum, RAF Henlow
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14 August
|
Members Only - OUT Biggleswade Common Walk by David McOmish.
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4 September
|
"Pickwick's Cambridge
Scrapbook" -
Talk by Mike Petty
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1 October
|
"The
Rise and Fall of the Cardington
Airship"
- Talk by David Fowler
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|
5 November
|
"Bletchley Park Museum" -
A talk by Nick Hill
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4 December
|
Members Only Members Christmas
Event with a 50s flavour - note
it is on a Tuesday |
PROGRAMME
FOR 2011 |
| 4
January |
"Development and Spread of Non-Confomism
in North and East Bedfordshire"
- Stella Gibbs
|
| 1 February |
CANCELLED "'Thatching" - Talk
by Paul Lewis
|
| 1 March |
"Maps
and Mapping - Part 1"
- Talk by Eric Lund
|
| 5 April
|
Annual General Meeting
Members
Only +
"The History of Biggleswade
An Alternative Approach" by Mike
Strange
|
| 3 May |
"The
Women's Royal Voluntary Service"
- Talk by Patricia Sherwood-King
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| 7 June |
Members Only
- OUT
Visit to Ashwell village and Museum
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5 July
|
Members Only - OUT Visit
to Biggleswade Fire Station
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2 August
|
Members Only - OUT Visit
to Shuttleworth Aircraft Collection
- A private evening guided tour.
Ticket
price £9.00
|
|
6 September
|
"Harris's Fun Fairs" -
Talk by Ken Page
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4 October
|
"Maps
and Mapping - Part 2"
- Talk by Eric Lund
|
|
1 November
|
Michael Knight gives
a talk about 'Biggleswade & District in the Turnpike
Era'
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|
6 December
|
Members Only Members Christmas
Gathering |
PROGRAMME
FOR 2010 |
| 5
January |
"Development and Spread of Non-Confomism
in North and East Bedfordshire"
- Stella Gibbs
POSTPONED |
| 2 February |
'Out-take' items filmed during the making of "Three Market Towns"
DOD - Mike Strange
|
| 2 March |
"Victorian Biggleswade"
- Slide show by Ken Page
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| 6 April
|
Annual General Meeting
Members
Only +
"Maundy Money" by Tim
Haddow
|
| 4 May |
Willow
- a demonstration by Sandra Barker
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| 1 June |
Members Only
- OUT
Moggerhanger House & Grounds
- £4.00 each
|
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6 July
|
Members Only - OUT A
Willington Walk A private tour
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3 August
|
Members Only - OUT 'Town
Centre Walk - Old Pubs' by Ken Page
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7 September
|
"The History of the Hedgerows" a talk by Gerry Lawrence
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5 October
|
"The History of Religious Non-Conformism in Biggleswade" a talk by
Revd. Allan Bliss
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2 November
|
"One of the Few" - John Shipman talks about his father's experiences
as a WW2 Spitfire Pilot.
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7
December
|
Members Only Members Christmas
Event |
PROGRAMME
FOR 2009 |
| 6
January |
Mike
Strange - "What's In A Photograph"
- An analysis of a photograph that
revealed a story about a 19th/20th
century HAYNES family. Demonstrating
methods and resources used. |
| 3 February |
Ken Wood - "Biggleswade
Brothers in the Great War"
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| 3 March |
Drew
Shotliff of Albion Archaeology –
“Biggleswade’s Archaeology”.
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| 7 April
|
Annual General Meeting
+ "Biggleswade
Town Plan - Briefing and Workshop"
by Mike Strange
|
| 5 May |
Members
Only
Archive
video of Bedfordshire including war time film of Biggleswade – Tim Haddow
|
| 2 June |
OUT
- A walk around Steeple Morden -
David Crowe
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7 July
|
Members Only
OUT - A private tour at Stotfold
Mill - (£2.50 per
person)
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4 August
|
OUT - A guided town walk of
Sandy - Barry
Groom
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1 September
|
"The Fen Reeves"
by Alan Porter
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6 October
|
"The Great Northern Railway
through Biggleswade and the Station"
by George Howe
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3 November
|
"Ivel Navigation"
by Eric Lund
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8 December
|
Members Only - Members Christmas
Event |
PROGRAMME
FOR 2008 |
| 8 January |
Kenneth Woods - Biggleswade and the Great War” |
| 5 February |
Sirens, Silk & Spitfires,
Letchworth & WWII - Letchworth Heritage Museum
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| 4 March |
Allan Bliss - “Vicars of Biggleswade” Part 2 –
Vicars and the Legal System
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| 1 April
|
Annual General Meeting – Society artefacts
will be on display after the meeting.
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| 6 May |
Sandy Town – Mike Reynolds of Sandy Historical
Research Group
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| 3 June |
Tour around Biggleswade Church with Phillip Rutt
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1 July
|
Walk around Buckden with Peter Ibbett
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5 August
|
Sandy church and a walk around the town with the
Sandy Historical Research Group
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2 September
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Allan Bliss - “Vicars of Biggleswade” Part 3 –
Allegiance shifts from Royalty to the Bishops
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7 October
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Straw Plaiting - Sandra Barker of Ashwell - a talk, slide show, demonstration and
participation
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4 November
|
The Pioneering Years -
The Origins and Early History of Letchworth Garden City
Letchworth Heritage Museum speaker
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2 December
|
Members Christmas
Party
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