Annual Membership £20.00
January 2025
New Year Meal for Members
February 6th 2025
"Fine Healthy Leeches"
Victorian Medicine in St Neots
This talk looks at local medicine from around 1800 during the Napoleonic era and throughout the Victorian period, as dramatic discoveries brought the potential for change. It uncovers the diseases and chronic ill health which affected many Victorians and examines the medicines and local remedies available. At the same time, it reveals the variety of local medical practitioners in the St Neots area, including surgeons, chemists and herbalists.
March 6th 2025
The Domesday Book in Bedfordshire
A presentation about the Doomsday Book and its entries relating to the people of Bedfordshire
Speaker:- Brian Kerr
Speaker:- Bill Steadman
Speaker:- Stuart Orme
day-to-day life of an Archivist and their successes and failures
Speaker:- Pamela Birch
Speaker:- Gill Price
Speaker:- Debbie Land
Speaker:- Nick Spinks
Speaker:- Jim Butler
April 3rd 2025
Secret Bedfordshire
This is the second part of the Secret side of Bedfordshire about the time of the Second World WarSpeaker:- Bill Steadman
May 1st 2025
Life at Norman Cross
Norman Cross was a prisoner of war camp in Napoleonic times. This is about the conditions and the people of this Prisoner Camp, the site of which has almost disappearedSpeaker:- Stuart Orme
June 5th 2025
Work of an Archivist
Patience, Jigsaws and Other Games Archivists Play - a talk about the work of an archivist. A description of theday-to-day life of an Archivist and their successes and failures
Speaker:- Pamela Birch
July 3rd 2025
History of St John's Ambulance
The St John Ambulance is ever present, providing first aid cover at many events, but do you know its history? Come back to 600AD to find out how it all began.Speaker:- Gill Price
August 7th 2025
Outside visit TBC
September 4th 2025
Pioneering Woman in Motoring
A talk about the role of early women motorists in the dominated world of men in early motorsport.Speaker:- Debbie Land
October 2nd 2025
Richard, Duke of Gloucester
A history revision about Richard III and a more up-to-date understanding of our current Duke of Gloucester.Speaker:- Nick Spinks
November 6th 2025
WW1 Aviators
This is a talk about the flyers taking to the air in aircraft that were only partially airworthy and attacking other aviators with simple weapons.Speaker:- Jim Butler
December 4th 2025
AGM
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