All our 2021 talks will be on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89012164046 Meeting ID: 890 1216 4046
2021
25th September | After a short AGM No matter how many skies have fallen. Back to the land in wartime Britain Click here to see a film by Kem Worple and Patrick Wright whre they talk about writing about historical undercurrents in Kent and Essex. | Ken Worpole – Writer and Social Historian | YouTube Recording |
23rd October | The survival of the Princes in the Tower | Matt Lewis – Author and Historan | |
4th December | Historic Houses today: Keeping them meaningful for future generations | Dr Ben Cowell – Director General of Historic Houses | YouTube Recording |
2022
Talks on Saturdays, 2.30pm, Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2XB. Visitors and prospective members warmly welcomed – £3. Tea etc served afterwards.
Our January and February 2022 talks will continue to be on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89012164046 Meeting ID: 890 1216 4046
8th January | King Charles I – Martyr or Tyrant | Dr David Smith Cambridge University | YouTube Recording |
5th February | Southend’s Saxon Prince | Lyn Blackmore Museum of London Archaeology | |
5th March | Edith Craig & the Art of the Theatre: In and Out Of History | Professor Katherine Cockin Dept of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies Essex University | YouTube Recording |
2nd April | A debate – The Pearl Harbour Advance Knowledge Conspiracy Theory | MARTIN FRAMPTON, with assistance from John Edgar and Ian Mason | |
7th May | Defeating the Napoleonic Empire | Dr Michael Rowe Reader in European History Kings College: London | You Tube Recording |