Our 2021/22 Programme

All our 2021 talks will be on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89012164046 Meeting ID: 890 1216 4046

2021

25th SeptemberAfter 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 HistorianYouTube Recording
23rd OctoberThe survival of the Princes in the TowerMatt Lewis – Author and Historan
4th DecemberHistoric Houses today: Keeping them meaningful for future generations
Dr Ben Cowell – Director General of Historic HousesYouTube Recording
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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 TheoryMARTIN 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
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