Talks on Saturdays, 2.30pm, Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2XB. Visitors and prospective members warmly welcomed – £5. Tea etc served afterwards.
2023
23 September | After a short AGM Henry VII & the Tudor Pretenders | Nathen Amin. Author |
14 October | Roman Britain: Mysteries of the Missing Mosaic, a Misplaced Milestone | Clive Ashman. Historical Novelist |
2 December | DEBATE: Who most exploited the July Crisis of 1914? (Light seasonal refreshments after the talk) |
2024
6 January | Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Villain? | Dr. David Smith. Cambridge University |
3 February | Colchester’s Victorian doctors: How was the local hospital regarded? To what extent did it influence medical practice? | Dr Jane Pearson, Essex University |
2 March | Aztecs & Mayas and the Story of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico | Ian Mursell. MirandaNet Fellow, Institute of Educ. London University |
20 April | Sir Jules Thorn, the Man & his Empire – When you believe your business is safe, that is when it is most vulnerable. (Thorn Electrical Industries) | Dr. Jim Lewis. Official biographer |
18 May | Celtic Paganism | Professor Andrew Breeze. University of Navarre, Spain |