We range widely over social, economic and political history, reflecting our interests. This group has vacancies. New members are very welcome. If you have a subject you would like to explore, we would be happy to consider it.
Our 2006 provisional programme
January No meeting
February Australian telegraph line Roy & Churches of central London Helen
March The British Civil War in eight paintings Steven Barker
April Empress Mathilda Chris S. James Clerk Maxwell Nick
May The impact of social reform on Britain Ross
June 300 years of Whitefriars Glass Colin & Queen Victoria Wendy
July The Overlanders Ian & The atomic bomb Chris L.
August TBA
September Life of Sir Francis Younghusband Chris S. & The Suez crisis 1956 Alan
October TBA
November TBA
December Christmas Quiz & Party
Our 2005 Programme
February 5th The Thirty Years War. and Roman Britain; An Overview
(Why they came and what life was like!)
March.5th The Second Battle of El Alamain. and. Mary Queen of Scots
April 2nd The History of the BBC and. The Man they couldn't Kill
May. 7th Entertaining troops during Wartime
June.4th Causes of Death. 16th - 21st. and James Klerk Maxwell
July 2nd Hidden Messages that changed History. and. The Heliocentric Model
of the Universe
August 6th St Francis Drake. and. The East India Company - its rise and fall
September. 2nd Sir Thomas More - Saint or Tyrant? and The Two Princes - Dead or Alive?
October 1st Sir Francis Drake and. To be confirmed
November. 5th. Between East and West - A History of Finland and The Cockleshell Heroes
December 3rd Christmas Quiz and Party
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