PROGRAMME OF TALKS AND MEETINGS
Regular meetings are held in Kesgrave, Felixstowe, Saxmundham and Woodbridge.
September 2015 – June 2016
Upcoming talks
11 February Saxmundham 2.00pm |
Christchurch Mansion: the development of Christchurch Mansion, who lived there and the role of the Friends of Ipswich Museums - Erica Burrowes. |
29 February Kesgrave 2.00pm |
Just William: the life of Richmal Crompton and the tales of William Brown - Terry Taylor. |
3 March Felixstowe 10.30am |
The Foundling Hospital and Museum: an insight into the Foundling Hospital established in 1739 by the philanthropist Thomas Coram to care for babies at risk of abandonment - Ruth Miller. |
10 March Saxmundham 2.00pm |
Change of Programme Brussels and the EU: The Nuts and Bolts of Decision-Making: An inside, non-political look at the processes by which decisions are taken in Brussels. The speaker, Elisabeth Sweeney, is an EU civil servant. |
21 March Kesgrave 2.00pm |
Helms, Hatchments and Hedgehogs: an introduction to Heraldry - Chloe Cockerill. |
4 April Woodbridge 10.30am |
The Art of Leonard Squirrell (1893-1979): a nationally known Suffolk artist, his pictures of historic buildings, villages and landscapes were familiar to thousands due to reproduction in calendars, travel posters and books - Mark Beesley. |
7 April Felixstowe 10.30am |
Change of programme: John Constable - a life of adversity: the story of Constable’s determination and struggle to get his unique and challenging style of painting accepted within British culture - Geo Fradgley. |
14 April Saxmundham 2.00pm |
The Origin and Development of Surnames: the evolution of surnames with particular focus on Suffolk names - Derek Palgrave. |
25 April Kesgrave 2.00pm |
Atlantic Children: the family who took a year out to sail to the Caribbean - Juliet Dearlove. |
5 May Felixstowe 10.30am |
Change of programme: Saving the Remains of Britain’s Wartime Radar : at the start of WW2, a chain of twenty radar stations already stretched from Ventnor to Netherbutton. This talk will describe the remarkable story of the development of British radar and how the site at Bawdsey played its part. - Mary Wain (Chair of the Bawdsey Radar Trust). |
12 May Saxmundham 2.00pm |
The Story of Advertising: the development of advertising from market stalls to printed advertising, including enamel signs and modern media - Stuart Bowell. |
23 May Kesgrave 2.00pm |
Gardening for Wildlife: advice and ideas with particular reference to Flatford Mill Garden - Isabel Morgan (standing in for Shirley Sampson who is on maternity leave). |
6 June Woodbridge 10.30am |
The East Anglian Film Archive: a selection of clips showing life in East Suffolk from the 1930s-1960s including farming ways, wartime activities, changing transport, industry and home life - David Cleveland. |
13 June Kesgrave 2,00pm |
Annual General Meeting. |
And talks you my have missed
4 September Kesgrave 10.30am – 1.00pm |
Refreshers’ Fair (previously known as Launch Day): your opportunity to see what Groups will be offering for the coming year. |
28 September Kesgrave 2.00pm |
The Dr Doolittle in all of us: a thought-provoking introduction to animal communication and animal telepathy - Jane Summers. |
1 October Felixstowe 10.30am |
Sutton Hoo: a window on a cosmopolitan civilisation that remains tantalisingly obscure - David Phelan. |
5 October Woodbridge 10.30am |
The Colchester Earthquake of 1884: few people know that the largest earthquake in England for 500 years struck just south of Colchester in April 1884 - Dr Jonathon Belsey. |
8 October Saxmundham 2.00pm |
Aldeburgh Lifeboat: the history of the RNLI with particular emphasis on the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station and the work carried out today - Steve Saint. |
26 October Kesgrave 2.00pm |
Greed, Sex and Death - Art in the Dutch Golden Age: the hidden messages in the works of Vermeer, Rembrandt and their contemporaries - Katie Ward. |
5 November Felixstowe 10.30am |
The Asiago Plateau - Battle in the Clouds: a WW1 battle fought on the Italian front - Antony Pittaccio. |
12 November Saxmundham 2.00pm |
The Truth about Climate Change: a look at some of the evidence of how the climate of our planet is changing. Should we be concerned? - John Midwinter. |
30 November Kesgrave 2.00pm |
The Railway to Ipswich and Beyond: the building of the Ipswich Tunnel and the line from Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds - Mervyn Russen. |
1 & 3 December Greshams Christmas Lunches 12.30 for 1.00pm |
A Tudor Christmas: a celebration of the festive season as it was under Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, combining music, mirth and merriment - Ancestral Voices. |
7 December Woodbridge 10.30am |
The Natural History of the Falkland Islands: a flavour of life in this remote British outpost, including the unique habitats of the islands and aspects of the landscape, spring flowers, mammals and birds - Anne Kell. |
7 January Felixstowe 10.30am |
GPS and SatNav: how it works, the technology that has made it possible and some of the amazing facts that lie behind its success - John Midwinter. |
14 January Saxmundham 2.00pm |
Migration – the Incredible Journey: the scientific methods revealing the mysteries of animal migration and the amazing journeys undertaken - Pete Rowberry. |
25 January Kesgrave 2.00pm |
The Mythology of Richard III: was he really a usurper and villain? How was his skeleton discovered and why was he buried in an Anglican Cathedral? - John Ashdown-Hill. |
1 February Woodbridge 10.30am |
Suffolk Connections to Waterloo: the input made by Suffolk men and others who served for periods at Woodbridge and Ipswich Barracks - Peter Driver. |
4 February Felixstowe 10.30am |
The Work of a Wildlife Crime Officer: an illustrated talk covering numerous cases and problems regularly encountered, current legislation and its associated issues - Barry Kaufmann-Wright. |