County Calendar - events organised by Member Societies

This page provides an at-a-glance calendar of events organised by our member societies; the events are listed by date. Would-be visitors to any of the events listed below are strongly advised to contact the organiser to ensure that places are still available and for any last minute changes (if any).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

January 2013

February

March

Tuesday 5th    
The Nonconformists of Banburyshire – Martin Greenwood Syresham & Distirct HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 6th    
Northampton General Infirmary 1744 – Dr. AN Williams Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
     
Friday 8th    
AGM + Talking Machines – Colin Ray Oundle Historial Society 7.30 pm
Evolution of the Northamptonshire and Leicestershire Shoe Industries – David Holmes NIAG 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 13th    
AGM plus Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn Cogenhoe & Whiston HS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 14th    
Overlooked Northampton – Colin Spears Harpole Heritage Group 7.30 pm
British Flyer Gear, with display – Vernon Creek Western Front Association, Northants branch 7.30 pm
     
Saturday 16th    
NALH AGM followed by talks on Castles NALH 10.30 am
     
Wednesday 20th    
The Art of painting on Canal Boats – Sue Woodward Long Buckby LHS 7.45pm
The Postal Service in World War I – Derek Smeathers Spratton LHS 8.00 pm
Coast to Coast – Chris & Colin Rowe Wolverton & Dist Arch& HS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 22nd    
Blisworth and its people 1841 to 1901 – BHS members Blisworth Heritage Society 7.30 pm
     
Monday 25th    
Bad Beds and Worse Eating – Gary Marshall Weedon Bec HS 7.30 pm
A Day in the Life of Time Team – Paul Blinkhorn Middleton Cheney HS 7.30 pm
 

April

Tuesday 2nd    
‘RAF Bicester and Bomber Command – Peter Chivers Syresham & Distirct HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 3rd    
Sex, Drink and Death in the Seventeenth Century – Tim Healey Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
     
Thursday 11th    
Police Archives – Richard Cowley Harpole Heritage Group 7.30 pm
Not just the Lee-Enfield; British Small Arms in WW1 – Tony Edwards Western Front Association, Northants branch 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 17th    
AGM Long Buckby LHS 7.45pm
The Post in Northamptonshire in WWII – Derek Smeathers Wolverton Dist Arch & HS 7.30 pm
     
Monday 22nd    
Ordinary Progress, Punishment & Praise – Chris Wells Middleton Cheney HS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 26th    
100 Years of Gardening – Nicholas Warliker Blisworth Heritage Society 7.30 pm
     
Monday 29th    
Royal Bastards – Roger Powell Weedon Bec HS 7.30 pm

May

Wednesday 1st    
The History of Borough Hill – David Adams Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
     
Tuesday 7th    
125 years of Raleigh Cycles – Tony Hadland Syresham & Distirct HS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 9th    
AGM plus The Kitchen Front – Amanda Pickard Harpole Heritage Group 7.30 pm
The British Army Manoeuvres 1913 (held in south Northants) – Dr. John Sunderland Western Front Association, Northants branch 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 15th May    
18th Century Child Care – Dr. Andrew Williams Spratton LHS 8.00 pm
     
Friday 31st    
What’s Hiding in your Fields – Alan Standish Blisworth Heritage Society 7.30 pm

June

Tuesday 4th    
A guided walk around Deddington Village – Deddington History Society Syresham & Distirct HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 5th    
Visit to Borough Hill, Daventry Flore Heritage Society 7.45 pm
     
Thursday 13th    
Votes for Women! (the suffrage movement and the war; marking the centenary of Emily Davison’s death) – Dr. John Sutton Western Front Association, Northants branch 7.30 pm
     
Monday 24th    
Banbury’s Lost World of Trade Marks! – Brian Little Middleton Cheney HS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 28th    
Visit to Milton Keynes Museum of Country Life Blisworth Heritage Society  

July

Tuesday 2nd    
Gilbert Scott – Ed Grimshaw Syresham & Distirct HS 7.30 pm
     
Thursday 11th    
The Final Whistle; A Rugby Club’s War – Stephen Cooper Western Front Association, Northants branch 7.30 pm
     
Monday 22nd    
The History of the Picture Postcard – Douglas Goddard Middleton Cheney HS 7.30 pm

August

Tuesday 6th    
Drink, Sex & Death in the 17th Century – Tim Healey Syresham & Distirct HS 7.30 pm

September

Tuesday 3rd    
The Heralds’ Visitations of Northamptonshire – Keith Lovell Syresham & Distirct HS 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 18th    
Women in the Pulpit – Neil Rees Wolverton & Dist. Arch & HS 7.30 pm
     
Monday 23rd    
History of the Northamptonshire Regiment – Bob Pochin Middleton Cheney HS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 27th    
The Art of Painting on Canal Boats – Sue Woodward Blisworth Heritage Society 7.30 pm
     
Monday 30th    
Rockingham Castle and the Watsons – Michael Boyce Weedon Bec HS 7.30 pm

October

Tuesday 1st    
AGM plus Demonstration of Canal Barge Painting Syresham & Distirct HS 7.30 pm
     
Saturday 5th    
Day of History Details in June  
     
Thursday 10th    
John Terraine, Douglas Haig and the History of the First World War – Professor Gary Sheffield Western Front Association, Northants branch 7.30 pm
     
Wednesday 16th    
Growing up in the 40s and 50s – Malcolm Deacon Wolverton & Dist. Arch & HS 7.30 pm
     
Friday 25th    
History of Newspapers in Northamptonshire – Bob Shaw Blisworth Heritage Society 7.30 pm
     
Monday 28th    
Witchcraft in Northamptonshire – Dr. Cathy Smith Weedon Bec HS 7.30 pm
Pictures in the Parlour – Kevin Varty Middleton Cheney HS 7.30 pm

November

December

 

Society Contact Details

Please contact the respective society for further details of their events.

Blisworth Heritage Society Ray Andrews 01604 858252
Cogenhoe & Whiston Heritage Society Val & Tony Loader 01604 890862
Harpole Heritage Group Jennifer Smith 01604 831294
Long Buckby Local History Society Val Waldron 01327 844699
Middleton Cheney History Society Denise Howes 01295 711962
NIAG Peter Perkins 01536 713256
Oundle Historical Society Perdita Cawthorne 01832 205115
Spratton Local History Society Enid Jarvis 01604 821260
Syresham & District History Society Keith McLean 01280 850272
Weedon Bec History Society Julia Johns 01327 341729
Western Front Association – Northants branch Kate Wills 01604 636478
Wolverton & District Archaeological & Historical Society Audrey Lambert 01908 565481