Programme for 2025
Unless otherwise stated, our meetings begin at 7.30pm at Wesley Hall, School Rd, Elmswell, IP30 9EE – where there’s ample free on-site parking.
9 January: Members’ Evening – a selection of members’ own researches.
13 February: Mike Walker, “The 1173 Siege of Haughley Castle & Battle of Fornham“.
13 March: Don Mobley, “U.S. Military Aviation in East Anglia“.
10 April: 25th Anniversary Meeting & Celebratory Party. Speaker Lydia Franklin, “Saving Britain’s Heritage over the Past 50 Years, focussing on East Anglia” – http://www.savebritainsheritage.org
8 May: Claire Jowitt, “The 1682 Shipwreck of HMS Gloucester”.
12 June: 7pm, A.G.M., immediately followed at 7.30pm by Neil Instrall, “The MIDDY Railway“.
17 July: 7pm – Outing to Hawstead’s GREAT WAR HUTS WW1 Military Museum.
11 September:
£12 Annual Subs due for payment, plus £4 per attendance = £16 at first attendance to become a Member (or Visitors are always welcome at £6 per attendance).
Speaker Zoe Adlam, “Fool’s Gold – Should the Law of Treasure be Changed to Improve Protection of Portable Antiquities?“
9 October: Mildenhall Museum’s Anne Hughes & Carol Cooper, “Mildenhall’s 1934 Air Race” – This impressive Centenary Air Race started at RAF Mildenhall and had 60,000(!) spectators descend on the town. Spanning about 11,300 miles, the event finished in Melbourne, Australia, and the talk will include many images of lovely vintage airplanes with their crews, and copies of the Museum’s book, Memories of the Great Air Race, on sale.
13 November: Barbara McElroy, “Suffolk Smugglers”
11 December: Bryan Thurlow, “Borley Rectory, England’s Most Haunted House”