All evening meetings will be held in the Flitwick Library lecture room at 7.45 p.m. on the first Monday in the month from October to April, except for January.
The annual subscription is £8.00 per person. Membership forms plus further details are available from the Secretary.
Visitors are very welcome.
A meeting fee of £2.00 for members, and £2.50 for visitors, is payable on the door.
Programme of meetings
| Date | Title | Speaker |
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October 3rd 2011 |
"The Reeve's Tale: Village Life in 1450"This talk will be of particular interest as it is set in the period just after Sir John Cornwall built Ampthill Castle from "spoiless as it is saide that he wane in France". |
Hugh Granger |
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November 7th 2011 |
"78 Derngate. Charles Rennie Mackintosh House in Northampton."Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1868 - 1928 was an artist whose designs are well known in many forms. His style of furniture and decorations are still produced and are popular today. He was invited to remodel the Georgian house at 78 Derngate by the renowned model-maker Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke in time for his wedding in 1917. It has since been tastefully restored and is a treasure house of his forward looking designs and features. This was the only Mackintosh domestic commission outside of Scotland. |
Rob Kendall |
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December 5th 2011 |
"New light on Wrest Park."Future Archaeological developments in the Gardens. Followed by mince pies. |
Magnus Alexander |
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February 6th 2012 |
"Prisoners of War in Bedfordshire"Stephen has recently published a book on the subject which includes the two camps in Ampthill, one for Italians and the other for Germans. He has studied the subject deeply and his book is a model for prisoner of war camps in the country. He develops the relationships of the prisoners with the local people with special reference to the farming community in which most of the prisoners worked through to repatriation after the war which was not as straight forward as one might imagine. |
Stephen Risby |
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March 5th 2012 |
"Chasing Steeples"Harlington to Aintree - the early history of steeple-chasing as an organised sport. Hear about the origins of Steeple-chasing and its surprising connections with our area and where it got its name. |
Rev Stephen Williams |
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April 2nd 2012 |
A.G.M. Followed by talks from Society Members, with updates of work carried out during the year |
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