Wednesday 30th January 2019 |
Garden Architecture at Farnborough Hall by Stephen Wass |
Archaeologist Stephen Wass who will be talking about the five years he worked on the remarkable yet largely unknown landscape and park associated with Farnborough Hall in Warwickshire. |
Wednesday 27th February |
The History of Privies by Chris Bazeley |
Using illustrations he will take us through the development of the privy from the very earliest days to modern times. Although it is a serious study, given the subject, there will also be much humour! |
Wednesday 27th March |
Romantic Decline: Preserving Chastleton House by Ruth Peters |
Chastleton House is a rare gem of a Jacobean country house which has remained essentially unchanged for nearly 400 years. Ruth Peters, the senior house steward, discusses the delicate balance between visitor access and the careful preservation of this house for the future |
Wednesday 24th April | The Sheep That Eat Men by Martin Sirot-Smith – Director Emeritus of Sulgrave Manor |
In costume as Lawrence Washington, the Tudor Builder of Sulgrave Manor, Martin Sirot-Smith will tell of the Washington Family’s involvement in the wool trade, its family and business links with other great Tudor dynasties, creating, what could be called the ‘Mafia of the Wool Trade’. |
Wednesday 29th May |
Victorian Inventors & Inventions of Northamptonshire by Jon-Paul Carr |
Jon-Paul Carter focuses on his research into some of Northamptonshire’s inventors and the equipment, machines, gadgets and gizmos they invented which contributed to the great Victorian advancement. |
Wednesday 26th June |
The Life & Times of the Culworth Gang by David Hewitt |
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Wednesday 25th September |
Rainsborough, the Iron Age Fort by Andrea Gladden |
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Wednesday 30th October |
Oxford Castle & Prison from Oxanfora to Malmaison by Alistair Duncan] |
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Wednesday 27th November |
AGM |
