All monthly meetings are held on the last Tuesday in the month at 7.30 pm in the Harbour Room at the British Legion Hall in Blakeney High Street (unless stated otherwise). There is ample parking space available outside the Hall.
Entrance charges for meetings: £2 for members and £3 for visitors, including refreshments.
We look forward to seeing you there. Please spread the word and bring your friends
Contact: Events Organiser John Peake 01263 740388
Programme for 2008
Tuesday January 29th - Members' Night: four short talks by members:
Local Poetry: Janet Harcourt
Little Red Box: David Perryman
Weybourne & Kelling - contrasting villages: Brenda Worton
Importance of Family Connections: Richard Jefferson.
Tuesday February 26th - The Dutch Garden in Norfolk: using wide ranging research to understand a continental style of gardens and ultimately reconstruct one: Charlotte Crawley
Tuesday March 25th - Tuesday March 25th - The Bayeaux Tapestry: Margaret Forester (This was a late change owing to sickness, replacing the planned item which it is hoped to reschedule at a later date Norfolk's Wealth: Wool and Weaving: the history of weaving in Norfolk by the curator of the weaving museum on the outskirts of Worstead: Brian Morgan)
Tuesday April 29th - East Anglian Shipping: placing the North Norfolk ports in a wider context: Mike Stammers
Saturday August 16th - Annual Summer Public Lecture - A Changing Scene: Medieval Parks and Hunting in Norfolk: Dr Rob Liddiard
Note: 8.00 pm in Blakeney Village Hall (Entrance: £3 for all)
Saturday August 23rd - Local History Day: An exhibition organised by the society's History Centre to be held in St Nicholas Church Blakeney from 10am till 4pm. There will be displays on the churches of the Haven, local families and personalities, photgraphs, maps, news from local villages and tours of the church and graveyard.
Tuesday September 30th - 700 years of Psalter Illumination: Margaret Forester
Note: A short AGM will preceed the above event
Tuesday October 28th - Norfolk's Wealth, Wool and Weaving: The history of weaving in Norfolk by the curator of the weaving museum on the outskirts of Worstead. Brian Morgan
Tuesday November 25th - Reaching for Heaven: A look at towers and other features of November 25 churches by an active researcher in the field. Dominic Summers (UEA)
Tuesday December 16th - Mardle Night: there will be a number of brief contributions on the theme of Reminiscences from WWII supported by exhibits and seasonal festivities.
Last Year's Programme (2007)
Tuesday January 30th - Members Night: a medley of short talks with something for everybody:
Travel to Walsingham: Frank Hawes
1910 Domesday Survey: Pamela Peake
Green Man: Geoff Worton
Tuesday February 27th - The Burnhams -another haven: the archaeology and development of a port and the villages: John Smallwood
Tuesday March 27th - 'The Devil's Fiery Dance': Books and Newspapers in North Norfolk in the 16th century: Clive Wilkins-Jones
Tuesday April 24th - The Early History of Norwich:an archaeological survey of a fine city by the pre-eminent authority: Brian Ayers
Saturday August 18th - Summer Public Lecture - In Praise of Norfolk Market Towns:explore with the speaker the fine array of market towns in the county from Downham Market in the west, Swaffham in the south and closer to home Holt, Fakenham and Aylsham:Chris Barringer
Note: 8.00 pmin Blakeney Village Hall (Entrance: £3 for all)
Thursday August 23rd - 'Open Day' at the History Centre Blakeney:this is an opportunity to see and use some of the resources of the Centre. The Centre is situated at the rear of the Village Hall off Langham Road in Blakeney. There is ample parking space
Tuesday September 25th - Agriculture in North Norfolk revisited: a view of a changing scene through photographs; a return visit with some new pictures: Philip West
Note: A short AGM will preceed the above event
Tuesday October 30th - Admiral Cloudsley Shovell - a local man: remembering the tercentenary of the tragic death in the Scilly Isles of one of Norfolk's great admirals from Cockthorpe: Simon Harris
Tuesday November 27th - The Rise of Holiday Architecture - Cromer: the 19th and early 20th century saw the development of the seaside holiday and the need for accommodation: Andy Boyce
Tuesday December 11th - Christmas Mardle - A Social Evening: Reminiscences by Godfrey Sayers, Exhibits on House history, 1586 Haven Map, Cley memorabilia, Blakeney shipping, WW records and more, plus mince pies and a glass of wine. Come and join us:
