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 2010
Tuesday January 26th - Members Night
: an entertaining series of short talks bymembers.
Richard Jefferson: Thanks to Google
Pam Peake: Ralph Greenaway of Wiveton - London Grocer
Rev. Neil Batcock: Painted Medieval Churches
Tuesday February 23rd - The Herring Fishery: for many centuries herring were caught around the Norfolk coast, culminating in a major industry in Great Yarmouth in the 19th and 20th centuries: Dr M Fewster
Tuesday March 30th - Cromer Lifeboats: one of the most famous RNLI stations, Come and learn more about its history: Richard Leeds
Tuesday April 27th - Boudica: an iconic figure in the history of East Anglia. Yet what is fact or myth? Learn more from the author of two recent books on Boudica and her kingdom: Dr John Davies (Norwich Castle Museum)
Tuesday September 28th - Whirlygig: a fascinating and intriguing story from the Cold War: Fred Butcher
A short AGM will precede this meeting
Tuesday October 26th - Keeping your hand in: a social history of the GP and cottage hospitals in East Anglia: Dr Steven Cherry (Reader in History, UEA)
Tuesday November 30th - Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk: in 1991 Neil published a seminal work on the churches of Norfolk and in this talk he will review and expand some of his ideas: Rev Neil Batcock
Tuesday December 14th - Christmas Mardle: celebrating 20 years of the BAHS with a mixture of exhibits, seasonal festivities and a short talk by Dr Christopher Barringer who played a crucial role in the formation of the Society. His talk will be entitled: To Include or not Include: reminiscences from writing his new book ‘History of Norfolk’
Previous Years' Programmes
2009
Tuesday January 27th -
Members' Night: four short contributions by members.
David Perryman:
I don't believe it – or do I?
John Peake:
A view of Blakeney in the early 19th century
Gerald Cubitt:
Saving the lives of Shipwrecked Mariners along the North Norfolk Coast
Tuesday February 24th -
Norfolk Archaeology from the Air – new perspectives: from the leading exponent of the use of aerial photography in archaeology in Norfolk: Derek Edwards
Tuesday March 31st -
Portraits in Tudor Norfolk: explore some of the influential families during the Tudor period through their surviving portraits David Yaxley
Tuesday April 28th -
King Henry’s Band: this will be both informative and entertaining covering a wide variety of early instruments and music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Robert FitzGerald
Tuesday September 29th -
Wall Paintings in Churches: recently Matthew has been managing the restoration of an important series of wall paintings. He will draw on this experience in this lecture. Matthew Champion
Tuesday October 27th -The Civil War and Kings Lynn
: this lecture will draw on personal research to explore the effects of the Civil War in some areas of Norfolk. Susan Yaxley
Tuesday November 24th - Coke of Holkham: a celebration of this great Norfolk agriculturalist by his biographer. Susanna Wade Martins
Tuesday December 15th - Christmas Mardle: a mixture of exhibits about local villages and families, seasonal festivities and a short talk on rare breed animals.
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 - The Bayeaux Tapestry: Margaret Forester
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
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
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 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.
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
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
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:
