Our Christmas meeting features an online illustrated talk by Val Bott & Janet McNamara at 7.30pm on Monday, 19 December 2022 It will offer glimpses of past life in winter – a joyous time for some, grim and harsh for others – using newspaper reports of the weather and charitable work, images of the frozen […]

B&CLHS is one of the sponsoring societies which promotes an annual local history conference. This year it is once again on zoom, so you can view the day’s programme from the comfort of your home! The programme looks at sports in our area in the past, placing them in their social context. Tickets cost £15.00 […]

Just after we posted the news items about this talk (below) we heard from the Hogarth’s House team apologising that it had had to be postponed due to circumstances beyone their control. It will be rescheduled as soon as practicable. However, several talks at the House are  coming up in late October/early November, dates to […]