Spring 2017
Lectures are generally held at St Albans School although occasionally at Verulamium Museum which are marked with (*).
The school car park is sometimes crowded; notice will be given in the programme when possible but the School does not always warn us. The nearest public car park is at Gombards where parking is free after 6.30pm.
Meetings are open to all members of the Society; non-members may attend two meetings as guests.
The meetings normally start at 7:45pm.
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Fri 6 Jan |
New Year Party* |
7.30pm at Verulamium Museum |
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Tue 10 Jan |
Peter Doyle |
British Postcards of the First World War – Humour and Reality |
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Tue 17 Jan |
Patrick McNeill |
The Logbooks of St Helen’s School, Wheathampstead
*At Verulamium Museum* |
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Fri 27 Jan |
Dr Geoffrey Tyack |
The Man who transformed London |
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Tue 7 Feb |
The Gentle Author |
The Cries of London |
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Tue 14 Feb |
Mike Neighbour |
What lies beneath |
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Fri 24 Feb |
Prof. James G. Clark |
War among the Ruins – Medieval Heritage and the First World War |
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Tue 7 Mar |
Hugh Howes |
Wind, Water and Steam – the Story of Hertfordshire’s Mills |
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Tue 14 Mar |
Taylor Downing |
The Making of the epic 1916 propaganda film – The Battle of the Somme |
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Fri 24 Mar |
Paul Langston |
Hertfordshire Almshouses |
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Tue 4 Apr |
Dr Katharine Keats-Rohan |
Wallingford Castle and the Road to Regicide |
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Tue 11 Apr |
Dr Simon Heffer |
The Age of Decadence |
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Fri 21 Apr |
Prof. Jonathan Phillips |
Saladin – Life and Legend – From the Medieval Age to the 21st Century |
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Tue 9 May |
Jeremy Goldsmith |
The Hanseatic League |
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Fri 19 May |
Adrian Tinniswood |
The Long Weekend – Life in the English Country House between the Wars |