Evening meetings programme 2023

Harpenden & District Local History Society Programme 2023

24^th January      The hamlet of Pimlico, West Common – 200 years of its people and dwellings.  Speaker: Alan Punter

28^th February    Local Ordnance Survey Bench Marks – what are they, how can we find them, why should we care?: Speaker: Frank Iddiols

28^th March        A Caring Mother’s Campaign changes the World: Judy Fryd CBE, Founder of Mencap (the learning disability charity) remembered by her daughter. Speaker: Linda Fryd        

25^th April          Windsor & the Nazis: Dupe or Traitor? Speaker: Tony Eaton

23^rd May            From Kinsbourne Green School in the early 1950s to a lifetime lecturing at Cambridge University – my journey. Speaker: Dr John Flowerdew

27^th June            The Work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Speaker: Anthony Scott            

26^th September  The History of Quakers in Harpenden and District. Speakers: Trevor Evans & Anne Gee          

24^th October      Batford Springs Nature Reserve. Speaker: Alex Melson

28^th November   AGM & Members’ Evening