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THE HERITAGE CIRCLE is a friendly and informal History Group:
Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm in Rickinghall Village Hall, Hinderclay Road:
2024 Programme:
January 24th: Vikings by Domini Thorpe
February 28th: Mona Lisa by Tony Diamond
March 27th Stuart Bowell: A Waveney Childhood
April 24th Geoffrey Robinson: Berthe Morisot
May 22nd Pip Wright: Death Recorded
June 26th Stephen Davis: Wortham Church Tower
July 24th Barbara McElroy: Framlingham Castle
August 28th TBA
September 25th Martyn Taylor: The Inns, Alehouses and Pubs of Bury St. Edmunds
October 23rd Martin Lloyd: Passports, Assassins, Traitors and Spies
November 27th Ian Robertson: The Elveden Estate
December 11th TBA
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2023 Programme:
January 25th: The Real Basil Brown, by Sarah Doig
February 22nd: Ups and downs: Barnardo’s Foster Children in Suffolk 1890-1950, by Peter Davidson
March 22nd: Stories Behind the Stones – Inscriptions on gravestones, strange, touching and even amusing, by Janette Robinson
April 26th: The Old Cinema, Diss, by Basil Abbott
May 24th: History Beneath Your Feet: Metal detecting, find and more, by Graeme Simmonds,
June 28th: Medieval Stone Bosses in Norwich Cathedral, by David Berwick
July 26th: The Widow Kett: Kett’s Rebellion 1549, by Georgette Vale
August 23rd: Devils and disguises – Medieval Drama in Bury St Edmunds and Beyond, by Kate Jewell
September 27th: The Ottoman Empire and the Treasures of Istanbul, by Jenny Gibbs
October 25th: Gallantry & Campaign Medals, by Robin Hanworth
November 22nd: Radio Broadcasting Through the Ages, by Graham Moore
December 13th: An Evening of Music, Mirth and Merriment with Hexachordia
Click here for 2022 Programme
Why not scroll down for details of some of our past talks and events or click "Reports of Previous Meetings" tab above to gain an insight into what was presented by our fascinating speakers:
2021 Programme:
September 22nd: Beating the Bounds in Georgian Norwich, by David Berwick
October 27th: Bonfires and Bells by Kate Jewel
November 24th: The Festival of Britain by Geoffrey Kay
December 8th Silly Stories & Songs by Pip Wright
Click here for 2020 Programme
Click here for 2019 Programme
Click here for 2018 Programme
Click here for 2017 Programme
PROGRAMME FOR 2016
27th January '16 |
Experiences as a Fine Art Auctioneer |
Neil Lanham |
24th February '16 |
Enjoying Heraldry |
Derek Palgrave |
23rd March '16 |
Follies and Oddities of Suffolk |
Peter Driver |
27th April '16 |
'You'll Make a Lovely Sergeant' - The WW1 experienes of Flora Sandes, the only British woman to fight in the Trenches |
Jannette Robinson |
25th May '16 |
The Buston School Strike |
Anne May |
22nd June '16 |
Medieval Brewing |
Richard Smith |
27th July '16 |
The villages lost in the creation of STANTA |
Georgette Vale talking as Lucilla Reeve |
24th August '16 |
A History of Bury Gaol |
Tessa West |
28th September '16 |
A Short History of Shopping |
Linda Sexton |
26th October '16 |
Suffolk Place Names |
Geoffrey Robinson |
23rd November '16 |
The Whistlecraft Family of Rickinghall |
Pip Wright |
14thDecember '16 |
Christmas Social inc. Buffet Supper & 'My Life as a Royal Bodyguard' |
David Reeve |
Programme for 2015
28th January '15 |
Magic, Mystery and Blood: The Life of Oliver Cromwell |
Tony Diamond |
25th February '15 |
Lucky is the name: The story of a Suffolk farming family as told by Alf Burrows 1904-1969 |
Pip Wright |
25th March '15 |
Made in Ipswich: Manufacturing in Ipswich from pottery exported in 600AD through mediaeval shipbuilding to the present day |
Brian Dyes |
22nd April '15 |
Servants in Suffolk Country Houses |
Nick Sign |
27th May '15 |
Pakenham Watermill and Thelnetham Windmill |
David Eddershaw & Chris Mills |
24th June '15 |
Pretty Corsets in Suffolk: William Pretty & Son: a Suffolk family and corset manufacturer |
Roger Kennell |
22nd July '15 |
Master Mason Hawes of Occold |
Dave Steward |
26th August '15 |
Redgrave Park: a nostalgic look at the Park through the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries |
Tim Holt-Wilson |
23rd September '15 |
100 Not Out! 100 years of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury |
Roy Tricker |
28th October '15 |
Stowmarket's Gun Cotton Factory Explosionof 1871 |
Sue and Steve Williams |
25th November '15 |
The Bayeux Tapestry: The story of 1066, the year of three kings |
Mark Mitchels |
9th December '15 |
Christmas Social |
TBA |
Programme for 2014
22nd January '14 |
Venice Past to Present |
Frances Hart |
26th February '14 |
The Origin and Development of Surnames |
Derek Palgrave |
26th March '14 |
The History of Advertising |
Stuart Bowell |
23rd April '14 |
It's a Grave Business |
Peter Driver |
28th May '14 |
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (a change from earlier notifications) |
Tony Diamond |
25th June '14 |
And the Bands played on - a tribute to village & town bands that survived World War 1 |
David Cawdell |
23rd July '14 |
1349 - 1500 The impact of the Black Death on Rickinghall |
Richard Smith |
27th August '14 |
Suffolk Children in Care - The story of St. John's Home |
Linda Sexton |
24th September '14 |
AGM followed by Life as a Suffolk Auctioneer |
Neil Lanham |
22nd October '14 |
Foul Murders in East Anglia |
Mark Wabe |
26th November '14 |
Government Revenue Earning Schemes through the Centuries |
Sarah Doig |
10th December '14 |
Christmas Social: The Yanks Are Coming (including light finger buffet) |
Linda Scoles |
2013's Programme
Click here for 2012 meetings programme
Pakenham Watermill and Thelnetham Windmill