Welcome to the blog of the High Country History Group covering the parishes of Greensted, Stanford Rivers, Stapleford Tawney and Theydon Mount in Essex, England. We meet most fourth Thursdays in the month at Toot Hill Village Hall from 8.00pm.
Programme
Our 2023 programme:
23 Feb: '1926' - our speaker is our Chairman, Martyn Lockwood.
23 Mar: Annual General Meeting.
27 Apr: 'John Ray' - Jennifer Rowland.
25 May: Napoleonic Invasion Plans - Neil Wiffen.
22 Jun: 'Jersey under the Jackboot: the occupation of Jersey during WW2' - Patrick Griggs.
27 Jul: 'The Life and Times of William Byrd (c1540-1623): A Local History' - Andrew Smith.
26 Oct: 'The Prison at Hill Hall' - Anne Padfield.
23 Nov: Pre-Christmas meeting. Talk to be confirmed.
Admission: Members £1, Non-members £5
Annual Membership: £15 (Family: £30)
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High Country History Group Programme 2019
The High County History Group meets on the fourth Thursday evening in the month at Toot Hill Village Hall, starting at 8pm. Membership is £10 annually (£15 family membership). Entrance fee to meetings £1 (Visitors £3), except AGM and Christmas when special refreshments are served members £2 (Visitors £5).
Our programme for 2019 is as follows
Our programme for 2019 is as follows
Date
|
Topic
|
Speaker
|
28
February
|
Postcards
from the Front 1914-1919
|
Kate Cole.
|
28
March
|
Annual
General Meeting. ‘Empire Under Revolt’. Amateur film shot by ‘Captain Ronald Reed
in India, 1930-1932’ deposited at the Imperial War Museum
|
Andrew Smith
|
25 April
|
‘Tower of
London and its prisoners.’
|
Brian Darcy
|
23
May
|
The Princess
Alice Disaster 1878
|
Martyn
Lockwood
|
27
June
|
The Darcy
Spice Apple
|
Neil Wiffen
|
25
July
|
The National
Memorial Arboretum
|
Maggie Piper
|
24
October
|
Talk to be
announced
|
Anne
Padfield
|
28
November
|
Blackmore Anniversaries
|
Andrew Smith
|
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