Meeting Reports

Bryan is an experienced local historian and speaker and he used to be a local history tutor in Cambridge. He prefaced his talk by saying

BThere was a very good turnout for the April meeting 36 people coming to see and hear the ever popular Bill Smith. As this was

The meeting took the form of a series of talks by individual members who have researched various aspects of family and local history. Jessie Tindale,

Keith gave us a family tree with a difference, rather than just the standard relationships he added in all the different musical instruments (and singing

The first meeting of the New Year saw the welcome return of Anne Barnes as our speaker. Anne’s talk covered marriage from the earliest times

A good crowd of members gathered to enjoy the last meeting of 2016 with a bring and share buffet and several activities as well as

The secondary heading for this talk was “The tale of Alfred Hyam Wicks, an Oundle tailor” and it proved to be a fascinating and informative

Liz opened her talk by saying that every one of us has a Victorian child in the family tree, possibly even three or four generations

Bryan started his talk by explaining that he would be talking about changes in the rural way of life during five reigns: from the accession

In a break with tradition we were entertained by two speakers, Audrie Reed and Nina Green, who came from Cambridge to encourage members to consider

The audience was entertained and informed by Jonathan Farmer who gave valuable insights into the ways in which it is possible to research military history.

Festive Member MeetingAn audience of 26 including a new member and a visitor attended the first meeting of the New Year. Members were told about