Archive of the last few years’ programmes, for reference.
For the up-to-date version of this year’s programme, please look here.
Programme of talks 2023-4
The season of talks has now finished, the programme of visits for Summer 2024 is below.
Meetings are held in the United Free Church, Riverside, Framlingham and start at 7.30pm unless otherwise indicated.
| Date | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 18th October 2023 | The Medieval Farming Year in Pictures | Alison Bowman |
| Wed 15th November 2023 | AGM | |
| After the AGM: The 1931 Pageant: a recently discovered film of this amazing event | John Bridges | |
| Wed 6th December 2023 Unitarian Meeting House | Special event: The Harbour Lights Trio will entertain us with a programme of Suffolk Songs, with mulled wine and mince pies | |
| Wed 17th January 2024 | World War II Coastal Defences in Suffolk. On Zoom (not face-to-face) | Dr John Greenacre |
| Wed 21st February 2024 | Suffolk’s Lost Heritage: A look at some of the buildings that have been lost over the years. | Stephen Poulter |
| Wed 20th March 2024 | Expert Edgesmith to Engineering Enterprise: The early days of the Leiston Garrett dynasty | Fraser Hale |
| Wed 17th April 2024 | The Hidden History of Orfordness, 1914-1993 | Clive Chambers |
Summer Visits 2024
We have arranged a number of visits during the Summer of 2024. Click the title of each visit in the list below for more information.
You need to book, and please download this form, and follow the instructions in it, including how to pay.
Booking will be restricted to members until June (so if you’re not a member, why not join now).
| Date | Visit | Organiser and contact |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 19th June, 11am – 1pm | Melford Hall Gardens Long Melford, with tour by Edward Martin | Alison Pickup |
| Wed 10th July, 2.30pm | The Red House, Aldeburgh, former home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears | David Ransom |
| Tues 13th Aug, 11am | Long Shop Museum, Leiston | Annie Heining |
Programme of talks 2022-3
See below for the programme of visits for Summer 2023.
Meetings are held in the United Free Church, Riverside, Framlingham and start at 7.30pm unless otherwise indicated.
| Wed 19th October 2022 | Annual General Meeting | |
| What we discovered at the Ancient House (follows the AGM) | Clare and Michael Gaylard | |
| Wed 16th November 2022 | Off to the Outback: A Suffolk family emigrating to Australia in the 1840s (based on diary entries) | Peter Driver |
| Wed 14th December 2022 | The Medieval Farming Year in Pictures | Alison Bowman |
| Wed 18th January 2023 |
The History of The Meres | Ray Hardinge |
| Wed 15th February 2023 (change to the previously published talk) |
The Worlingworth Jubilee Feast Painting of 1810 | Geoffrey Robinson |
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Wed 15th March 2023 |
The Lost City of Dunwich | Mark Mitchels |
| Wed 19th April 2023 | The Land Army Girls | Nicky Reynolds |
2021-22
| Wed 20th October 2021 | Robert Hawes, background to his 1712 book: “The History or Memoiurs of Framlingham and the Lowes Hundred” | Tony Martin |
| Wed 17th November 2021 | Voices from the Workhouse | Janette Robinson |
| Wed 15th December 2021 | East Anglian Art, from the Norwich School onwards | John Day |
| Wed 19th January 2022 |
John Self’s Framlingham, A Photo Tour, 1884 – 1927 | John Bridges |
| Wed 16th February 2022 |
Charlie and The Dig | Charlie Haylock (Ralph Fiennes’ dialect coach for the film The Dig) |
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Wed 23rd March 2022 |
The Magical Protection of Buildings (16-20th C) with examples from Framlingham area | Timothy Easton |
| Wed 20th April 2022 | An Introduction to the Paston Letters | Charles Seely |
2020-21 (disrupted by COVID, started late)
| Wed 17th Feb 2021 at 11am (Zoom talk) | Clarkes of Framlingham (The family, the firm and the grain trade) | Tony Clarke – recording of the event here. |
| Wed 17th March 2021 at 11am (Zoom talk) | Re-evaluating Suffolk’s medieval markets | Dr James David |
| Wed 21st April 2021 at 11am (Zoom talk) | Lost Gardens of Suffolk | Edward Martin |
| Tues 18th May 2021 at 11am (Zoom talk) | Early buildings in Suffolk, especially Debenham | Timothy Easton |
| Tues 15th June at 2pm (Zoom talk) | Keeping the peace in medieval Suffolk | Dr Nick Amor |
| Tues 20th July at 11am (Zoom talk) | The Roman Roads of East Anglia | Dr James Albone |