CALH Lectures and Events
The 2007/2008 Lecture programme has now drawn to a close. It has been a very successful year. We will start back on Saturday 4th October at 1.45pm for a quick EGM, followed at 2.15pm with a long awaied talk by Tom Doig - The Birth of Photography (Please Bring your old Photographs, Frames & Cases to be dated)
The 2008/2009 lecture programme is being prepared as we speak, however there is an excellent summer of excursions, to see them please click here
The CALH Executive Committee have decided that the venue for the AGM & Awards Ceremony in one year, will become if appropriate the venue for the following years Spring Conference.
Therefore, the Spring Conference entitled "Traditions & Superstitions" will take place at Great Abington Village Institute on Saturday, 18th April 2009 .
The AGM & 2008 Awards Ceremony will take place at St Peter's hall, in the town of March on Saturday 23rd May 2009
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Old data will updated with the new programme
The 2007/2008 programme of lectures is set out below, as and when a forthcoming events approach there will be more information and reports on past meetings.
Unless otherwise stated all meetings are held on Saturdays at 2.15pm. Both meetings and conferences are held at St. John's Hall, Blinco Grove, off Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2RN for those of you with Satellite Navigation.
Here are two maps of how to find St. John's Hall: map1 map2
Travel Directions to St. John's Hall: please click here
You can find out more about our lecture series in the association's newsletter the Bulletin.
For any other information or help, please send us an email on info@calh.org.uk or call 01223 892430
For a downloadable pdf file of the new 2007/2008 programme, please click here
Programme for Autumn 2007
| Saturday
6th Oct 2007 |
The History of Boot & Shoemakers
|
Geoffrey Lee |
| SUNDAY 4th Nov 2007 |
60 Years On - The 1947 Floods
At the Ely Library between 12.30pm to 4.00pm
A special afternoon spent looking back at photographs
and film of the aftermath of the 1947 floods on the Fens
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An Army Life:
including as a British Military Attache in Turkey
|
Col. Derek Bishop |
Programme for Spring 2008
Saturday
5th Jan 2008 |
Edwardian Cambridge
following the launch of this new exciting book |
Mike Petty |
Saturday
2nd Feb 2008 |
Deviant Burials in Roman Britain
A joint meeting with the
Cherry Hinton Local History Society |
Alison Taylor |
MONDAY
11th Feb 2008 |
Mosquito - The Bomber with a Fighter Speed
A joint meeting with the
Cambridgeshire Industrial Archaeological Society
at 7.45 pm at the
Friends Meeting House, Jesus Lane, Cambridge |
Michael Bowyer |
Saturday
1st Mar 2008 |
The Birth of Photography
Bring your old Photographs,
Frames & Cases to be dated |
Tom Doig |
MONDAY
3rd Mar 2008 |
Prostitution & the University of Cambridge
in the 19th Century
A joint meeting with the
Cambridge Antiquarian Society
at 5.45 pm at the
Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge |
Peter Howell |
Saturday
12th Apr 2008 |
Law & Order in Linton
in the 18th & 19th Century |
Garth Collard |
Saturday
19th Apr 2008 |
ALL DAY CONFERENCE
RURAL TECHNOLOGY |
Various |
Saturday
3rd May 2008 |
AGM & LOCAL HISTORY AWARDS
at the Village Institute, Great Abington |
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Saturday
24th May 2008 |
Reassessing the Impact of Draining the Fens
in the 17th Century on Navigation
A joint meeting with the
Cambridgeshire Industrial Archaeological Society |
Prof. Michael
Chisholm |
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