Essex Branch Programme 2011-12

Talks on Saturdays, 2.30pm, The Link, Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2XB.

Free parking at the Church or in the County Council car-park opposite.

Visitors and prospective members warmly welcomed - a £2 donation requested.

2011: 

1 Oct Vivian Woodward: Football's gentleman and Essex's greatest sportsman by Norman Jacobs, historian of the Clacton area and author of several books on local history and on his working life at the British Museum  [After short Annual General Meeting of Essex Branch]

29 Oct   Cleopatra: Fact and Fantasy by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, cultural historian and critic, author of, among other books, Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions (1990) which won the Fawcett Prize

3 Dec   Seasonal Celebrations including short talks by members on their own research interests

2012:  7 Jan Women of Essex and the Second World War by Dr Paul Rusiecki, author of The Impact of Catastrophe - The People of Essex and the First World War (2008), who is currently preparing a book on the Second World War in Essex

4 Feb   Mountbatten: Hero of our Time by Dr Adrian Smith, senior lecturer, University of Southampton, author of, among  other publications, the first volume in a major study of Lord Mountbatten, Mountbatten: Apprentice Warlord (2010)

3 Mar   Paycocke's House, Coggeshall by Dr Chris Thornton, former editor of the Victoria County History of Essex, who has researched Essex history and medieval agrarian history extensively.  Paycock's house is a grade 1 property owned by the National Trust.

31 Mar   The Strategy of the American Civil War by Prof Brian Holden Reid, King's College, University of London, one of the world's foremost authorities on the American Civil War and military history generally on  which he has published widely

5 May   The Normans in Essex by Dr Jennifer Ward, former senior lecturer Goldsmiths College, University of London, an authority on the medieval period and Essex history, whose publications include books on medieval women and on Brentwood

For further information contact Shirley Durgan on Tel: 01245 261124 or email: essexha1@btinternet.com