Beckenham & Bromley Branch Programme

Beckenham & Bromley Branch Programme 2021-22
Entry to meetings is free for HA members and £2 for visitors.
Associate membership of the branch is £10 for 2021/2022 or £17.50 with our monthly news bulletin, the
All meetings take place at 7.45 p.m. in Christ Church, Fairfield Road, Beckenham,
BR3 3LE unless otherwise stated. Tea and coffee is served from 7. 30 p.m.
There is a public car park nearby. For public transport routes and a local map, please see the branch website www.beckenham-historical-association.org/
Programme of events 2021-2022
Thursday 16 September
7.30 pm Annual General Meeting
followed by
7.45 p.m. Mr. Peter Longley
The Backdrop to the Rise of Christianity – The Graeco-Roman World of the First Century
Friday 15 October
11.45 a.m.
Visit to Fulham Palace
Numbers Limited, pre-booking essential
Thursday 21 October
Professor Michael Fulford
The Silchester Town Life Project 1997-2021
Wednesday 17 November
11.00 a.m.
Visit to the Old Operating Theatre, St Thomas’ Hospital
Thursday 18 November
Professor Lawrence Goldman
Sir Robert Peel: One Victorian prime minister, multiple personalities
Thursday 16 December
Dr. Ellie Woodacre
Medieval Queens: Ruling Women in a Man’s World
The evening will begin with light Christmas refreshments. The lecture will be in our Church accommodation but Dr. Woodacre will lecture via Zoom. Remote bookings accepted.
2022
Thursday 20 January
In Christ Church Hall at 7.00 p.m.
Fish and Chip Supper
followed by
A Window on the Past: 200 Years of West Wickham
Film of a talk, accompanied by archival footage, given by the late Joyce Walker. Pre-booking essential
Wednesday 9 February
11.00 a.m.
Visit to the Royal College of Physicians
Numbers Limited, pre-booking essential
Thursday 24 February
Dr. Katherine Ballantyne
Martin Luther King
This is a Zoom lecture in the Church. Pre-booking is essential for watching remotely on Zoom.
Thursday 17 March
Dr. Richard Bogle
Leaps and Bounds: How Cardiology Treatment has developed since 1929
(This meeting is part of British Science Week 2022)
Wednesday 30 March
11.45 a.m.
Visit to Crossness Pumping Station
Numbers Limited, pre-booking essential
Thursday 21 April
Professor David Stevenson
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Sixty Years On
This lecture will be in our Church accommodation but Professor Stevenson will lecture via Zoom. Remote bookings accepted
Thursday 28 April
7.00 for 7.30 p.m.
Annual Dinner at Lugana Restaurant, Beckenham
Pre-booking essential
Thursday 12 May
Professor Jonathan Phillips
The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin
Saturday 11 June
11.00 a.m.
Midsummer London Walk: A Guided Walk around Clerkenwell
Led by Kate Boyle
Thursday 16 June
Dr. David Noy
Foreigners in Ancient Rome: Citizens and Strangers
Thursday 23 June
2.30pm
Royal Jubilee Afternoon Tea
at the Bromley Court Hotel
Pre-booking essential