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