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HA Branches in the South East
Branch details by region
Beckenham & Bromley Branch
Branch contact: Mrs A Wagstaff 020 8777 7742 aj60@dial.pipex.com
Cost: Entry to meetings is free for HA members and £2 for visitors.
Associate membership of the branch is £12 for 2024/25 or £19.50 with our monthly news bulletin, The Beckenham Historian.
Venue: All meetings take place at 7.45...
HA Branches in the South East
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Film: Rethinking the origins of the Cold War
Churchill's Great Game
In this HA Virtual Branch talk Professor Richard Toye explores Churchill’s response to the USSR and how his actions during the early Cold War years intersected with his views of traditional Anglo-Russian tensions and the legacy of the ‘Great Game’.
Richard Toye is Professor of Modern History at the University...
Film: Rethinking the origins of the Cold War
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Taunton Deane Branch Programme
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All enquiries to Mr Geoff Bisson (gb@queenscollege.org.uk), tel. 01823 353749
All talks start at 7.30pm on Wednesdays and take place in the Birchall Hall, Queen's College, Trull Road, Taunton, TA1 4QS unless otherwise stated. There is free car parking on site.
Associate Membership: £10 per year. Talks free to national...
Taunton Deane Branch Programme
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Sheffield Branch Programme
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All enquiries to Janine Baigent janine.baigent@hotmail.com
Meetings are held at the Lecture Theatre, Grayson Building, Birkdale School, Oakholme Road, S10 3DH. Entrance via the Endcliffe Grange Crescent gate. Parking available.
Date is usually the first or second Thursday of the month, doors will open at 7 pm and the...
Sheffield Branch Programme
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North London Branch Programme
Branch Programme
All meetings are held at Jubilee Hall, 2, Parsonage Lane, Enfield, EN2 OAJ at 8pm.
Parking is readily available close to the hall. The hall is 10 minutes’ walk from Enfield Chase Station and 15 minutes’ walk from Enfield Town Station, (both overground).
All enquiries to the Chair: Cllr. Michael...
North London Branch Programme
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Hull & East Riding Branch History
Branch History
The origins of the Hull branch of the HA go back to 1921. However the branch really came to life when Dr Fred Brooks arrived as Reader in Medieval History at the new University College of Hull. From 1930 to 1977 he was the mainspring of the activities and growth...
Hull & East Riding Branch History
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Bolton Branch History
Branch History
The Bolton Branch of the Historical Association, having been founded in 1927, celebrated its 80th birthday suitably spectacularly in October 2007. Not only did it have, for the occasion, a distinguished Chief Guest as visiting lecturer, and an audience of nearly 200, but it also had a large, decorative and...
Bolton Branch History
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HA Branches in the North West
Branch details by region
Bolton Branch
Branch contact All enquiries to Mrs Melissa Wright mwright@boltonschool.org.uk 07912369060
Venue: All talks start at 6.30pm on (mostly) the first Monday of the month, and take place in the Leverhulme Suite @ Bolton School Girls’ Division, Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4PA. Parking free in the Girls’ Division Quad.
Associate membership £20 per...
HA Branches in the North West
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Portsmouth Branch History
Branch History
See the current Portsmouth Branch programme of events
Portsmouth's Branch "Minutes Book No. 2" of the years 1946 -1981 is in the city Record Office. It records a Jubilee Dinner held in 1974: so the Branch was founded in 1924. Sadly, no "Minutes Book No. 1" has come to light....
Portsmouth Branch History
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Central London Branch Programme
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For all enquires and for events where pre-booking is required, please contact:
Jill Kilsby MA, MBA, 8 Purley Oaks Road, Sanderstead, Surrey, CR2 ONP
Email: jillkilsby2012@live.co.uk | Tel: 07957 627783
Branch President: Vacancy
Honorary Vice-Presidents: Professor David Stevenson, Mrs Chrissie Ganjou
Vice-Chairs: Jill Kilsby, Hedley Sutton
Treasurer: Jill Kilsby
Venue: All...
Central London Branch Programme
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History of the Gloucestershire Branch 1919-2021
HA branch history
This article is based on a talk originally given after the 2003 Branch AGM which drew on branch records subsequently deposited with the County Archives. These comprise AGM and committee minutes as well as notes on, and some details of, speakers for each meeting from the 1928-9 season to 1957,...
History of the Gloucestershire Branch 1919-2021
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Essex Branch History
Branch History
Essex Branch - Early DaysEssex Branch was founded in 1920 or earlier and was active continuously until 1936. In 1920-1 the president was H. de Havilland of The Manor House, Great Horkesley, and the secretary Mr. E.T. Baldwin of Earls Colne Grammar School. There were 56 branch members and 8...
Essex Branch History
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Nottingham Branch History
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A major feature of the Historical Association's branches has been their strong links with a variety of voluntary organisations focused on, or with interests in, history. The Association's initial aims drawn up in June 1906 included 'Co-operation for common objects with the English Association, the Geographical Association, the Modern Language...
Nottingham Branch History
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History of the Isle of Wight Branch
Branch History
Although the Historical Association was formed in 1906, sixteen years elapsed before a branch was established on the Isle of Wight. From the HA's archives, stored at Nottingham University, the annual reports indicate the Branch was formed in June 1922 and by the end of the first year there was a...
History of the Isle of Wight Branch
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Canterbury Branch Programme
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Branch contact: All enquiries to Mike Gallagher – mike.gallagher79@yahoo.co.uk
Venue: All talks start at 7.00pm at venues in Canterbury (specified below).
Associate membership £10 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £5.
Twitter @CanterburyHA
Canterbury Branch Programme 2025
Wednesday 8th January 2025History at University: a day of events...
Canterbury Branch Programme
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The Norfolk and Norwich Branch History
Branch History
The Norfolk and Norwich Branch - a short historyThe branch was founded in 1920, at the instigation of two local teachers, W. J. Blake (the father the famous historian, Robert, Lord Blake) and Walter Stephenson, the father of our most long-serving (1941-1962) president, Andrew Stephenson, who was himself a distinguished...
The Norfolk and Norwich Branch History
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Podcast: Spain 1808 – Iraq 2003: some thoughts on the use and abuse of history
Bolton Branch Lecture Podcast by Charles Esdaile
This podcast was recorded by the Bolton Branch of the Historical Association on Monday 1 February 2010, at the Parish Hall in Bolton.
We were pleased to welcome Professor Charles Esdaile of the University of Liverpool back to the branch to speak on ‘Spain 1808 – Iraq 2003: Some Thoughts...
Podcast: Spain 1808 – Iraq 2003: some thoughts on the use and abuse of history
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Plymouth Branch Programme
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website: www.ha-plymouth.org.uk
All enquiries to Alan H. Cousins, 1 Russell Court, Russell Close, Saltash PL12 4LZ Tel. 01752 843750 email a.cousins345@btinternet.com
Membership secretary: John Stead, 2 Jessops, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 4HW
Meetings are open to all and are free for national or local members of the Historical Association, and for...
Plymouth Branch Programme
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Beckenham & Bromley Branch Programme
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All enquiries to Mrs A Wagstaff 020 8777 7742 aj60@dial.pipex.com
Entry to meetings is free for HA members and £2 for visitors.
Associate membership of the branch is £14 for 2025/2026 or £24 with our monthly news bulletin, the Beckenham Historian.
All meetings take place at 7.30 p.m. in Christ Church...
Beckenham & Bromley Branch Programme
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Ealing Branch Programme
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Branch contact: All enquiries to Dr Philip Woods philipgwoods@outlook.com tel. 07922046578
Venue: All talks (with the exception of November meeting) start at 7.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month, and take place at Ealing Green Church, The Green, Ealing, W5 5QT. For details of transport and parking please see...
Ealing Branch Programme
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Manchester Branch Programme (with Liverpool and Chester)
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Entry to meetings is free to HA members, non-members £4 per meeting.
We are delighted to be able to welcome our members and interested members of the public to our 2025-2026 series of events! Of course, circumstances are always changeable and so events may be changed or cancelled at short...
Manchester Branch Programme (with Liverpool and Chester)
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Support your branch: FAQs
Volunteering to help your local branch
Our local branches are all run by volunteers. Joining your local branch committee can be a wonderful way to get more involved with history.
What roles are there within each branch?
Each branch has three formal branch officers: the Chair (or President), the Branch Secretary and the Branch Treasurer.
Alongside those...
Support your branch: FAQs
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Manchester (with Liverpool and Chester) Branch History
Branch History
The Branch is proud of its role in the foundation of the Historical Association in 1906. Professor Thomas Frederick Tout and others at Manchester University had been discussing the idea of forming an Association to promote the teaching of a more relevant and vibrant form of history than was currently...
Manchester (with Liverpool and Chester) Branch History
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Chichester Branch Programme
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Enquiries to Mr Alex Bristow alexjbristow@outlook.com 01903 505554
Meetings start at 7.30 pm (except January at 2.30 pm) at Friends Meeting House, Priory Road, Chichester, PO19 1NX. Meetings are expected to finish by 9 pm (4 pm on Saturday). Light refreshments available from 7 pm (2 pm on Saturday).
Admission is...
Chichester Branch Programme
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Hampstead & North West London Branch Programme
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All enquiries to Mandy Caller, mandycaller@gmail.com or telephone 07818 063594
All meetings are hybrid, and are held at 8pm on the third Thursday of the month September to April (excluding December) at Fellowship House, 136a Willifield Way, London NW11 6YD and simultaneously online via Zoom.
Please email Dr Dudley Miles...
Hampstead & North West London Branch Programme