COVID Update
We hold monthly evening history talks by external speakers, starting at 8.00 pm, on the third Wednesday of each month (except August).
We hope to resume history talks at St Paul’s Church Hall when conditions allow.
Talks are free to members
Annual subscription to the society is ₤20.00
Category: Upcoming meetings
Arson in His Majesty’s Dockyard – 8pm Wed 20th October 2021
Join us for a talk by Alan Turton about the life of James Aitken (28 September 1752 – 10 March 1777), also known as John the Painter, who was a mercenary who committed acts of sabotage in Royal Navy naval dockyards during the American Revolutionary War in 1776–77. […]
Kings, Boxes and Dots – 8pm 17th Nov 2021
Join us for a lively and concise history of Royal Mail and the Post Office from the beginning to the present day given by John Rogers. In 1840 Uniform Penny Post was launched marking a revolution in the way the postal system could be used. Rowland Hill’s postal […]