Evening Talks

Talks are held at 8.00 pm in St Mary’s Parish Rooms, Museum Street, Saffron Walden.
members £1: guests welcome, £3: young people under 16 free.

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Programme of Talks for 2020

10 February

On Portraiture.
Speaker: Benjamin Sullivan

Our speaker is one of this country’s leading portrait painters. He will be talking about his work in the context of 20th century portraiture.
His work is to be found in numerous public and private collections, including the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Scottish Academy, Parliament House, Edinburgh, and several Oxford and Cambridge Colleges.

9 March

To Be Arranged

20 April

Bird Migration.
Speaker: Liz Huxley

11 May

All Fired Up.
Speaker: Mick Ford of Essex Fire Museum

8 June

Market Towns 1750 to the Present.
Speaker: Tony Kirby

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Events held earlier this year

13 January2020

The Essex Regiment during World War One.
Speaker: Peter Layzell

The Essex Regiment provided some 30 battalions to the British army in World War 1 and saw action in the Somme, Gallipoli, Egypt, and Palestine. Peter Layzell has made a long study of the Regiment’s achievements.

This talk by the manager of the Essex Regiment Family History Website is drawn from testimonies and newspaper accounts following the Regiment through the Great War including the soldiers daily routine, trench life and medical treatment.

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