The Mystery of the Gestingthorpe Roman Villa
Ashley Cooper, local historian and farmer, returned by popular request to give us another fascinating talk, this time about the mystery of the…
Author: Joan Garner
21st November 2025.
Cambridge Visit. A grey, misty morning changed as we approached Cambridge, into a cold but bright winter’s day. We were dropped close to…
September 2025 Meeting.
The Bevin Boys. Barbara McElroy. Our speaker explained that her interest in the story of the Bevin boys began because her father told…
August 2025 Meeting
This time, we have two reports! Trip to The Guildhall Bury St Edmunds – a report from Clare. August 2025. On a swelteringly…
Trip to National Museum of Horseracing
National Museum of Horseracing, Newmarket, 16th May 2025. We set off on a cloudy day but had an enjoyable journey as the coach…
14th May 2025 Meeting.
“Charles II and Naughty Newmarket” Our Speaker, John Sutton, is a retired History professor and has lived in Newmarket since 1976. He was…
April meeting 2025.
You’ll Make a Lovely Sergeant Jeannette Robinson Flora Sandes was the only British woman to officially fight as soldier during World War I. She was a Sergeant…
March Meeting 2025
“Journal of a Suffolk Woodman”. Pip Wright last gave us a talk in March 2 years ago and we were delighted to see…
February 2025 meeting.
The Real Basil Brown. By Sarah Doig. Not many people had heard of Basil Brown until the film “The Dig” starring Ralph Fiennes…