Ashley Cooper, local historian and farmer, returned by popular request to give us another fascinating talk, this time about the mystery of the Roman villa found on his farm in Gestingthorpe.
A grey, misty morning changed as we approached Cambridge, into a cold but bright winter’s day. We were dropped close to the Fitzwilliam…
The Bevin Boys. Barbara McElroy. Our speaker explained that her interest in the story of the Bevin boys began because her father told…
This time, we have two reports! Trip to The Guildhall Bury St Edmunds – a report from Clare. August 2025. On a swelteringly…
National Museum of Horseracing, Newmarket, 16th May 2025. We set off on a cloudy day but had an enjoyable journey as the coach…
“Charles II and Naughty Newmarket” Our Speaker, John Sutton, is a retired History professor and has lived in Newmarket since 1976. He was…
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…
“Journal of a Suffolk Woodman”. Pip Wright last gave us a talk in March 2 years ago and we were delighted to see…
The Real Basil Brown. By Sarah Doig. Not many people had heard of Basil Brown until the film “The Dig” starring Ralph Fiennes…
