Meetings – Sudbury History Society

Sign of the Times – Talk by Sarah Doig

Village sign at West Dereham, Suffolk [Adrian S Pye licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence]

Along the River Stour on the border of Suffolk and Essex, a chain of watermills has served local communities for roughly a millennium.

Ashley Cooper, local historian and farmer, returned by popular request to give us another fascinating talk, this time about the mystery of the…

Meetings are on the second Wednesday of the month, 10 am to 12 noon at The Granary, Quay Lane, Sudbury, CO10 2AN (except…

“We’ll Meet Again”, by Bryan Thurlow. This talk was originally written by Bryan to help Primary school children understand what life was like…

Lawrence of Arabia and………. Felixstowe. Talk by Kim Smith on 8th October 2025. Kim Smith returned to give us a fascinating talk on…

The Bevin Boys. Barbara McElroy. Our speaker explained that her interest in the story of the Bevin boys began because her father told…

The Life and Times of Peggy Cole MBE. Dave Steward. Some of us had never heard of Peggy Cole and the famous fucias…

11 June 2025. Over paid, over sexed and over here. Geoffrey Kaye. This talk was inspired by Geoffrey meeting a man who told…