31st Oct: A.G.M. Doors open and first call at 15.00, followed by lecture at 16.30, followed by

28th Nov:

A History of London's East End

Dee Beckett: A talk on London’s immigrants, poverty and the people who became the “Cockneys”.

30th Jan:

Slavery and the Empire: The road to prosperity and reform

Chris Beckett: The slave trade, the triangle and the development of Victorian Britain

27th Feb: The Drama Group will be giving a short performance before the lecture starting at 15:30

Murder, Mayhem and the English Language

Dee Beckett : The extraordinary history of the Oxford English Dictionary. How the Oxford English Dictionary was first compiled and the mysterious character who gave it so many words and definitions.

26th Mar:

The Indian Mutiny

Chris Beckett: The playing fields of Eton, sabres, skirts and missionaries. How the Mutiny erupted, the bravery, the slaughter and the legends that emerged.