MEETINGS
Navigate to each Branch page using the links in the right-hand column.
Don’t forget to view the Fairs & Events Page.
All the meetings below are at 7.30pm. (For online meetings, login opens from 7.00pm)
| Date | Title / Subject | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | Christmas Social, Research and Help Desk | Members | Online |
| Dec 8 | Sex, Drugs and Tapeworms A highly amusing look at Victorian consumerism as shown in advertisements from the time | Kevin Varty | Kettering |
| Jan 12 | Branch AGM and Quiz | Members’ Evening | Kettering |
| Jan 19 | Did you listen to Great Aunt Eva? The value of oral evidence in family history. | Members’ Evening | Weston Favell, Northampton |
| Jan 26 | How to Read a Church Churches are alive with images and symbols and were originally built to be ‘read’. In this talk, Chana will talk about CCT’s role as the third largest heritage estate in charitable ownership in the UK, some of the projects that the charity has worked on over the years and how visitors can get more from their visit by understanding how to read a church | Chana James (Conservation Manager, Churches Conservation Trust) | Online |
| Feb 9 | What’s YOUR history? Recording a personal history and adding ‘meat to the bones’ for your ancestors. | Katrina Freiss | Kettering |
| Feb 16 | Remembering Your Memories 20 questions to ask yourself | Susan Copperwheat | Weston Favell, Northampton |
| Feb 23 | Bedrooms, Banquets and Balls This off-beat and amusing look at the development of the English Country House, takes as its starting point the medieval Hall-House and follows architectural tastes and fashions to the mid twentieth century. It looks at the architecture, the furnishings and the way in which the rooms were used in different periods. We also hear about the people who lived in these buildings. | John Vigar | Online |
| Mar 9 | The Mystery of an Irish Navvy The story of a 21-year process working from family stories and memories to finding evidence of my "Irish Navvy" | Richard Boyles | Kettering |
| Mar 16 | Newspapers and Family History Discover how to find a wealth of information in old newspapers, and how to interpret what it means about past times. | Denise Bates | Weston Favell, Northampton |
| Mar 23 | In the service of the nation - Fire Fighting through the ages. The talk examines the fire brigade system over time including insurance brigades, private house brigades and municipal brigades. It looks at how equipment/appliances have evolved from hand drawn to steam to modern appliances. It details the records of fire insurance companies and how useful they are to family historians plus the purpose and records of the National and Auxiliary Fire Service during the world wars and the Green Goddess era. | Ian Waller | Online |