Events January 2024 to June 2024
Meetings held in January and February 2024 will be via Zoom sessions plus a few in other months.
Other meetings will take place at Romsey Town Hall either in the Court Room, downstairs, or in the
Council Chamber, upstairs, which can be accessed by a new "proper" lift installed in the rear of the Town Hall for the convenience of those who may have difficulty using the front staircase.
All events maybe subject to change at short notice.
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January 2024
Monday 8th January 7.30pm
How Archaeology has changed over the
last fifty years: in the Test Valley & beyond
Speaker: Dr. Mike Heyworth
Venue: Zoom meeting
Thursday 25th January 7.30pm
Mashed Potato Sandwiches & Bottle-top Tinsel
Speaker: Dr. Ann Featherstone
Venue: Zoom meeting
February 2024
Monday 12th February 7.30pm
Hamtun : The Late Saxon ( 9th - 11th Centuries) Settlement in Southampton
Speaker: Matt Garner
Venue: Zoom meeting
Thursday 22nd February 7.30pm
King Cnut
Speaker: Professor Ryan Lavelle
Venue: Zoom meeting
March 2024
Monday 11th March 7.30pm
Note Change of Topic from paper copy
Lady Mary Wortley Montague - Sex, Smallpox and the Salisbury Connection
Speaker: Mary South
Venue: Town Hall Council Chamber
Friday 22nd March 2.15pm
Braishfield - A Slide Show
Host: Phoebe Merrick
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
Thursday 28th March 7.30pm
Old Bones Tell Tales : an introduction to the work of the forensic anthropologist
Speaker: Professor Margaret Cox
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
April 2024
Monday 8th April 7.30 p.m.
Note Change of Topic from paper copy
An Armchair Tour around Medieval Southampton
Speaker: Dr. Cheryl Butler
Venue: Town Hall Council Chamber
Friday 19th April 2.15 p.m.
The Hundred, Market Place to Latimer Street - A Slide Show
Host: Phoebe Merrick
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
Thursday 25th April 7.30 p.m.
The Mayflower Connection
Speaker: Helen Baggott
Venue: "Zoom" Meeting
May 2024
Monday 13th May 7.30 pm
The Logistical Build-Up to D-Day
Speaker: Chris Barrington-Brown
Venue: Town Hall Council Chamber
Thursday 23rd May 7.00 p.m.
A Visit - Ashley Church and Castle Bank
Leader: Mary Harris
Meet at: St. Mary's Church, Ashley - 2 miles east of Kings Somborne
June 2024
Note *** Correction of Street to be walked shown on some published paper copies
Monday 10th June 7.00 p.m.
A Walk - Latimer Street
Leader: Phoebe Merrick
Meet at: Outside Nationwide Premises
Thursday 27th June at 7.00 p.m.
Nursling Mill and surroundings - a Walk
Leader: Stephen Cooper
Meet at: Nursling Church car park. This will be a walk of some distance along a footpath.