Events January 2022 to June 2022
"Face to Face" meetings will take place in the
Romsey Town Hall Court Room downstairs during 2022.
Register your email "here" to receive details & notification of any changes.
All events maybe subject to change at short notice.
Please Note : A few meetings will be held in the Council Chamber upstairs which can be accessed by a new "proper"
lift installed in the rear stairwell for the convenience of those who may have difficulty using the front staircase.
January 2022
Monday 10th January at 7.30 p.m.
Old Sarum Documents
Speaker: June Effemy
Venue: Zoom Meeting
Thursday 27th January at 7.30pm
Old Sarum: Archaeological Interventions in the West Suburbs
Speaker: Dr. Alex Langlands
Venue: Zoom Meeting
February 2022
Monday 14th February at 7.30pm
Building Myths
Speaker: Dr. James Wright
Venue: Zoom Meeting
Tuesday 15th February, 10.30am
North Baddesley - The Story of
the Manor, its Church and People
Speaker: Ronnie Munday
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
Thursday 24th February, 7.30pm
Archaeology and Treasure
Speaker: Dr. Mike Heyworth
Venue: Zoom meeting
March 2022
From March meetings will be in the Town Hall
Monday 14th March, 7.30pm
Archaeology and the Ordnance Survey
This talk will examine the history of portraying archaeological sites or 'antiquities' on the maps of the Ordnance Survey, and the work of the archaeological staff, under the direction of O G S Crawford and C W Phillips.
Speaker: Professor Roger Leech
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
Tuesday 15th March, 10.30am
The History of English Pottery before 1750 Speaker: Roger Harris
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
Friday 25th March, 2.15pm
Timsbury - A Slide Show
Host: Phoebe Merrick
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
Thursday 31st March, 7.30pm
Securing the Future of Churches, Churchyards, and their Monuments
Speaker: Dr. Frank Green
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
April 2022
Monday 11th April 7.30 p.m.
The Lost Soldiers of Fromelles 1916:
Naming the Dead
Speaker: Professor Margaret Cox
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
Tuesday 12th April 10.30am
Florence Suckling - Local Historian
Speaker: Sybil Warner
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
Friday 22nd April 2.15pm
Banning Street - A Slide Show
Host: Phoebe Merrick
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
Date: Thursday 28th April 7.30pm
A Mid 14th Century Lady of Landford
and her goods.
Speaker: Professor Chris Woolgar
Venue: Town Hall Court Room
May 2022
Monday 9th May 7.30 p.m.
Mass Observation in Southampton - what people were thinking about during early years of WWII
Speaker: Phoebe Merrick
Venue: Town Hall Council Chamber
Thursday 26th May 7.00 p.m. prompt
Romsey's new flood defences - a Walk
Leader: Alec Morley
Meet at the War Memorial Park entrance gate in The Meads.
June 2022
**** Special Event ****
Thursday 2nd June - Sunday 5th June -
10.00 am to 4.00 pm each day
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Royalty in Romsey Exhibition: - Free Entry
Venue: Romsey Town Hall Court Room
Organised by: LTVAS members - all welcome
Monday 6th June 7.00pm
Introduction to the History of Romsey - a Walk
Leaders: Committee members
Venue: Meet at the Charter Stone, opposite the Main Post Office in Church Street
Thursday 23rd June 7.00pm
Nursling Church and its Environs - a Walk
Leader: Stephen Cooper
Venue: Meet at Nursling Church.
There is little space for parking so please share cars if possible.