Central London Branch Programme

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Meetings (except where otherwise stated) 2.00 pm on Saturdays at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU

Saturday 10^th October 2009 - Professor John Miller (Queen Mary College, University of London) - Civic Celebration between 1660 - 1722 followed by Branch AGM

Saturday 21^st November 2009, 1.30 pm - Visit to Cheam and the Lumley Chapel.   A guided tour with Karen Chester.   Meet at Cheam Railway Station, in the ticket hall/waiting room.   Advance booking is required.   £5 for HA members/£6 for non-members.   Numbers limited to 20.

A guided walk around the historic village of Cheam.   The afternoon includes a visit inside the Lumley Chapel, and admission to the local history museum in Whitehall.

There is so much more to Cheam than Tony Hancock!   In fact, there are so many buildings of historical and architectural interest, from the Tudor Whitehall to the mock-Tudor buildings of the 1920s and 30s, that the entire village was designated a conservation area in 1970.   The jewel in the crown is the Lumley Chapel, the oldest building in Cheam. Originally the chancel of the thirteenth-century church, the chapel takes its name from John, Lord Lumley. A prominent Catholic aristocrat and antiquarian at the time of Elizabeth I, he is buried in great splendour within. Along with Lumley's tomb, and those of his two successive wives, the Chapel boasts a wealth of monuments from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. There is a very pleasant tea shop in the Museum, and several coffee shops and pubs in the village.

Saturday 19^th December 2009 - 1.00 pm start - Stephen Gilburt  Medieval Bruges and Flanders  - followed by Christmas social (social free to members; £5 non-members.   (Pre-booking for the Christmas social required for everyone for catering purposes.)

Saturday 16^th January 2010 --  Dr. Alastair Duke (University of Southampton) - "A fair bird suited with goodly borrowed plumage?" The economic and cultural contribution of Southern Netherlanders to Holland's Golden Age, c. 1585-1630.

Saturday 20^th February 2010 - Lucy Hughes-Hallet Cleopatra

Wednesday 17^th March 2010 1.45 pm  - guided tour of the Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road.   The Museum will interest anyone interested in history, architecture, horticulture or art.   The modern Museum is housed within a medieval church and boasts a period garden and exhibitions.   Advance booking is required

£3 for full-time students and Friends of the Museum; £5 for senior citizens and HA members; £8 for non-members

Saturday 17^th April 2010 - Neil Lloyd - Martin Luther

Saturday 8^th May 2010, 11.00 am - visit to the Charterhouse led by Mr. Stephen Green - by kind invitation of Beckenham & Bromley Branch - pre-booking required - bookings to Mrs. Christine Lloyd, 15 Keston Gardens, Keston, Kent, BR2 6BL. tel: 01689 859990  by 23rd April

Saturday 15^th May 2010 - Professor Pam Pilbeam (Royal Holloway, University of London) Madame Tussaud and the History of Waxworks

Thursday 27^th May 2010, 6.30 pm - Lost Churches of the City - a guided walk with Karen Chester.   Meet at Mansion House Station, Bow Lane exit 4, in front of the church of St Mary Aldermary.   Advance booking is required £3.50 HA members; £7 non-members.   Numbers limited to 20

Before the Great Fire of 1666, there were well over 100 churches in the City of London.   In more recent centuries fire, war and municipal vandalism have contributed to the disappearance of many more of them.   But they have not vanished entirely; you can still see them if you know how to look.

This walk lasts about 2 1/2 hours, with a break in 'ye olde pub' along the way.

Saturday 12^th June 2010, 10.45 am - Midsummer London Walk - Marylebone led by Mr. Neil Lloyd.   Meet at the exit from Marylebone Underground Station. By kind invitation of Beckenham & Bromley Branch

Tuesday 15^th June 2010, 11.00 am - Visit and guided tour of Valentines Mansion, Ilford 11.00 am- 12.00 noon - £3 per head for members; £5 for non-members (pre-booking required)

Tuesday 15^th June 2010, 2.30 pm - Visit and introductory talk - Ragged School Museum,  Mile End -  £3 for HA members; £5 for  non-members (pre-booking required)

Both visits £5 members, £7 non-members

Sunday 4^th July 2010, 10.30 am -  Borough Underground -  Sinful Southwark a 2-hour guided walk around the Stews, where the Winchester Geese pecked and Elizabethan "luvvies" congregated.   Led by Ann Archbold, a member of Central London Branch and a London City Guide.   Cost £3.50 for HA members;  £7 for non-members (pre-booking required).

Lectures are free to HA members - £3 non-members

For events where pre-booking is required please use a booking form or contact the Treasurer, Sue Carr.

President:   Professor Barry Coward Secretary:   Mr. Bill Measure, BA, BSc, 90 Richmond Road, Leytonstone, E11 4BU email measure@btinternet.com   tel. 020-8558-5491 Treasurer:  Ms. Sue Carr, MA, 49 Bounds Green Road, Wood Green, N22 8HB     email drbledu@btinternet.com    tel. 020-8889-0307