Programme

8.00 pm in the Village Hall

"Shakleton's Forgotten Men"

-  a talk by Debby Horsman

£2 members.  £3 non members

8.00 pm in the Village Hall

Member's Evening

"An evening of Charles Dickens"

- a performance by Steven Dimmer

£2 members & £3 guests

8.00 p.m. in the Village Hall

"Northampton Gaol"

 - a talk by Alan Clark

£2 members.  £3 non members

Tour of Phipps Albion Brewery

7.00 p.m

Evening tour & tasting

Cost £10 (for members and their guests)

Booking in advance essential, places limited so there may be a waiting list 

Please ring Hazel Petersen 01604 820787

8.00 pm Village Hall

“Factory Life in the Boot and Shoe Industry “

– a talk by Ruth Thomas 

£2 members.  £3 non members

8.00 pm Village Hall

“Sherlock Holmes”  by Steve Dimmer (member of Equity and The Magic Circle)     Wine and mince pies.

£2 members.  £3 non members

10.30,   St. Andrew's Church

During the Remembrance Day Service on Sunday 13 November at 10.30 at St. Andrew's Church, Spratton, the newly reburbished Roll of Honour 1914-18 will be dedicated. 17 new names have been added and relatives of these men have been invited. Please join us if you can.

In morning

SPRATTON FESTIVAL

Guided history tour round St Andrew’s Church and churchyard

Meet DACT bus outside 35 Brixworth Road at 10.45 am

1.30 pm tour of Visitor Centre

3.00 pm tour of Cathedral

Guided tour of Richard III Visitor Centre, Leicester and of Leicester Cathedral to see the royal tomb

£7.50 DACT bus. £5 entrance fees (subsidised by SLHS).

Booking in advance essential  Please ring Hazel Petersen 01604 820787

Lunch can be pre-booked at £5.95

7.30 pm AGM in Village Hall 8.00 pm Speaker

7.30 pm AGM followed by 8.00 pm "Growing Up in 1940s and 1950s Northamptonshire" a talk by Malcolm Deacon £2 members. £3 non members .

2016 8.00 pm Village Hall

"Charles Bradlaugh" - a talk about the controversial 19th century Northampton MP, by Liam Howley £2 members. £3 non members

8.00 pm in the Village Hall

"The Last Naval Hero - a Local Man"

- a talk by Roy Smart

£2 members.  £3 non members

8.00 pm in the Village Hall

"Post war Baby Boomers growing up in Brixworth"

- a talk by Mike Hermann and David Blake

£2 members.  £3 non members

Visit to Delapre Abbey

11.30   DACT bus outside 35 Brixworth Road

12.00   Delapre Abbey - for lunch at own expense

2.00     Guided Tour

Visit to newly the opened, restored Delapre Abbey, Northampton

£6.00 DACT bus (optional). £7.00 entrance fees (subsidised by SLHS) for members and their guests

Booking in advance essential.  Please ring Hazel Petersen 01604 820787

7.30 pm AGM in Village Hall

8.00 pm Speaker

7.30 pm AGM followed by

8.00 pm “The Princess and the Gunpowder Plot”

- a talk by Malcolm Deacon 

£2 members.  £3 non members

8.00 pm Village Hall

“Chester Farm – Archaeological Exploration of a Roman Site” a talk by Sarah Bridges, County Archivist.

£2 members.  £3 non members

8.00 pm Village Hall

Members’ Evening.  Research work done by members during the year into local history

£2 members.  £3 non members

8.00 pm Village Hall

“History of the Royal and Derngate”  an illustrated talk by Michael Brailey of the Royal and Derngate

£2 members.  £3 non members

11.00 am and 2.00 pm

HERITAGE OPEN WEEKEND

Guided tours round old Spratton. 

Meet at St Andrew’s Church

Meet outside church at 6.15 pm

Evening guided tour of Brixworth Church at 6.30 pm

Please book in advance with Hazel Petersen 01604 820787

£2 members. £3 non members

8.00 pm Village Hall

"By the Way to Kingsthorpe" - a talk by Kate Wills about the history of the road through Kingsthorpe £2 members. £3 non members

2015 8.00 pm Village Hall

A Christmas entertainment: "Stories and Legends of Northamptonshire" by Steve Dimmer (member of Equity and The Magic Circle) Wine and mince pies. £2 members. £3 non members