Louth Naturalists’, Antiquarian & Literary Society All talks begin at 7.30pm in the Conoco-Phillips Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY PROGRAMME OF TALKS AND VISITS 2017 Spring term Jan 24 Dr Adam Daubney Carlton Saxon Island Settlement Jan 31 Ernie Napier The Parish Library of Boston Stump Feb 7 Michael Credland Collecting World War One Memorabilia Feb 14 Tracy Borman Private Lives of the Tudors Feb 21 Edward Mayor ‘Mock Tudor’ – Architectural Deceptions in Woodhall Spa Feb 28 Alex Keyes MA Empire, Collapse and Recovery: Roman Coins in Louth Museum and their Significance Mar 7 OTTAWAY LECTURE Dave Bromwich RAF Woodhall: airfield to quarry to nature reserve Mar 14 Alistair Kerr Heraldry, the Shorthand of History Mar 21 Mike Fowler The Branch Lines of the East Lincolnshire Railway Mar 28 AGM and Presidential address: A Present from Lincolnshire Summer outings – Sunday July 23rd: Walk of Woodhall Spa with Edward Mayor and visit to Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre Wednesday 9th August: Visit to Boston Stump and Fydell House Autumn term Sep 26 Stuart Sizer Industries and People of Louth Riverhead Oct 3 Paul Money Into the Darkness but Shining a Light Oct 10 William Sergeant Traditional Vernacular Chair Making in Lincolnshire with special mention of Louth, Alford and Spilsby Examples Oct 17 WALLIS LECTURE Carol Bennett The Architectural Drawings of Claude Nattes Oct 24 E C Coleman Sir John Franklin: The Dark Myth Darkens … Oct 31 Jean Howard Tales of Old Tathwell Nov 7 Steve West The History of Cinema in Louth Nov 14 Professor Valerie Purton Charles Dickens and the Women in his Life and Literature Nov 21 Martin Chapman Martin’s Miscellany Nov 28 Brian Davey The Disappearing Policeman – a Victorian Tragedy .