SUFFOLK LOCAL HISTORY COUNCIL EVENTS 7 March 2020 Societies Day Blackbourne Community Centre Elmswell Autumn 2020 Autumn Starts at 9.45am (doors open 9.00am) SEE advert below — 25 April 2020 Recorders Day Blackbourne Community Centre Elmswell 10.00am (doors open 9.30am) Spring 2020 6 June 2020 Focus on...Bury St Edmunds and its houses, Calendar How old is that house? (application form printed in newsletter) 26 September 2020 Focus on...The Ipswich Waterfront (application form printed in newsletter) Early notifications: 10 October 2020 - Peter Northeast Conference 14 November 2020 - Annual General Meeting speaker and venue tbc Benefits of Membership: · a twice yearly journal, the Suffolk Review, which publishes current research on Suffolk local history; · a twice yearly Newsletter keeping members in touch with the local history scene across the county of Suffolk; · a twice yearly Calendar of Events listing lec- tures, courses and exhibitions of interest to lo- Founded in 1953, the Suffolk Local History cal historians; Council (SLHC) is a registered educational · an annual lecture on a topic of recent historical charity, financed by its members, that exists research at our AGM held each November; to promote the study of local history and to · an annual local history conference featuring encourage historical research in the county of talks and presentations of recent historical re- Suffolk. SLHC also supports a network of lo- search; cal history recorders in towns and villages · access to Day Meetings hosted by our member throughout the county. Membership is open societies to learn more about their area of Suf- to individuals, local history societies, historical folk; groups and museums. · access to Societies’ Day – a forum for our member societies; Membership · a speakers’ list for society members; Membership is open to individuals, organisa- · runs the Recorders’ Scheme – to ensure that tions and societies with an interest in the local changes taking place at local level are ade- history of Suffolk. quately recorded for future historians; Suffolk Local History Council has about 300 · may offer small loans/grants to help towards individual members and over 100 society the research and publication of aspects of Suf- members that are listed on the organisa- folk's history; tions’ page on the Council’s website. · provides a web site for information and links The annual membership year runs from 1st in respect of Suffolk local history; October to 30th September. If you join during · liaises with organisations, such as the Suffolk the year, you receive all the publications for the current year. Record Office, in the promotion of similar The current membership fees and the ap- interests. plication form are available from the web site: www.slhc.org.uk Contacts This edition (Spring 2020 — Autumn 2020) is published Web site - www.slhc.org.uk electronically i.e. no paper copies will be sent out. Chairman - [email protected] This edition will be emailed out to members and contacts in member societies and museums. Societies will be able to Secretary - [email protected] then distribute it to all their members electronically. The calendar will be published in pdf format. Treasurer - [email protected] All members and contacts in societies and museums are Suffolk Review - [email protected] asked to ensure their up to date email addresses have been notified to the Membership Secretary, at the following email Newsletter - [email protected] address [email protected] Focus On…. - [email protected] This edition of the Calendar edited by: Recorders - [email protected] Bill Blackaby, SLHC Calendar Editor [email protected] Membership - [email protected] Published 14 February 2020 Ref bb/nr15rev Calendar - [email protected] SUFFOLK LOCAL HISTORY COUNCIL SOCIETIES’ DAY Saturday 7th MARCH 2020 Blackbourne Community Centre, Elmswell 9.45am – 4.00pm (The hall will be open for the setting up of stands from 8.45am) Local history societies and their members are warmly invited to attend, no tickets required. There is plenty of parking available. For further details please contact Margaret Thomas – Tel: 01206 271244, email: [email protected] This annual event is specifically organised for local history societies and their members. This is a free event so please encourage as many members of your society as possible to come. The purpose is to give societies the opportunity to talk to each other, and one of the most popular parts has been visiting the stands and exhibitions and chatting to other societies. There will therefore be a long break between the morning and afternoon sessions for this exchange of ideas, advice and information to take place. PROGRAMME Welcome - DR. MARGARET THOMAS, Chairman SLHC 9.45 BRIAN THOMPSON The Challenge of Encouraging New Members to Family/Social History. Suffolk Family History Society (Haverhill Group)) 10.15 PAUL GARDEN The Victorian East Suffolk Police Constabulary SLHC Committee 10.45 COFFEE AND BISCUITS 11.05 SARAH DOIG Some of the archives acquired by The Friends for Suffolk Record Office FOSRO 11.35 SANDRA WALKER Ena, Stowupland’s local historian Stowupland Local History Group 12.05 ROD WEST 400 Years of Farming in Blaxhall Blaxhall Archives Group 12.35 VIEWING OF EXHIBITIONS AND SALE OF PUBLICATIONS LUNCH PLEASE BRING A PACKED LUNCH Coffee / tea will be available 2.20 KEVIN PULFORD Suffolk Stories: the value of Quarter Session Records SLHC Committee and Suffolk Family History 2.50 JOHN RAINER Community Archaeology in Suffolk: the use of technology for revealing hidden landscapes Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History 3.20 DR MARGARET THOMAS Conclusion and News update TEA AND CAKES - Society programmes The Calendar is arranged in to three - Museums and Resource Centres sections: - Education The first part of each section notes the activities and programmes of societies, museums and resource centres who are members of the SLHC. SOCIETY PROGRAMMES Spring 2020 – Autumn 2020 Visitors are welcome to the Society Meetings listed, but are strongly recommended to telephone/email the contact in advance, and this is essential for outside visits. Further information on the activities of societies may be found on their websites. Entrance price where quoted is for non-members. ALDE VALLEY Suffolk Family History Society Tel: Angela Skelcher Leiston United Church, 45a High Street, Leiston, IP16 4EL 01728 830 949 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: http://www.aldevalleyfamilyhistorygroup.onesuffolk.net 16 Mar 2.30pm - The Story of a Suffolk Bevin Boy at Waterloo Barbara McElroy Centre, Waterloo Avenue IP16 4HF 20 Apr AGM 18 May Evacuees to the East Coast Christopher Brooks 15 June Humour in Genealogy Chris Broom 20 July Life in Suffolk during the Plague Pip Wright ALDEBURGH & District Local History Society Tel: Michelle Bloore Aldeburgh Church Hall, Victoria Road, IP15 5EA 01728 453 670 Start time: 6:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.adlhs.org.uk 11 Mar AGM, C18th-19th Aldeburgh Boats and Fishing Robert Simper BACTON & COTTON Local History Society Tel: Peter Wenban Bacton Village Hall, Church Rd, IP14 4LN 01449 781 095 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: http://cotton.onesuffolk.net/our-village/clubs- groups/bacton-and-cotton-local-history-society 17 Mar Did the eagle land? Luftwaffe landing grounds in Norfolk Huby Fairhead 21 Apr The Suffolk Medieval Cloth Industry Dr Nick Amor 19 May Ancient Trackways Dr Paulton-Smith 16 June Paradise to the Grave – Inns and Inn Signs John Goodhand BARROW & District Local History Society Tel: Sylvia Greening Barrow Village Hall, The Street IP29 5AN 01284 810 270 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: tbc BECCLES & District Historical Society Tel: Lynette Muddeman Methodist & United Reformed Church, Hungate, Beccles NR34 01502 713 514 9TT Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: http://www.becclesanddistricthistoricalsociety.onesuffo lk.net 05 Mar Lowestoft: Bombing of a Coastal Town Bob Collis 02 Apr Norfolk’s Oldest Working Motor Car Philip Waltham 07 May The History of Surlingham Jenny Riley 18 May Members Day Excursion to Orford 25 June Members Day Excursion to Ely 05 Aug Members Day Excursion to Sutton Hoo Page 1 of 21 18-21 Members Visit to Warwickshire/Worcestershire (Residential) Sept Formed over 30 years ago as a registered charity with twin aims – first, to promote the records service provided by the County Council, and lobby on its behalf, and second, to facilitate the acquisition and conservation of archival material of relevance to the historic County of Suffolk. See website http://www.fosro.org.uk to see what the friends do and how to join BLACKBOURNE Local History Society Tel: Joanne Holdsworth Church Rooms, Old Bury Road, Stanton IP31 2BX 01359 220 011 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: tbc 31 Mar Suffolk Villages - A local history of Stanton Stephen Govier 28 Apr Could local history research have prevented the Jacqueline Dominic Grixti Close collapse in Bury St Edmunds? The AGM and Raffle BLO NORTON Local History Society Tel: Richard Dinnen Village hall, Middle Road IP22 2GA 01953 681 085 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.facebook.com/BNLHG BRAMFORD Local History Society Tel: Beryl Sims St Mary’s Church Room, Ship Lane, IP8 4AN 01473 747 979 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.bramfordhistorygroup.org.uk 19 Mar Fiery Disasters Stuart Bowell 16 Apr An Historic Tour of Suffolk from the 17th to 20th centuries Stephen Poulter 21 May Witchfinder General Mark Mitchels 18 June Framlingham at war John Bridges 09 July The Lost Business Signs of Ipswich Borin Van Loon BURY ST.