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Committee

 Chair: Pauline Kirton

 Deputy Chair: Dennis Coles

 Secretary: Rosemary Hardie

 Treasurer: Jocelyn Parsons

 Archivists: Pauline Kirton and

               Jocelyn Parsons

 

 Committee members

Rachel Penn

 Sue Mallard

 Libby Bowers

Keith Dobell

 

For general enquiries or enquiries about meetings please contact either the chair or secretary of our society.

 

 

 

Exhibitions

 

Themed displays of the society’s photographs are arranged each year in All Saints’ Church Heritage Centre,Church Street, Brixworth.

 

 

2024 Exhibition 

How Times have Changed

This summer exhibition features old photographs and postcards of the village with current photographs of the same views.

 

The Heritage Centre will be opened from 2pm to 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays from June to September. 

 

 

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All Saints` Church Brixworth 1_Exterior Post-1865

History Society Meetings

 

Meetings are held in the Village Hall

on the third Thursday of the month starting at 7.30pm.

 

Each month a variety of exhibits are on display for members and visitors to view.

 

 

Annual membership of the Brixworth History Society is £15

 

 

Visitors are welcome at all meetings. The visitor's charge is £3.

 

The Programme of Talks for 2024

 

Thursday January 18th     AGM followed by

                                         David, 1st Earl Beatty, The Last Naval Hero.

 

                                         Roy Smart

 

Thursday February 15th   Kelmarsh Hall.

                                          Mike Stroud

 

Thursday March 121st      The History of Royal Fotheringhay.

                                          Douglas Goddard

                          

 Thursday April 18th          The Midlands Enclosures Riots of 1607.

                                          Leonard Holden

                                                 

Thursday May 16th           John Betjman - His Life and Rhymes.

                                          Mark Temple

                               

Thursday September 19th The Cooper Collection- 3 generations of                                                          photographers.

                                          Gary Shaeffer

 

Thursday October 17th     Tutankhamun - his life, death & rediscovery.

                                          Steve Dimmer

 

 

Thursday November 21st  Talking machines - the history of phonographs

                                          and gramophones.

                                          Colin Ray

 

Thursday December 12th   Christmas Social Evening.

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