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Exhibitions

 

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

 

 

2023 Exhibition 

This will show how Brixworth grew and changed during the 70 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II

The Heritage Centre will open on Saturday and Sunday afternoons between 2 and 5 pm

from the weekend of 13/14th May to 23/24th 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 2023

 

Thursday January 19th       AGM - followed by Wallis Simpson & the

                                            Abdication Crisis

                                            Roy Smart

 

Thursday February 16th   The Life & Times of the Wife of a Canal Boatman                                                Barry Watson

 

Thursday March 16th        Joan Wake - the best burglar in the county                                                        Neil Lyon

                          

 Thursday April 20th           Ship of dreams - life and death of RMS Titanic

                                           Steve Dimmer

                                                 

Thursday May 18th            Tom Osborne Robinson

                                           Rob Kendall

                               

Thursday September 21st  The Culworth Gang & County Jail

                                            Richard Blacklee

 

Thursday October 19th      Medieval Northampton - Growth & prosperity

                                           in the 11c to 13c                                                                                                Ruth Thomas

 

Thursday November 16th   Northamptonshire Film Archive Trust

                                            Pete Austin

 

Thursday December 21st    Christmas Social Evening

 

Committee

 Chair: Pauline Kirton

 Deputy Chair: Dennis Coles

 Secretary: Rosemary Hardie

 Treasurer: Jocelyn Parsons

 Archivists: Pauline Kirton and

               Deni Willis

 

 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.

 

 

 

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