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Takeley Local History Society meetings are normally held in the hall at Takeley Primary School, Roseacres, Takeley. The meetings start at 7.30pm and are open to all - members free, non members £2 .
2010
4th May Rosanne Kirkpatrick wil speak about Audley End
14th September Speaker to be announced
23rd November AGM and Speaker to be announced
2010
2nd February Speaker Steve Hazon, The Local Area on Film
2009
3 February Speaker: Richard Thomas. The Royal Gunpowder Mills Cancelled due to bad weather
5 May Speaker : Fred Feather. Arsenic and Old Essex
4th July Visit to Hatfield Forest. Starting at 11.00am from "Pantiles" (opposite the Green Man) a gentle walk of just over 3 miles through Hatfield Forest returning at approximately 1.30pm. John Monk will conduct us to the site of the Doodle Oak and the wartime ammunition dump.
29 September (Please note that this was previously advertised as 15th September) A WALK WITH THE ADMIRAL - The history of a suburban road.” Speaker Richard Thomas. - A simple story of a street, from the first land records in 1527 up to modern aerial photographs of the 1990's. You see the plans of the Victorian developer, meet the first families and follow the growth of the community up to the present day.
24 November AGM and Speaker Ivor Warne, The Imperial War Museum, Duxford
2008
5 February Speaker: Ray Addley. Hatfield Forest, The Shell House and the Houblon Family
6 May Speaker: Steve Reynolds, Gamekeeper
3 June A field visit to Gt. Canfield Church 6.30 pm. A tour of the church will be conducted by James Purves, Churchwarden
14 June 10th Anniversary Celebration Barbeque and Display of Photographs. Members and guests only.
16 September, Speaker Georgina Green - Dick Turpin
25 November, AGM and Jack Wright (Farming between the wars) and Steve Hazon (The TLHS website and history research without leaving home)
2007
6 February Speaker: John Drury, Essex Workhouses
8 May Speaker: Sarah Turner. The Bishop's Stortford Museum, Its Role, Its Collection, Its Aims
14 August: 6.30pm Meet at and Visit Little Canfield Church, Speaker Sue Gowlett, organised by Bil l Marshall
18 September Speaker: Brian Creasey - The Countess, her Garden and the Prince
27 November Speaker Trevor Allen "The Village Sign" and AGM
2006
7 February, Speaker: Trevor Allen, Takeley Records
9 May, Speaker Tim Turner of Sworders, The History of Auctions and Auctioneering
21 July, A field visit to Bush End Church and The Shell House Hatfield Forest, led by John Monk
3 October, Speaker: Jacqueline Cooper, CLAVERING CASTLE,
A MYSTERIOUS MOATED MONUMENT
28 November, AGM and THE BRITISH TELEPHONE SERVICE 1937-1980. Speaker Jack Wright.
2005
1 February. Speaker: Wally Wright of Bishop's Stortford - Unseen and Unknown
3 May. Speaker: Peter Nottage, local Thatcher
9 August. Speaker: Emlyn Humphries, Takeley Chapel History and Tour
4 October. Speaker: Jane Timby, Oxford /Wessex Archeaology, A Slice of Rural Essex, Recent work along A120 Stansted to Braintree
29 November, AGM and Speaker Jack Wright
2004
24 February. Speaker: Martin Astell - The Essex Sound and Video Archive
20 April. Speaker: Nancy Woodley - The Cinderella Army. tales of the Land Army in WW2
22 June. Speaker: Mike Roy, Essex Archaeology Unit - Lower Bamber's Green Roman/Mediaeval Site
24 August. Guided tour of Holy Trinity Church by Trevor Allen
12 October. Speakers: Steve and Pat Schorah - Local Postcards
30 November. AGM. Speakers Trevor Allen - Slide show of Old Takeley Photographs and Bill Marshall - Researching Information for the Booklets
2003
25 February. Speaker Ernie Field - Sitting on the Fence, Life at Wood Row in the 1920s
27 May. Speaker Alfie Wright - Now and Then in The Five Parishes (Broxted with Chickney, Tilty, Great Easton and Little Easton).
22 July. Speaker Adrian Gibson - Local Timber Framed Buildings
16 September. Members open evening showing results of latest research
4 November. AGM. Presentations by members, Don Dean (Agricultural Steam Engines and Equipment on Local Farms) and Roy Livermore (Takeley Aerial Photographs).
2002
12 February. Speaker: Trevor Allen - Around Old Takeley
16 April. Speaker: W J Wright - Takeley in the 1920s and 30s
14 May. Speaker: Brian Creasey - The Countess, her Garden and the Prince
14 June. Exhibition of TLHS Reports and Photographs as part of Takeley Jubilee Celebrations
9 July. Speaker: Gordon Barker - Elsenham Past
8 October. AGM. Speaker: Natasha Soans (National Trust Warden) - The History Of Hatfield Forest
26 November. Club Night. Members presented their own research. Presentation given by Dave Venable (Takeley Station Goods Inward Books), Steve Hazon (TLHS Computer Archive of Material and the Website), Bill Marshall (Takeley Nurseries and the Chaff Factory) and Don Dean (A Selection of Photographs including the Chaff Factory Vehicles, Local Pubs, Takeley Sawmill and the Shell House).
2001
13 February. Speaker: David Austin - Did the Vikings come to Takeley?
8 May. Speakers: Pat and Steve Schorah - Collecting local postcards, a trip round Dunmow in the Edwardian Era
10 July. Open exhibition
9 October. AGM Speaker: Ms Carolyn Wingfield (Curator, Saffron Walden Museum) - A world of discovery on your doorstep – past, present and future of Saffron Walden Museum
2000
8 February. Speaker: Howard Brooks - From Neolithic to now
9 May. Reports of ongoing research
17 June. Exhibition of TLHS material at the Takeley 2000 Millennium Festival
11 July. Exhibition from Society's archives and individuals' collections
10 October. AGM Speaker: Mr Chris Bell (Assistant Project Manager, Framework Archaeology) - Recent finds at the Airport site
1999
17 February. First visiting speaker: Bruce Munro - People and places in Saffron Walden
24 May. Open meeting – Society news and photos from the archives
12 October. AGM Chair's annual report – reports of ongoing research
1998
8 June. Meeting to set up Society
29 July. Inaugural meeting. Slides from Trevor Allen's collection
28 October. First AGM - ongoing work - future plans
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