Cheddington

Cheddington History Society

Meetings in 2011 and 2012

You are welcome to attend meetings of the Society, which are normally held at 8 p.m. on the third Monday of the month, at the Methodist Church Room facing the Village Green.   We welcome members at a fee of only £8 per person for a year, and we have a reduced rate for young people in education.

Here is the full programme of talks and visits arranged for the Society's current year:

September 19th 2011      AGM Followed by
                                          The Polish Connection Led to Auschwitz (Jose Cockrem)

October 17th 2011          Local Narrowboat Building and Restoration (Jem Bates)

November 21st 2011      A Victorian Magic Lantern Show (Tony Brown)

January 16th 2012         Amundsen & Scott - Race to the South Pole  (John T Smith)

February 20th 2012        Lost Victorian Buildings (David Deller)

March 19th 2012            A Bit on the Side.. The History of the Watercress Growing Industry in                                                            Hertfordshire (Steve Fletcher)

April 16th 2012              The Wartime Kitchen (Amanda Pickard)

May 21st 2012                Behind the Scenes at a Salesroom (David Fletcher)

OUTINGS

June 30th 2012             A visit to Wotton House to include lunch

July 26th 2012              Tour of Tring Brewery with a fish and chip supper

September 17th 2012         AGM

                                                                              John T Smith, Cheddington History Society

Who do you think you are?

Tips on finding information about ancestors

Cheddington Airfield

Information about the USAAF airbase at Cheddington during World War II

Our First World War One Casualty - Baron Percy Gale

Our research into the life of a boy born here, our first casualty in WW1 at the age of sixteen

Cheddington 1944

An American Airman's recollections of life at the USAAF Station at Cheddington in 1944

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