Cheddington History Society
Meetings in 2008 and 2009
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 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.
We have a full programme of talks and visits arranged for the Society's new year:
· September 15th 2008 AGM, followed by "75 Years in Cheddington"
(Talk by Mick Chandler)
· October 20th 2008 "The Narrow Gauge Railway and the Sand Industry"
(Talk by Tony Tomkins)
· November 17th 2008 "My career in the CID - with reference to the Investigation
of “The Fox”"
(Talk by Michael O’Neill)
· January 19th 2009 "Cheddington and the Great War - Part Two"
(Talk by John T Smith)
· February 16th 2009 "The Paper Trail at Apsley Mills"
(Talk by Mike Stanyon)
· March 16th 2009 "Woburn Abbey: The House and Its Owners"
(Talk by Chris Gravett)
· April 20th 2009 "Buckinghamshire’s Favourite Churches"
(Talk by Julian Hunt)
· May 18th 2009 "The Local Coprolite Industry"
(Talk by Barry Horne)
· June/July 2009 TO BE ARRANGED:
Guided Tour of Woburn Abbey followed by Afternoon Tea
A trip on a ferry boat followed by a tour of The Mill at Apsley
· September 21st 2009 AGM, followed by
"More Stories from our Archives"
(Talk by Marlene Lee, the Society's Archivist)
· October 19th 2009 "The Enigma Story"
(Talk by Dr Clive Foxell)
· November 16th 2009 To be arranged (probably a topic linked to the Cheddington
Airfield)
There MUST be some topics to interest you here! See you at the Methodist Church Schoolroom!
John T Smith, Cheddington History Society
Tips on finding information about ancestors
Information about the USAAF airbase at Cheddington during World War II
Cheddington Great War Roll of Honour information by John T Smith
Our research into the life of a boy born here, our first casualty in WW1 at the age of sixteen
An American Airman's recollections of life at the USAAF Station at Cheddington in 1944