"The Devil's Daughter and Me" - by Ben Nicholls   Note that this meeting is on the 3rd Monday of the month to avoid a clash with Easter Monday.

"Baby Farmers" - by Eve Bacon. Note that this meeting is on the 3rd Monday of the month to avoid a clash with the extra bank holiday for coronation of King Charles III .

The June meeting is on Monday 12th at the Old Coventrians Rugby Football Club , starting at 7:30 pm. The meeting will also be available via Zoom fo those members who are unable to attend in person. John Frearson is the speaker for June 12th. The title of his talk is 'Opening the Dore': 18thC Mariners to […]

"England in AD 1000" - by Adrian de Redman

"Coventry War Memorial" - by Gill Mills and Bob Bristow

"Antarctic Explorers" - by Jed Jaggard

AGM followed by "Secret Wartime Britain" - by Colin Philpott

  The speaker is Antony Poulton-Smith talking on the Origins of Place names.  The talk is designed to enable specific enquiries for English place names from the audience. These should be requested before the meeting via: anthony_poulton_smith@hotmail.com The meeting will also be broadcast via Zoom for members who are unable to attend in person.

Social Evening with Quiz - by Deb Philpott. The Society will provide tea , coffee, cheese, paté and biscuits. Members are invited to contribute other items of food and drink to share.

The speaker at the January meeting is Jenny Mallin who is speaking on The Early Days of her British Raj Ancestors. She is a Berkshire based speaker and award winning author for her 'Best in the World' Cookbook Memoir 'A Grandmother's Legacy'. Jenny's talk for the evening delivers a fascinating insight into five generations of her […]

“Life in a Medieval Village” with Gareth King At this month’s meeting we will be entertained with another one of Gareth’s really interesting talks.  This one sets out to tell you some of the details of what it was like to live in medieval times, and what people back then had to cope with.  

CFHS invites Louise Camby to speak to us.  Louise is a professional speaker and voice over artist. She has 13 talks that she shares with groups like us.  She will share her talk entitled ‘Capturing the Curvature of the Earth on Concorde” with us on 11th March 2024 at 7:30 pm. The speaker will be […]