Events

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.comThe 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 […]

The speaker is Jean Renwick. The title is "Researching the Mourning Brooch, a saga about Real People." Novelist Jean Renwick’s extensively illustrated talk will reveal years of painstaking research behind the first two books of her family saga, The Mourning Brooch, based upon the lives of real Yorkshire people who lived in the second half […]

The speaker is Martin Harrison. The title of his talk is "Bablake's Last Casualty". Martin is a collector and researcher of Orders, Decorations and Medals.  He will be looking at a group of medals awarded to a local Coventry Soldier who was killed in action in World War I, Reginald Thomas Beaufoy.  Martin will detail […]

The Magna Carta by Dr Erik Grigg Erik is a history lecturer at Lincolnshire University. This entertaining presentation will make the Magna Carta medieval life of King John relevant with many anecdotes of unrest.  Erik highlights some of the clauses of the written laws, actions affecting a persons liberty and the church!  

The talk on Monday 8th July 2024 is by Ben Nicholls. The meeting will start at 7:30 pm; doors open at 7:00 pm. The venue is Old Coventrians Rugby Football Club. As usual, the talk will be available via Zoom Ben returns with a talk entitled ‘Finding my Grandfathers Global Family’.  At the age of […]

The next meeting is on Monday 12th August at Old Coventrians Rugby Football Club, starting at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:pm. As usual, the talk will be broadcast via Zoom for thse members unable to attend the meeting. The speaker for August is Dr Ann Featherstone. The talk is entitled the Murder of the […]

The September meeting is on Monday 9th September at the Old Coventrians Rugby Football Club, starting at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm. As usual, the meeting will be available via Zoom for those members unable to attend. The speaker is Mark Gamble. His talk is entitled ‘Monty’s Double: The life of actor M.E. […]