RISELEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

www.museums.bedfordshire.gov.uk/localgroups/riseley.html

Please Note: All meetings will be in the Lounge of the Village Hall and start at 7.45pm unless you are advised otherwise.

As usual, no charge is made for members of the society but a small charge of £2 is requested from non-members, to go towards the costs of the lectures and refreshments.

2012/2013

18th December     Christmas Social - Stanwick Handbells

29th January          Behind the scenes in an Auctioneer's saleroom

26th February         Queen Victoria's granddaughters

26th March             The Pathfinders and the lost village

30th April                 The story behind the painting

28th May                  Food glorious food

Annual Membership

Our membership year runs from 1st April to 31st March - the annual subscription is £8.50 per person. If you are not already a member but wish to join the society or come to one of our talks and join there, contact our membership secretary, Phillip Nicholls at 5 Maple Gardens.

For details or queries contact: Peter Smith - 708374

                                                Andrew Gell - 708191

RISELEY, OUR VILLAGE - IN PICTURES

 Buy one for all your friend and relations!

  £10 per copy, from Andrew Gell at 170, High Street, Riseley

The book has approximately 150 pages full of delightful and interesting photographs of Riseley past.

It includes a colour section depicting colour photographs of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations in 2002. There is also a colour section of paintings of the village from the 1940s and 1950s, by the late Mr Charles (Charlie) Brooks, which are lovely..

Report by Andrew Gell

RISELEY - OUR VILLAGE    

Written and Published by Riseley Historical Society

ISBN 0-9539263-0-3

'Riseley - Our Village' captures the time when a self-sufficient and stable village society and the agricultural economy, which supported it, disappeared.

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Thurleigh Airfield 306th Bombardment Group Museum Information about opening times, etc

www.yourtotalevent.com/projects/1244.html  Bedfordshire Online Census Project - 1891.