RISELEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Please Note: All meetings will be in the Lounge of the Village Hall and start at 7.30pm unless you are advised otherwise.

As usual, no charge is made for members of the society but a small charge of £1.50 is requested from non-members, to go towards the costs of the lectures and refreshments.

2009/2010

24th November         Tudor Hygiene                                                        Steve Bacon

15th December          Christmas Social

26th January             Quaker Education - A Legacy for life                      Marion Maule

23rd February           Nuns, Friars & Priors                                               Brian Jones

30th March                Maundy Money                                                        David Ayres

27th April                   Facing the Camera                                                  Zena Skinner

25th May                   Georgeiana - The Phenomenal Duchess           Susannah Marshall

        

Visit to the mayors parlour

The Historical Society visited the mayors parlour in May.  We were welcomed by Ian Clifton our local councillor and deputy mayor.  He handed proceedings over to Barry Tappenden the mayors officer.  We were able to see and handle the mayors mace, chain and other interesting items not usually seen by the public.  He had been told in advance (unknown to Phillip) that Phillip's grandfather and uncle had both been the mayor of Bedford in the past.  So who else was there to choose when it came to someone trying on the mayor's robes!

     

 

 

For details or queries contact: Peter Smith - 708374

                                                     Andrew Gell - 708191

RISELEY, OUR VILLAGE - IN PICTURES

 Buy one for all your friend and relations!

 

  £12 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.