RISELEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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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 £1.50 is requested from non-members, to go towards the costs of the lectures and refreshments.

2008/2009

30th September                'The true price of fish'                          Paul Jarrett

28th October                    Making and repairing violins                Victor Manze

25th November                The wreck of the Lochard

                                        - the Bedford connection                       David Fowler

16th December                Christmas Social

                                        - "We'll meet again"                               Stuart Antrobus

27th January                     'On and off the footplate'                      Bill Davies

24th February                    Leather manufacture in Harrold          John Trusting

31st March                        The Mayflower ship                             Jackie Painter

28th April                          Facing the camera or

                                         WRNS to retirement                             Zena Skinner

26th May                         'Born under the axle'                              Keith Miles   

Visited 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.