Events

Programme of Events 2026-2027

 

All meetings are on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm in Little Houghton Parish Hall (Note: The December meeting is Saturday the 5th December and starts at 7.00pm).

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​2026

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28th January

History of Kelmarsh Hall   

Speaker: Liz Hopes

Liz is a guide at the Hall and will tell us its history and the families who have lived there.

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25th February   

Deserted Villages of Northamponshire

​Speaker: Christine Ansell

There are around 100 villages or settlements that have disappeared over the centuries. What happened to them?

Christine will give us the answers.

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25th March  

AGM followed by Silverstone WW1 to F1

​Speaker: Gerald Lovell

Another talk delayed by illness,

A local village long associated with motor racing, Gerald tells the story of the origins of the nearby airfield in WW1 through the Second World War, the first post war Grand Prix to the international track it is today.

 

22nd April  

Blair Swannell

​Speaker: Graham McKechnie

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27th May 

History of Northants Police

​Speaker: Andrew Tennet

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24th June

Great Fire of Northampton

​Speaker: Ruth Thomas

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22nd July 

Jadzia's War

​Speaker: Izabela Frydryh​

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26th August

TBD

​Speaker: TBD

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23rd September

Life of Mrs Beeton

​Speaker: Sharn Matthews

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28th October

TBD

​Speaker: TBD

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25th November

Petunias (Comedy Songs)

​Speaker: Kevin Varty

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Saturday 5th December

Social

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​2027

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27th January

TBD

​Speaker: TBD

24th February

TBD

​Speaker: TBD

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24th March

AGM + History of English Folk Music

​Speaker: Andrew Castley

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