Meetings
Meetings of Bitterne Local History Society are held on the second Saturday of each month at 7.00 pm in Bitterne United Reformed Church (entrance in the Precinct, next to Bitterne Churchyard) above Iceland.
Locate the Church using: Google Maps, OpenStreetMap.
Society news and notice of local meetings of historical interest are followed by talks on a variety of topics illustrated with slides, sometimes with related artefacts.
ENTRY FEES:
Members £1.00
Non Members £3.00
2023 Meetings — 2024 Meetings — 2023 Events
2023 Meetings
| July | Saturday 8th | Seaside Postcards (Comedy and social comment in wars and peace) — Further Details | Commander Martin Marks OBE |
| August | Saturday 13th | No Meeting | |
| September | Saturday 9th | William Cobbett’s Botley — Further Details | Geoff Watts |
| October | Saturday 14th | AGM + Bygone Bitterne — papers for the AGM will follow at a later date | Ian Abrahams |
| November | Saturday 11th | Battle of Britain 1940 — Further Details | David Russell |
| December | Saturday 9th | Pantomime and the Role of the Dame — Further Details | John Pitman |
2024 Meetings
| January | Saturday 13th | THE HIND LEG OF A DONKEY: Growing up in the 1950s and 60s | Bob Smith |
| February | Saturday 10th | WOOLSTON FLOATING BRIDGE | Stephen Hoadley |
| March | Saturday 9th | GUEST NIGHT – BYGONE BITTERNE (Slide Show) | Ian Abrahams |
| April | Saturday 13th | NETLEY, YANKS AND THE D-DAY LANDINGS: The work of the US Medical Services at Netley in 1944 | Ursula Andrews |
| May | Saturday 11th | SOUTHAMPTON: WATER, SLAUGHTER AND TRADE Part 1 | Andrew Negus |
| June | Saturday 8th | SAVING THE NEW FOREST: the history, ecology, commercial pressures and the future of The New Forest | Roger Burfitt |
2023 Events
| July | Saturday 22th | Trifest — Free festival on Cobden Meadows, 12.00-7.00 pm — Further Details | |
| September | Saturday 16th | Heritage Open Day — Our Heritage Centre will be open from 10.00 to 16.00 | |