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
2022 Meetings
January | Saturday 8th | Murder of an English Actress — Further Details | Paul Stickler |
February | Saturday 12th | Winchester: Bishops, Buildings and Bones Part 3 — Further Details | Andrew Negus |
March | Saturday 12th | Building Spitfires Without a Factory — Further Details | Alan Matlock |
April | Saturday 9th | Pear Tree Church : 400 Years of History — Further Details | Dr Cheryl Butler |
May | Saturday 14th | Magic Brunels: Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his Father — Further Details | Prof Tony Pointon |
June | Saturday 11th | Radio Times’ Broadcasting Memories (with humour and songs) — Further Details | John Pitman |
July | Saturday 9th | Canal History (with examples of canal art) — Further Details | Terri Robinson |
August | Saturday 13th | No Meeting | |
September | Saturday 10th | The Life of Winston Churchill (as seen through letters to his mother & wife) — Further Details | John Richards |
October | Saturday 8th | AGM + Bygone Bitterne — Further Details of the talk: papers for the AGM will follow at a later date | Ian Abrahams |
November | Saturday 12th | A Weekend to Pack: The Fall of Hong Kong (1940 – 1945) A Bitterne family caught up in the Second World War in the Far East — Further Details | Caroline Wigley |
December | Saturday 10th | Salty Sea Dogs — Further Details | Singing Sea Shanties |
2022 Events
September | Saturday 17th | Heritage Open Day – Astounding Inventions | . |