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 (2023 Meetings below)
| 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
| July | Saturday 23rd | Trifest at Riverside Park | |
| September | Saturday 17th | Heritage Open Day – Astounding Inventions | . |
2023 Meetings
| January | Saturday 14th | The History of the Royal Victoria Hospital — Further Details | Ursula Pearce |
| February | Saturday 11th | Winchester: Bishops, Buildings and Bones Part 4 — Further Details | Andrew Negus |
| March | Saturday 11th | Farewell to Old England Forever | Deidre Abraham |
| April | Saturday 8th | Shakespeare, Travelling Players & The Historic Henry — Further Details | Dr Cheryl Butler |
| May | Saturday 13th | Battle of Trafalgar 1805 | David Allport MBE |
| June | Saturday 10th | The New Forest Coast | Roger Burfitt |
| July | Saturday 8th | Seaside Postcards (Comedy and social comment in wars and peace) | Commander Martin Marks OBE |
| August | Saturday 13th | No Meeting | |
| September | Saturday 9th | William Cobbett’s Botley | Geoff Watts |
| October | Saturday 14th | AGM + Bygone Bitterne — : papers for the AGM will follow at a later date | Ian Abrahams |
| November | Saturday 12th | Battle of Britain 1940 | David Russell |
| December | Saturday 10th | Pantomime and the Role of the Dame | John Pitman |