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Great Hallingbury History Society 2013-2014

The History Society had another active year with strong attendance at our meetings where the topics covered were again very varied including:

Clothes our Ancestors Wore
Men of Bad Character (about attacks on farms and fiery protests in 19th century East Anglia because of low wages)
Stansted, 'that unfortunate village' (the religious scandal in 1822)
The Kingdom of the EaSt SEaXe
The Great Flood of 1953
Saffron Walden Museum and recent archaeological finds from south Uttlesford
Victorian Murders in Essex
The History of Photography and Historic Photographs

Following a recent talk on Thames Barges, members and friends enjoyed an idyllic evening cruise from Maldon down the Blackwater River on one of the old barges and last autumn there was a visit to Bletchley Park, the home of the code-breakers during World War II.

Christine Coultrup
Great Hallingbury Local History Recorder