February 4, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Ryan Butterfield. Ryan will discuss various approaches to conservation, changing attitudes to listed buildings and the challenges of designing contemporary architecture in historically sensitive contexts.
February 6, 2020
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
SAHAAS Library, Sandridge Gate Business Centre, Ronsons Way, St Albans, AL4 9XR
Due to popular demand, Frank has kindly agreed to provide a third opportunity to participate in a seminar about historical maps of St Albans. To book a place, please email Kate Morris at kate@englishinfo.biz.
February 8, 2020
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Alban Room, Chapter House, St Albans Cathedral , Sumpter Yard , St Albans , AL1 1BY
Speaker: Dr Sophie Thérèse Ambler is Lecturer in Later Medieval British and European History and Deputy Director of the Centre for War and Diplomacy at Lancaster University, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Attendance costs £10. Enquiries to friends.events@stalbanscathedral.org.
February 11, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Deborah Spring. Deborah discusses the life of a formidable and influential woman whose life has been largely overlooked, and who ran the Gorhambury estate for thirty years.
February 18, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Anthony Oliver. What connections with the sea does a landlocked city like St Albans have? To mark the centenary of the RNLI, Anthony Oliver investigates St Albans' connections with the sea, not just a home to several Admirals, but also its sea cadets, and the main lifeboats and naval vessels it has supported.
February 20, 2020
2:30 AM - 3:30 AM
SAHAAS Library, Sandridge Gate Business Centre, Ronsons Way, St Albans, AL4 9XR
Speaker: Jon Mein. Tax records are valuable sources for researchers investigating the history of St Albans in the 18th and 19th centuries. Using various examples, this seminar considers what they can tell us.
March 3, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speakers: Stephen JD Williams & Jean V Yates. Following extensive research, Stephen Williams and Jean Yates revisit the time Tommy Coleman spent as proprietor of his sporting hotel in Chequer Street, and the nine glorious years of the St Albans Grand Steeplechase.
March 10, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Emily Gee. Emily Gee, Regional Director, London & the South East of Historic England, at will speak about her research and publication on purpose-built lodging houses for working women, a distinctive building type that emerged particularly in late Victorian and Edwardian London to serve the new women engaged in clerical work.
March 14, 2020
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Verulamium Museum / St Albans Cathedral
Discover the early history of St Albans from the Iron-Age settlement of Verlamio, through the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods, and into the Medieval period – traces of which can still be seen today. tarts at the Verulamium Museum, and moves to St Albans Cathedral. Optional visit to St Albans Museum + Gallery at the end of the day.
March 17, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Prof. Jonathan Morris. Jonathan explains how the world acquired a taste for coffee, yet why coffee tastes are so different throughout the world.
March 19, 2020
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
SAHAAS Library, Sandridge Gate Business Centre, Ronsons Way, St Albans, AL4 9XR
Speaker: Tony Dolphin. This seminar contrasts the operation of the St Albans Board of Guardians with what was happening nationally.
April 7, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Mark Landon. Mark, who has been involved in archaeology since childhood, discusses late Iron Age coin production in the Thames area and further afield.
April 14, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Sandy Walkington. Inspired by the knowledge and enthusiasm of SAHAAS members to embark on an MA at the University of Hertfordshire, Sandy will share some of the understanding gained from that experience.
April 21, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speakers: Prof Margot Finn, Prof Sarah Lloyd, and Rebecca Sullivan. And now for something completely different! Prof Finn leads a panel discussion on the history of the past, present and future, followed by an opportunity for debate and audience participation.
May 5, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Dr Caroline Shenton. The former Director of the Parliamentary Archives, Dr Shenton, will take us through the gripping hour-by-hour story of the blaze at Houses of Parliament in 1834 that changed the face of London.
May 9, 2020
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Memorial Hall, Lower Green Road, Tewin, AL6 0JX
Further details to follow.
May 12, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Lyn Blackmore. Lyn, a Senior Finds Specialist at Museum of London Archaeology, discusses the richly furnished princely burial at Prittlewell, Southend, is the earliest known post-Roman Christian burial in England and the most important Anglo-Saxon burial found since the discovery of the great ship burial at Sutton Hoo in 1939.
May 19, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Alan Vallance. The RIBA was established for 'the general advancement of Architecture, and for promoting and facilitating the acquirement of the knowledge of various arts and sciences connected therewith'. Today, the RIBA hosts one of the largest and most diverse architectural collections in the world.
June 9, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Following extensive research, several SAHAAS members will discuss some iconic objects that highlight the Society's contribution to the community over the past 175 years. Following an introduction, there will be six mini-presentations, divided by an interval during which researchers will be available for informal discussion.
June 18, 2020 - September 6, 2020
St Albans Museum + Gallery, Town Hall, St Peter's Street, St Albans, AL1 3DH
Further details to follow.
July 28, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
St Albans School, Abbey Mill Lane, St Albans, AL3 4HB
Further details to follow.
