November 21, 2019
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
SAHAAS Library, Sandridge Gate Business Centre, Ronsons Way, St Albans, AL4 9XR
Speaker: Frank Iddiols. Maps are a snapshot in time of an area. Maps of Hertfordshire and St Albans drawn for a variety of purposes each illustrate their time. Examples will be from the SAHAAS map collection. NOTE: this seminar is now fully booked, but a second one has been arranged for Thursday 19 December for which bookings are still welcomed.
November 23, 2019
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
The Alban Room, Chapter House, St Albans Cathedral, Sumpter Yard, St Albans, AL1 1BY
This study day, organised by Conservation 50 and St Albans Cathedral, comprises three talks exploring the Arts and Crafts movement which emerged in Britain in the last decades of the 19th century.
November 27, 2019
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
St Albans Library, Level 2, The Maltings, St Albans, AL1 3JQ
Speaker: Inspector Andy Wiseman. This talk, organised by St Albans Library, considers the history of Hertfordshire's police force.
December 3, 2019
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church
Speaker: Robin Ollington. Robin's talk is based on interviews of more than 100 male and female Chelsea Pensioners, which reveal amazing and sometimes totally unique stories.
December 12, 2019
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
SAHAAS Library, Sandridge Gate Business Centre, Ronsons Way, St Albans, AL4 9XR
Speaker: Brian Adams. This seminar considers the important subject of the town's water supply in the 18th and 19th centuries.
December 19, 2019
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
SAHAAS Library, Sandridge Gate Business Centre, Ronsons Way, St Albans, AL4 9XR
Speaker: Frank Iddiols. Maps are a snapshot in time of an area. Maps of Hertfordshire and St Albans drawn for a variety of purposes each illustrate their time. Examples will be from the SAHAAS map collection.
January 14, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Simon Langsdale. Simon examines how Blagg, who held the post of Town Clerk of St Albans for 47 years, became involved in the corruption of local and national elections and the embezzlement of the Abbey Parish endowment charities.
January 21, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Speaker: Dr Martin Holmes. In this talk Dr Holmes considers Harold Wilson's legacy and reputation, in the process, challenging many of the conventional assessments of Wilson's long career.
January 23, 2020
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
SAHAAS Library, Sandridge Gate Business Centre, Ronsons Way, St Albans, AL4 9XR
Speaker: Ruth Herman. Newspapers and periodicals provide clues for history and background to events, but are transient. This seminar will look at 17th and 18th century examples, where to find them and what they can tell us.
February 4, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
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 - 3:30 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 11, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
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. Anthony discusses St Albans' links to the RNLI in particular and the sea in general and reveals some strange stories.
February 20, 2020
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
SAHAAS Library, Sandridge Gate Business Centre, Ronsons Way, St Albans, AL4 9XR
Speakers: Anne Wares and Jon Mein. When did this key industry start in the town, who were the leaders and where were their factories and workshops? Original source material will be shown to tell the story more reliably than has been hitherto known.
March 3, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speakers: Stephen JD Williams & Jean V Yates
March 17, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Prof. Jonathan Morris
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 14, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Sandy Walkington
April 21, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Prof Margot Finn et al
May 5, 2020
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Marlborough Road Methodist Church, AL1 3XG
Speaker: Dr Caroline Shenton
