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
