Meetings are held at 7:30pm on the second Wednesday of each month (No meeting in August)
at Broadway House, Orwell Rd, Felixstowe, IP11 7DD.
Members are free, Non-members £3.
The Friday Drop-In Sessions are also held at Broadway House. 10.15am to 12.00 noon. See dates below and in "Friday Drop-In Sessions" item.
There is a large, FREE after 6pm, municipal car park to the rear of the meeting place which is accessible from Highfield Road.
Date |
Title |
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Speaker(s) |
26/07/2024 |
Friday Drop-in Session. |
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Nick Smith |
August 2024 |
NO MEETING IN AUGUST |
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11/09/2024 |
Annual General Meeting ![](/assets/Events-Photos/september.jpg)
(Followed by a talk on)
"Migration through the UK".
Our ancestors moved and sometimes great distances. A practical talk about things you
need to think about to find your ancestors if they moved around the country.
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Committee
Debbie Bradley
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27/09/2024 |
Friday Drop-in Session. |
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NIck Smith |
09/10/2024 |
The History of Parham Airfield.
![](/assets/Events-Photos/IMG-2273.jpg) Peter's presentation will focus on the history of the airfield and the contribution of the
390th Bombardment group to the largest air battles ever fought over Europe.
The museum opened in 1981 as a memorial to the 743 young men who were
based at Station 153 Framlingham, 1942 to 1945 and never got to go home.
It was originally housed in the restored original control tower and now extends
to a range of other buildings. These house exhibits and archives relating to the
390th Bombardment Group (Heavy). The 390th was part of the 13th Combat Wing
of the USAAF's 3rd Division, and their B17s served alongside the 95th and
100th Bomb Groups. The recent mini series "Masters of the Air" has generated
much interest in the Eighth Air Force.
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Peter Senior |
25/10/2024 |
Friday Drop-in Session. |
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NIck Smith |
13/11/2024 |
'Admiral Broke and the 15 minute battle that changed the course of history’.
His name lives on in a housing estate and a primary school, and even on the swimming pool ![](/assets/Events-Photos/admiral.JPG) of his old school, yet few people have heard of Captain Philip Broke, whose heroic actions
changed the course of the last war between the USA and Great Britain.
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Cathy Shelbourne |
29/11/2024 |
Friday Drop-in Session. |
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NIck Smith |
11/12/2024 |
Carl Giles and his adopted town – Ipswich.
For almost all his cartoon drawing career, Giles was based in Ipswich and in the year 2000 (5 years after his death) he was voted Britain’s favourite cartoonist of the 20th Century. The talk starts with a brief description as Giles as a man, including his years as a war cartoonist. It then explores his life as a cartoonist and his strong links with Ipswich. For a number of his cartoons he used the town as a backdrop to his drawings and even sometimes used local characters and events to inform his work. Giles produced 3 or 4 cartoons a week for almost half a century which covered all aspects of British life. The talk explores his cartoon work with the main emphasis being upon the role that Ipswich played in his work. In addition to his cartoons published in the Express newspapers, the talk also covers some of the many drawings he produced for local groups and charities, free of charge
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John Field |
14/01/2025 |
The Eyes of the Few.
The talk covers a brief history of early radar, the events leading up to the development ![](/assets/Events-Photos/bawdsey.jpg) of a viable system and the establishment of the world’s first operational radar station
at Bawdsey. It focuses on the people involved with a fairly brief mention of the
technology. It concludes with a short summary of how Bawdsey was used
during and post WWII.
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Graham Murchie |
31/01/2025 |
Friday Drop-In Session |
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Nick Smith |
12/02/2025 |
River Gipping Trust.
The talk covers the history of the River Gipping, it's rise and fall as a commercial waterway,![](/assets/Events-Photos/gipping.jpg) the Trust's work to maintain and restore historic features along the river and to make them
more accessible to the public.
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Gerry Crease |
28/02/2025 |
Friday Drop-In Session |
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Nick Smith
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12/03/2025 |
TBA |
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