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SWHS Lectures 2021-22

The Society’s lectures for 2021 to 2022

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    ‘Miles Graye Made Me…’
    It is sad that we so often fail to notice the local history that is all around us. For 40 years I have sat in Newport Church Sunday by Sunday and seen the shield often, on the wall of the north aisle with the words: 'Miles Graye made me 1620'.
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    Australia-The Connection
    The abolition of the whipping post and stocks in 1818 made Walden appear more respectable; and transportations disposed of troublesome inhabitants.
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    Gibson Library Society
    Hertfordshire puddingstone is one of the world’s most remarkable stones. Beautiful and distinctive, giant boulders of it can be seen in Saffron Walden and the surrounding villages.
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    Demolition Line: WW2 Defences Littlebury Bridge to Shortgrove Bridge
    It is over 70 years ago that the GHQ Defence line was finished. An answer to the public, who at that time were asking from the fear of invasion after Dunkirk, ‘and what are they doing about it?’
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    Town Library, Saffron Walden 1834-1989, Saffron Walden
    The Town Library in Saffron Walden was founded in 1834 by a group of Nonconformist local business men who were concerned to provide more opportunities for self help education in the town

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15 Apr 2044487399095357856

I must recommend this brilliant book to anyone interested in the churches of Norwich and their history. Recently published, large format, loads of photos, maps etc, 500 pages, surprisingly a very reasonable price on line.

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4 Apr 2040488027089207658

4 Apr 1572: b. William Strachey in Saffron Walden #Essex #otd Writer on Virginia, whose work was disliked by the Virginia Company. His accounts are considered to be a source for #Shakespeare's Tempest (eebo)

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4 Apr 2040341482146599095

One of the most remarkable books I have read in years, a subtle, complete and convincing reinterpretation of Vermeer's life and work, rooted in the religion that shaped his mind and the Dutch Golden Age. Impossible now to look at his extraordinary paintings as we did before.

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29 Mar 2038229264282054885

This sign, in Wimbish, always gives me a little buzz of pleasure. Far from being a permissive path this is a primly celibate track

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