Programme for 2025 – 2026
Please note venue: Picket Piece Village Hall Picket Piece Village Hall Walworth Road, Picket Piece, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 6LY.
Limited parking is available at the village hall. We recommend parking in the Commercial Centre across the road to leave spaces in the car park for those less mobile.
Non-members are welcome to attend a meeting, paying £5 at the door, if there is space available.
23 January 2026 7.30-9pm, Hampshire: Supporting farming through the ages
Ruth B Kerr
27 February 2026 7.30-9pm, Medicine in Andover 1900 style: Stories and anecdotes from GPs who practiced in and around Andover
Dr Malcolm Stone
27 March 2026 7.30-9pm, Women in the Iron Age
Jenny Stevens
Followed by AGM
24 April 2026 7.30-9pm, Dacre Lecture, details to be announced
NB venue for this talk only, Weyhill Fairground Hall
22 May 2026 7.30-9pm, Andover War Memorial Hospital Centenary
Erica Tinsley
26 June 2026 Walk, details to be announced
July / August 2026 No meetings
25 September 2026 7.30-9pm, Limited fragments – Local Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans History: Trying to uncover a largely unrecorded past
Dr Clifford Williams
23 October 2026 7.30-9pm, A Christmas Card from Siberia – the story of the Test Valley men in the Russian Civil War
Rupert Wieloch
27 November 2026 7.30-9pm, Mills and Milling in 30 Objects
Nathanael Hodge
4 December 2026 7.30-9pm, Members’ Talks, details to be announced
Titles and speakers for previous talks can be found here.
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