Meeting Reports

Our November meeting started with the chairperson bringing us up to date with the Society’s activities when suddenly the King of Misrule entered the room

At our November meeting we were entertained with a talk that involved audience participation, the speaker being the ever-popular Brian Jones. He explained that the

The Society held a very successful Family History Day on Sept 13th2008. At our monthly meeting the profit from that day was presented as a

John Honor, a retired engineer commenced our July meeting by displaying a map showing which parts of eastern England would have been flooded had there

The Reverend Woods greeted us when the Society held it’s June meeting at St. Matthews Church. The village of Sutton Bridge came into existence shortly

‘Queen of the salt marsh’ is another name for June Barton, for one could not meet a more dedicated & enthusiastic person when it comes

Ann Simmons’s reason for investigating her family history was medical. At out April meeting Ann, a retired State Registered Nurse, spoke of the ‘funny blood’

Members recalling their childhood memories took us back in time for our March meeting.. The stories ranged from the war – time, air raid shelters,

This true Fenland family has been mentioned in five books & the skills have been passed down through his family. Attired in his working clothes

The speaker for our first meeting for 2008 was Robert Bell from the Wisbech Museum. Many of our members have already used the museum to

At our November meeting there were many photos, certificates & wedding memorabilia brought in by the members & shown on our newly acquired display boards.

Ian Waller’s opened his talk at our October meeting by telling the audience that in the past as many wives as husbands sought to leave