A Tale of Four Rivers An article by Dr Martin Blake …
read moreI have created a new quiz to help pass the time, and to continue exercising those little grey cells etc. It is a ‘Picture Quiz’ with 100 questions. Please email quiz.sgs@gmail.com and you will be emailed a copy with instructions, or download a copy from the following link: Picture Quiz Please consider printing the pages…
read moreFenland Heritage Network_April 2021_V1.doc [] FENLAND HERITAGE NETWORK The table below shows the contact information for the organisations involved in the Fenland Heritage. If any of the details are incorrect or you would like to provide more information then please email michael.gilbert@woadman.co.uk. If there are any other group who would like to be added…
read moreSGS is pleased to release the first volume of William Stukeley’s Memoirs of the Royal Society in an open access digital edition created by SGS and u3a members over the past year. Tremendous thanks go to the 36 volunteers who gave their time and energy to the project. Title page of William Stukeley, Memoirs of the Royal…
read moreSGS SYMPOSIUM Morning Session The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey (Erik Grigg) I will discuss the early medieval kingdom of Lindsey, which probably covered the north half of Lincolnshire and flourished in the centuries after the end of Roman rule. I will discuss the written and archaeological evidence, its possible origins and the role of…
read moreThe latest Spalding Gentlemen’s Society quiz ‘Double Letters’ has now closed, and the results are in. Many thanks to all those that took part, a total of £175 was raised, which is a great achievement during these trying times. A special thank you to all those that sent in a donation as well. With twelve…
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read moreHERITAGE NETWORK The fourth Heritage Network event was held online on Saturday 20th February 2020 and, building on the success of the earlier events, there were 23 people participating from 15 different organisations. This included two new organisations; Thorney Museum and the Welland Rivers Trust. As the pandemic is coming towards the end organisations are…
read moreSNAPSHOTS IN TIME. by Alastair Goodrum. 4. Colour: Littlebury Holbeach 2011/2.Side view of the tomb in 2011. ©AJG 2011 It seems such a long time ago when, one evening at the end of October 2011, at an informal gathering in the Lecture Room, a sample of photographs taken from the Society’s glass-negative collection was…
read moreMusings from the medal department. The inter allied victory medal 1914-19 Of all the medals in the world the allied victory medal must surely be the most collected as the variants created, often in small numbers, combine to make a fantastic collection as very often there are many variants of a single medal found. I…
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