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Stukeley Memoirs Project Volume 1

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SGS 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…

Abstracts from Symposium 24/04/2021

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SGS 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…

Latest ‘Double Letters’ Quiz Results

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The 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…

The Vikings and Anglo-Saxons Symposium

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Don’t forget to book for this event.

Heritage Network 20/02/2021

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HERITAGE 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…

Musings from the Museum 17

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SNAPSHOTS 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…

Musings from the Museum 16

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Musings 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…

Musings from the Museum 15

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Bible chain or is it? A Universal Goddess? by Patty Harris Long, long ago, in a place called normal life, I was asked to try and investigate a museum piece. I bet, like me, you have walked past this dozens of times without sparing it…

Heritage Network 21/11/2020

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HERITAGE NETWORK The third Heritage Network event was held online on Saturday 21st November 2020 and, building on the success of the earlier events, there were 23 people participating from 15 different organisations. I think we have all been hit hard by the ongoing pandemic and by the latest national lockdown that has meant that…

‘Numbers’ Quiz Results

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The latest Spalding Gentlemen’s Society quiz ‘Numbers’ has now closed, and the results are in. Many thanks to all those that took part, a total of £197 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. The prizes were…