Tuesday 25th November from 7.30 – 9pm at Histon Methodist Church.
The last talk before Christmas – Did Cromwell Cancel Christmas? – by Stuart Orme, Curator of the Cromwell Museum.
Non-members require a ticket for both in-person and Zoom. Members are only required to book if attending in person.
Monday 9th June from 7.30pm at the Saint Andrew’s Centre.
Landscapes and environments of long ago by Mike Tuke. How geologists determine ancient environments, illustrated by an accompanying collection of rocks which provide evidence of some of he typical features of those environments. An excellent introduction to geology and how the characteristics of various rocks reveal the earth’s history and how landscapes are formed.
The Cambs Geological Society meets monthly on the 2nd Monday of the month. An hourly talk on matters pertaining to geology, both local and global. Talks are expected to be accessible to all with or without a knowledge of geology.
The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments for a 7.30pm start.
Monday 12th May from 7.30pm at the Saint Andrew’s Centre.
Unravelling the glacial history of Eastern England by Prof Phil Gibbard, Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge.
The Cambs Geological Society meets monthly on the 2nd Monday of the month. An hourly talk on matters pertaining to geology, both local and global. Talks are expected to be accessible to all with or without a knowledge of geology.
The hall is open from 7pm for refreshments for a 7.30pm start.
Histon and Impington Village Society is holding a talk on Tuesday 25th April from 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church.
Michael Watson, owner of Abbey Farm, will share some of his discoveries about the history of the farmhouse and bring us up to date with this extraordinary project.
All welcome but please book on Eventbrite.
Histon and Impington Garden Club is meeting on Tuesday 11th April from 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church hall.
Paula Dyason from Strictly Daylilies will give an overview of the different daylilies and their general care and requirements.
Histon and Impington Village Society is holding a talk on Tuesday 28th March from 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church.
There will be a panel of four local guest speakers who will give an insight into their memories of growing up and working in Histon and Impington. This will be followed by a fun and relaxed Question & Answer session where we hope audience members will share their own memories or ask questions of those who lived here when the villages were much smaller.
Tickets are free for members, and £4 for non-members (either in-person or on Zoom). Please book your place via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/residents-memories-of…
Cambridgeshire Geological Society is holding a talk on Monday 13th March from 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm) at the Saint Andrew’s Centre.
The talk by Dr Owen Weller from the University of Cambridge is entitled “The geology of the Northwest Passage”. He will discuss a less well known feature of the fabled Northwest Passage: the four billion years of Earth history contained in the geology along the route.
The International Whaling Commission is holding a talk on Wednesday 8th March from 7.15pm at the Saint Andrew’s Centre.
Rebecca Lent, Executive Secretary of IWC, will be in conversation with international environmental lawyer Stephen Tromans KC.
Histon and Impington Women’s Institute is holding a talk on Thursday 16th February from 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church.
Ian Harvey will talk about living in Sierra Leone, the eighth poorest country in the world.
A joint talk will be held by Histon and Impington Village Society and Histon and Impington Archaeology Group (HIAG) on Monday 27th February at 7.30 p.m. at Histon Methodist Church and via Zoom.
We are delighted to invite Alison Dickens of Granta Heritage who will give a talk entitled ‘Beneath the Choir Stalls of King’s College, Cambridge’. Alison will talk about the amazing finds discovered during a programme of treatment of the timber of the choir stalls in 2001 when over fifty sacks of debris and dust were removed. After careful hand sieving 544 items were recovered. Alison, an archaeologist with over 30 years’ experience, examines the significance of these objects and the light they shine on people who have used the chapel.
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