Diary of Events and Talks
40th Anniversary Garden Party
To celebrate the founding of the Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society (which later became the Norfolk Family History Society) in 1968 and to mark our 40th Anniversary, we will be hosting a:
STRAWBERRY TEA on Sunday, 27th July 2008
taking place at Wolterton Hall, Norfolk
by kind permission of Lord and Lady Walpole.
Further details and tickets can be obtained from Colin Quantrill c/o Kirby Hall. Tickets are limited so Members are requested to request their tickets early.
The following is a list of Branch meetings and talks arranged by branches of the Society. Non-members are welcome to attend but there may be charges for entry.
| Date | Time | Meeting | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 15, 2008 | 14:00:00 | There will be a short talk on King John's Charter (the 800th Anniversary of Yarmouth) given by Colin Tooke followed by an illustrated talk on the origins and history of the Broads. | LON |
| Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | 19:30:00 | Norfolk Workhouses - Stephen Pope | KL |
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | 19:00:00 | Beneath the City Streets - Peter Lawrence | Diss |
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 | 19:30:00 | History of Fire Fighting - Geoffrey Lee | KL |
| Tuesday, October 07, 2008 | 19:30:00 | TBA - maybe workhouse talk | GY |
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 | 19:30:00 | Hatches, Matches & Dispatches - Brian Jones | KL |
| Tuesday, September 09, 2008 | 19:00:00 | For the Rest of Your Natural Life - Pip Wright | Diss |
| Tuesday, September 02, 2008 | 19:30:00 | Identifying Props to Date Work of Yarmouth Photographers - Linda Wilson | GY |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | 19:30:00 | Members Evening | KL |
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 19:00:00 | Agricultural Labourers - Simon Pawley | Diss |
| Friday, July 11, 2008 | 19:30:00 | Up with the Larks - a look at Ag. Lab. life - Ian Waller | NOR |
| Wednesday, July 09, 2008 | 19:30:00 | Church Visit | KL |
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External Events:
The RIX Open Day
The Rix Open Day will be held on Saturday, 21st June 2008 taking place Ketts Park Sports Hall, Harts Farm Road, Wymondham, Norfolk (plenty of parking).
All Rixs, Rix descendants, and anyone with an interest in the Rix Family name are most welcome to attend. Rix descendants may very well find remote, and sometimes not so remote, relatives to further their family knowledge.
The Doors open at 10:00 a.m. and the RFA AGM (usually quite brief) will take place during the afternoon. Anyone wishing to attend and requiring lunch (for a very reasonable price) should contact Sheelagh Rix on 01727 832762 or Sue Simpson on 01953 454404. Doors close at 5:00 p.m. See tThe Rix Family Alliance website: http://www.rix-alliance.co.uk
Filby Association - 40th Anniversary Celebration
The FILBY Association will be having a special 40th Anniversary Celebration in All Saint's Church in the village of Filby in Norfolk at 2.30pm on Sunday 6th July. All people with an interest in any spelling of the surname - Filby, Filbey, Filbee, Philby, Philbey, etc - will be welcome to come and join in our Family Service. There will be refreshments in the Church Hall after the service, and we will have some of our Filby Association history and records, including electronic data, for people to look at.
Filby village is 15 miles east of Norwich, and 13 miles north west of Great Yarmouth. If you would like to attend, please telephone Ruth on 01255 861643, or email ruth@filby.org.uk. The FILBY Association website can be explored at www.filby.org.uk
BUCKS Family History Society Open Day
26th July 10.00am - 4.00pm at The Grange School, Wendover Way, Aylesbury. Main attractions including Bucks Family History Society library and databases, guest societies and commercial suppliers. Free admission and free parking. Guest speaker Nick Barratt from ‘Who Do You Think You Are? See www.bucksfhs.org.uk
N.F.H.S. Venues
- Diss = Diss (2nd Tuesday of each month, at 7.00pm)
- Diss Methodist Church, Victoria Road (A1066), Diss
[The Church is situated on the north side of Victoria Road
at its western end. It is about 100m east of Mere Street
and entry is from The Causeway]
GY = Great Yarmouth (2nd Thursday of each month, at 7.30pm)- Middlegate Hall, Christchurch, King Street, Great Yarmouth
[On the linked map find the river Yare and SOUTH QUAY.
Go eastward along YARMOUTH WAY and Christchurch will
be found at its junction with King Street.]
Lon = LONDON (on Saturdays, approx. every 6 months, at 2.00pm)- Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Building,
Goswell Road, London, EC1M 7BA
e-mail contact:
KL = Kings Lynn (2nd Wednesday of each month, at 7.30pm)- Thoresby College, South Quay Entrance, Queen Street, King's Lynn
[Go west from Railway station towards the river.
Locate SOUTH QUAY which runs North-South along the
riverside, then the Crown and Magistrates Courts on
COLLEGE LANE and where this road meets QUEEN STREET
(which also runs N-S) the College will be found.
Parking is available on the riverside here.]
Nor = NORWICH (2nd Friday of each month, at 7.30pm)- Kirby Hall, 70, St. Giles Street, Norwich