Events
When: Meetings, as scheduled in the programme, take place on Thursdays at 7.45 p.m. in Beckenham unless otherwise stated. We serve tea and coffee before the meeting.
Where: All Beckenham lectures take place in Christ Church Hall, Fairfield Road, just off Beckenham High Street, Beckenham BR3 3LE. The nearest railway stations are Clock House (on the line from Charing Cross) and Beckenham Junction (on the line from Victoria). Buses 54, 194, 227 and 358 stop nearby. Trams from Wimbledon and Croydon stop at Beckenham Junction. We follow all Government public health guidelines.
Click here to email Mrs. Ann Wagstaff, Programme Secretary of the Beckenham & Bromley branch of the Historical Association to request booking forms.
Date
Time
Event Details
17/07/2024
14:30
HA Branch Anniversary Afternoon Teaat the Bromley Court Hotel, BromleyPre-booking essential
19/09/2024
19:30
AGM followed by Professor Joanna StoryManuscripts in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom
17/10/2024
19:45
Professor Anne CurryHenry V
29/10/2024
13;45
Guided Tour of The Old Palace, Croydon Pre-booking by 4 October essential
07/11/2024
19:45
Dr. Katja HoyerBeyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949 - 1990
19/11/2024
11:00
Guided Tour of St Paul's Cathedral, London Pre-booking by 25 October essential
05/12/2024
19:45
Professor Penelope Corfield'The Aristocracy of Talent': The Coming of the Meritocratic Ideal, 1750 - 1830 The meeting will begin with light Christmas refreshments
16/01/2025
19:00
Fish and Chip Supperfollowed by Jon Fox talks and sings about Gilbert and SullivanPre-booking essential
06/02/2025
19:45
Professor Heather JonesThe First World War in the Mediterranean
13/02/2025
11:30
Visit to the Salters' Company, London Pre-booking by 24 January essential
22/03/2025
11:30
Visit to the British Schools Museum, Hitchin Pre-booking by 28 February essential
27/03/2025
19:45
Dr. David SmithJames II and the Glorious Revolution
10/04/2025
19:45
Dr. Vanessa JenkinsThe Grand Tour
24/04/2025
18:30 for 19:00
Annual Dinner at
Lugana Restaurant, Beckenham Pre-booking essential by 4 April essential
15/05/2025
19:45
Professor Jonathan HarrisByzantium, Russia and Ukraine in the Early Middle Ages
17/05/2025
10:50
Spring London Walk: Battersea ReinventedLed by Kate BoylePre-booking essential
14/06/2025
09:00
All Day Coach Outing toGrantchester and the Fitzwilliam Museum, with leisure time in CambridgePre-booking essential
26/06/2025
19:45
Chris BishopDid Alfred Really Burn the Cakes?
16/07/2025
14:30
HA Branch Anniversary Afternoon Teaat the Bromley Court Hotel, BromleyPre-booking essential
18/09/2025
19:30
AGM followed by Mr. Peter LongleyHitler's Mountain
13/11/2025
19.00
Fish and Chip Supperfollowed by Dr. Brigid AllenGeorge and Emily Eden: Pride, Privilege, Empire and the WhigsPre-booking essential