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January
January 10th - Three Cambridge Heroes: Cambridge in the 1930s
Speaker: Helen Harwood
Who were they and what did they do?
February
February 14th - John Neville, Sawston's War Lord of the Roses?
Speaker: Bruce Milner
March
March 14th - Excavations of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery and settlements at Oakington
Speaker: Richard Mortimer
April
April 11th - St George, Patron Saint, Knight and Martyr
Speaker: Chloe Cockerill
How did St George become patron saint of England? Should he still have this role?
May
May 9th - John Henslow and the creation of Charles Darwin
Speaker: Prof John Parker
The Botanic Garden, its design and influence on Darwin
June
June 13th - The Red vs Blue Army war game of 1912
Speaker: Andrew Westwood-Bate
Much of the fighting took place on the Gog Magog Hills
July
July 11th - outing to Docwra's Manor
Guide: Faith Raven
August
No Meeting
September
September 19th - Annual General Meeting
Your chance to find out what's been happening behind the scenes and to suggest speakers for the next year's programme
October
October 10th - The Huddlestons up to the Sawston Hall era
Speaker: Rosemary Horrox
The history of the Huddlestons up to the early Tudor period including the first of the Sawston Hall dynasty
November
November 14th - Central England in WWII
Speaker: Gordon Bell
The Spy Capital including SOE and OSS, and much more
December
December 12th - Parish Workhouses
Speaker: Marion French
The regulations and conditions of the inmates