Are you an Individual or represent an Organisation / Company? Individual
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Email: bob…..
Telephone/Mobile Number: 01234……..
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Speaker’s Biography
An experienced family, personal and local historian. All of his talks are illustrated. Many talks are also suitable for Zoom.
Title of Talks
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| An illustrated history of Bedford – Offa to 1837 |
| An illustrated history of Bedford – 1837 to 1914 |
| An illustrated history of Bedford – 1914 to 1939 (includes Art Deco Bedford) |
| ‘Captain Swing’ – rural unrest in Bedfordshire 1830-49 |
| Votes for Women – the Suffrage movement in Bedfordshire |
| Bedford and its River |
| ‘Jolly Good Boating Weather’ – Rowing, pleasure craft, boat-builders and regattas (Bedford) - describes the transition from the busy Ouse Navigation to a Victorian pleasure ground, the making of The Embankment, pleasure craft, Bedford boatbuilders, rowing and the Regatta. |
| Policing Victorian Bedford/Bedfordshire |
| Bedford’s Victorian Cemetery -the history of the Cemetery, its founders and architects, Bedford citizens/families, Waterloo veterans, the ‘Highland Invasion’ and WWI memorials, WWII Polish freedom fighter, the infamous ‘Tennis Court murder’ and ‘CD’ – the Cemetery Dog, with newly discovered memorial to a ‘Cemetery Cat’, wildlife, etc. |