List of Speakers and their Talks

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List of Talks	Summary of Talks	Speaker
An illustrated history of Bedford – Offa to 1837		Bob Ricketts
An illustrated history of Bedford – 1837 to 1914		Bob Ricketts
An illustrated history of Bedford – 1914 to 1939 (includes Art Deco Bedford)		Bob Ricketts
‘Captain Swing’ – rural unrest in Bedfordshire 1830-49		Bob Ricketts
Votes for Women – the Suffrage movement in Bedfordshire		Bob Ricketts
Bedford and its River		Bob Ricketts
‘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.	Bob Ricketts
Policing Victorian Bedford/Bedfordshire		Bob Ricketts
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.	Bob Ricketts