Membership of the Museum Society costs £12.50 for adults and £10
for juniors, students and pensioners. Non-members are welcome to
attend lectures for a fee of £2.50 per lecture.
Tuesday 5 October - The History of Broadway by
Stephen Perry. Peterborough's Broadway is significantly younger
than you might imagine but its role in the city's recent history is
impressive.
Tuesday 19 October - The Return of The Red Kite
by Chris Andrews. Red Kites were a common sight in Victorian
Britain before all but being wiped out. A reintroduction programme
in Rockingham Forest has made them a familiar sight again.
Tuesday 2 November - Lyveden New Bield by Mark
Bradshaw. Begun by Sir Thomas Tresham to symbolise his Catholic
faith, Lyveden remains incomplete and virtually unaltered since
work stopped on his death in 1605. Find out more about this
fascinating monument to one man's religion.
Tuesday 16 November - The Knights Templar by
Don Chiswell. Forget the Da Vinci Code, the truth is stranger than
fiction!
Tuesday 30 November - The Role of the Bee
Inspector by Andy Wattam. Bees play an important part in
plant pollination and the Bee Inspectors monitor colony health.
Tuesday 14 December - What did the Georgians
Eat? by Alison Smith. Find out about 18th century
chocolate, the significance of pineapples and why gin was seen as a
social evil!
Tuesday 4 January - Suffragettes by Neil
Mitchell. blood, sweat, tears and triumph - the story of women's
suffrage.
Tuesday 18 January - Magna Carta, from
Runnymede to Washington via Normandy and Canberra by
Geoffrey Hindley. Find out why the Magna Carta remains as relevant
today as when it was written in 1215.
Tuesday 1 February - The Deeping Distillery by
Keith Simpson. In the early part of the 19th century, two country
doctors, unhappy with the quality of medicines available,
established a business that became world famous.
Tuesday 15 February - Before Fenland by Mark
Knight. Peterborough's submerged arcaheology and other deep sea
mysteries.
Tuesday 1 March - Medieval Stained Glass by
Canon Jack Higham. From the earliest 7th century glass to the late
medieval period.
Tuesday 15 March - The History of the Travelling Post
Office by Brian White. Brought to the fore with the 1963
Great train Robbery, the only surviving vehicle from the infamous
event is now being conserved locally.
Tuesday 29 March - Annual General Meeting at
7pm followed by Kew Then and Now by Ray Edwards. An illustrated
tour around the gardens highlighting some of the changes over the
last 40 years.
Many of Peterborough’s most popular cultural and sporting
facilities are part of Vivacity, an independent,
not-for-profit organisation with charitable status.
Find out more about
the trust on the Vivacity website.