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All indoor meetings start at 7.30pm and are held at Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall unless stated otherwise.

Non-Members £2

July 2019

Crafty Archaeology

July 25, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey
Gainsborough, DN21 4LZ
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Supporting the National Festival of Archaeology 2019 A joint event for families with the SLHA & the Kirton in Lindsey Society Investigate images and real and replica artefacts and explore how we can use them to find out about people in the past and how they lived. Enjoy a selection of crafty activities inspired by archaeological artefacts from Lincolnshire. Use a variety of craft materials including clay to make a jester’s head and card and embossing foils to create a…

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August 2019

Visit to RAF Ingham Heritage Centre

August 18, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
RAF Ingham Heritage Centre, Middle Street
Fillingham, Lincolnshire DN21 5BU United Kingdom
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Ingham, or Cammeringham, airfield was opened in May 1942. It was closed around 1945. Ingham aerodrome was an all grass airfield and was ready for use in March 1940. In April 1942 a concrete perimeter track was built. 300 (Polish) Squadron operated from Ingham until January 1943. On 24 November 1944 the station was renamed RAF Cammeringham to avoid confusion with another station in Suffolk also called Ingham. The Night Bomber Training School occupied the station from March 1944 until…

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September 2019

AGM followed by Invading Britain

September 24, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey
Gainsborough, DN21 4LZ
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Dr. Kevin Leahy returns to take us back in time to when our shores were under threat.

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October 2019

Jack Binns: from workhouse boy to wireless hero.

October 22, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey
Gainsborough, DN21 4LZ
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John Allen will be telling Jack's story from being born in Brigg Workhouse to saving over 1,500 lives on the RMS Republic in 1909 (still the largest high sea rescue to date). He was later offered a position on the Titanic which, fortunately for him, he refused. Interest in the sunken vessel still goes on, as it was reputably a `treasure` vessel delivering gold to the Tsar of Russia. Here's a short film of the attempts to recover the wreck and…

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November 2019

Treading the Boards in Georgian England

November 26, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey
Gainsborough, DN21 4LZ
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Actors and Theatres in Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. Neil Wright, author and local historian, will be putting the spotlight on the important part that theatre contributed to Georgian provincial life. A Scene from 'The Beggar's Opera' VI 1731 William Hogarth 1697-1764 

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