Here is the programme of speakers that we have for 2020.

Guests are welcome to attend these talks. We ask for a donation of £4 per guest.

All of our talks are held at Saxton Village Hall and start at 19:30.

Please contact [email protected] for details or directions.

Monday 6^th Jan -  1461 Country : the battlefield of Yorkshire – Chris Berendt

Monday 3^rd Feb – Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI – Lauren Johnston

Monday 2^nd Mar- The Anglo-Scottish reivers and their role in the Wars of the Roses – John Sadler

Sunday 5^th April – Palm Sunday mini-event: Walks, archery, living history

Monday 6^th April – Annual General Meeting – TBS members only

Monday 11^th May – The Princes in the Tower – a debate – Nathen Amin and Matthew Lewis

Monday 1^st June – Gunpowder Technology in the 15th Century – Axel Muller

Monday 6^th July - Protecting our ecclesiastical heritage – Church Conservation Trust (TBC)

Monday 3^rd Aug – Society Summer Social at the Crooked Billet with walks to Lead Church – TBS members only

Sunday 6^th Sept- Palm Sunday Archers – Robert Hardy Trophy Shoot – TBS Members only

Monday 7^th Sept -  Anglo-Scottish Relations in the Yorkist Age – David Santiuste

Monday 5^th Oct-   – The Black Death – England’s Great Mortality – Helen Cox Doggett

Monday 2^nd Nov – An army marches on its stomach – the logistics of the medieval army – Alan Stringer

Monday 7^th Dec-     Christmas Celebration – TBS members only