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 6th Jan - 1461 Country : the battlefield of Yorkshire – Chris Berendt
Monday 3rd Feb – Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI – Lauren Johnston
Monday 2nd Mar- The Anglo-Scottish reivers and their role in the Wars of the Roses – John Sadler
Sunday 5th April – Palm Sunday mini-event: Walks, archery, living history
Monday 6th April – Annual General Meeting – TBS members only
Monday 11th May – The Princes in the Tower – a debate – Nathen Amin and Matthew Lewis
Monday 1st June – Gunpowder Technology in the 15th Century – Axel Muller
Monday 6th July - Protecting our ecclesiastical heritage – Church Conservation Trust (TBC)
Monday 3rd Aug – Society Summer Social at the Crooked Billet with walks to Lead Church – TBS members only
Sunday 6th Sept- Palm Sunday Archers – Robert Hardy Trophy Shoot – TBS Members only
Monday 7th Sept - Anglo-Scottish Relations in the Yorkist Age – David Santiuste
Monday 5th Oct- – The Black Death – England’s Great Mortality – Helen Cox Doggett
Monday 2nd Nov – An army marches on its stomach – the logistics of the medieval army – Alan Stringer
Monday 7th Dec- Christmas Celebration – TBS members only