All open meetings are held in the Free Church, St Ives, at 7.30 pm.

Non-members are always welcome and a donation of £3 is requested to help cover costs.

15th September 2023	The Life and Times of Houghton Poultry Research Station	Martin Shirley Director, Institute for Animal Health
20th October 2023	AGM + Gothic Revival Architecture of the 18th & 19th Centuries Read about Simon’s talk HERE	Simon Ward Local resident, architectural technologist
17th November 2023	Cromwell and Christmas!	Stuart Orme Curator, Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon museum@cromwellmuseum.com
19th January 2024	The Pye Story	Bob Bates Trustee, The Pye History Trust. www.pye-foundation.org
16th February 2024	The Future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and Implications for Sea-level Rise.	Dr Rob Larter British Antarctic Survey
15th March 2024	The Water Mills of the River Great Ouse	Keith Grimwade, past President of the Geographical Association and Bridget Flanagan, author, and trustee of the Great Ouse Valley Trust
19th April 2024	Saxon Bed Burials	Alison Dickens Cambridge University Archaeological Unit & St Edmondsbury Cathedral archaeologist www.grantaheritage.co.uk
17th May 2024	Climbing Great Buildings	Dr Jonathan Foyle, Architect & Presenter of BBC2’s Climbing Great Buildings. www.jonathanfoyle.com

NOTE:  Although the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) declined to send a speaker, they have sent a link to the archaeological research that has been done on the A14 road extension. It makes interesting reading.

MOLA Report on the Geoarchaeology and Environmental Archeaology on the A14 Road Extension

The Civic Society has no meeting during the summer months.
The meetings start again in September and will be shown on this website page as soon as they are available.

Please note that the next open meeting is shown in BOLD

Any meetings shown in RED indicates a change to that originally planned

In case of last minute changes check this website for details.