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Alconbury Study Group ("ASG")
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We are a lively and interested group, formed to provide ongoing and informal learning for adults based in Alconbury, Alconbury Weston and surrounding villages. We meet on Tuesday mornings in the spring and autumn terms of the school year in the main hall at Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ.
Parking is available immediately outside the hall, with easy (flat) access to the building and facilities.
We aim to have a mix of talks by individual speakers, short courses and term-long courses each year. However, even a 10-week course by one tutor will consist of a series of stand-alone talks, so if you miss some weeks, you will still gain from the others! We break each session for refreshments and chat and our fees are modest
Each 10-week term is timed to coincide with the local schools’ dates, so there are no talks at half-term.
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Course Title: Going back to the moon and The sky tonight
Course Description: An update on the Artemis programme and a planetarium show taking you on a journey around the sights to see in the winter night sky
Tutor: Jonathan Clough
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Course Length: One Day
Date: 26/11/24
Start Time: 10:00
End Time: 11:30
Fee: £
Course Title: The Star of Bethlehem and Latest discoveries by the James Webb Space Telescope
Course Description: What were the wise men really following (and when) and discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope
Tutor: Jonathan Clough
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Course Length: One Day
Date: 03/12/24
Start Time: 10:00
End Time: 11:30
Fee: £
Course Title: Life at Norman Cross
Course Description: On the outskirts of Peterborough was the Norman Cross Depot, the world’s first purpose-built prisoner of war camp. Built in 1797, the camp was the ‘home’ of many thousands of Napoleonic prisoners of war.
Tutor: Stuart Orme
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Course Length: One Day
Date: 14/01/25
Start Time: 10:00
End Time: 11:30
Fee: £
Course Title: Longthorpe Tower
Course Description: Hidden away in a suburb of Peterborough is a fascinating medieval building with the finest medieval wall paintings in a domestic setting in Western Europe. Learn how it was built by a peasant family made good, how it fits into the story of Medieval Peterborough and what the paintings tell us about medieval life, politics and thought.
Tutor: Stuart Orme
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Course Length: One Day
Date: 21/01/25
Start Time: 10:00
End Time: 11:30
Fee: £
Course Title: The Admiral, the Rector and Long John Silver
Course Description: Just what was the history of some of the people buried in our Churchyards? A series of fascinating (and often little-known) personal tales discovered during cycling visits to Bedfordshire Churches.
Tutor: David Longman
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Course Length: One Day
Date: 28/01/25
Start Time: 10:00
End Time: 11:30
Fee: £
Course Title: Fine Healthy Leeches (Victorian Medicine in St Neots)
Course Description: Local medicine from the Napoleonic era and throughout the Victorian period, as dramatic new discoveries brought the potential for change. Hear about the diseases and chronic ill health which affected many Victorians and the medicines and local remedies available.
Tutor: Liz Davies
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Course Length: One Day
Date: 04/02/25
Start Time: 10:00
End Time: 11:30
Fee: £
Course Title: The Parish of Fletton
Course Description: While most of us have heard of Fletton bricks and some of us live in houses made from them, what do we know about the Parish of Fletton, only miles away, in Peterborough? Join us to discover some hidden facts and a little-known gem right on our doorstep.
Tutor: Sadie McMullon
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Course Length: One Day
Date: 11/02/25
Start Time: 10:00
End Time: 11:30
Fee: £
Course Title: The River Great Ouse between Huntingdon and St Ives
Course Description: A 5-week series of talks about the stretch of the River Great Ouse between Huntingdon and St Ives, using archaeology, local archive material, maps and living memories. Each talk throws a new light on the fascinating, beautiful and often frustrating Great Ouse. The course will be tutored by Keith Grimwade and Bridget Flanagan.
Tutor: Keith Grimwade
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Day Of Week: Tuesday
Start Time: 10:00
Duration: 1.50 hrs
Date: 25/02/25
No. of Weeks: 5
Fee: £