Meetings & Events Diary
Monthly meetings take place on the last Tuesday of most months from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in the Small Hall at Hadleigh United Reformed Church, 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, SS7 2DQ.
The church can be found at the western end of Church Road in Hadleigh, opposite the car park for the Iceland store. There is parking available in the car park behind the adjacent Choice store.
There is a meeting fee of £2.50, which includes refreshments. Friends and neighbours are welcome to come with a member, as their guest, to any meeting.
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HOFS SUMMER FESTIVAL EVENT – HISTORY FAIR
AGES AHA will have a Victorian Hadleigh themed display and wear Victorian costumes. All members welcome to wear historic costume (Victorian preferred, but not essential). Display of any AGES AHA archaeological finds will be tailored to the Victorian age. There will be other local history stalls and other community activities.
Find out more »Members Meeting – September
TBC - Show & Tell by 2 Members or talk by external speaker.
Find out more »Members Meeting – October
TBC - Show & Tell by 2 Members or talk by external speaker.
Find out more »Members Meeting – November
AGM followed by "A Tudor Christmas" (Carol Hellyar).
Find out more »Members Meeting January – Life in the Workhouse
An illustrated talk by Terry Barclay, looking at the local workhouses in Hadleigh and Thundersley and the Union Workhouses of Billericay and Rochford which followed on from the parishes with their work.
Find out more »Members Meeting February – Victorian Hadleigh
February 28th @ 7:30 pm - 9:30pm £2.50 Hadleigh United Reformed Church, Hadleigh, Essex, SS7 2DQ An Illustrated talk by Bob Delderfield, with postcards of old Hadleigh and a little of the story behind them.
Find out more »Members Meeting March – ‘What a Load of Rubbish’ (Victorian and Edwardian)
March 28 @ 7:3o pm - 9:30 pm £2.50 Hadleigh United Reformed Church, Hadleigh, Essex, SS7 2DQ An Illustrated talk by Terry Barclay, looking at the kind of potential "modern" archaeological items that might come to light when digging local test pits and how bottles and other containers developed and can help with accurately dating of finds.
Find out more »TUESDAY 30th MAY-AGES MEMBERS MEETING
Briefing by Terry Barclay about the June Hadleigh Test Pits ("What We Can Hope to Find" and "How to Dig a Test Pit and Health & Safety Briefing") and 8th June "Launch of "The Roman in Hadleigh" Project".
Find out more »Wednesday 7th JUNE AGES AHA Hadleigh Test Pits
On front lawns of two Church Road properties - All participants have to be AGES AHA members, but temporary membership is available at £5 to cover the 7th and/or 8th June. Meet at the United Reformed Church at 8.30am. (Compulsory training for any participants not previously briefed in test pit safety in the church from 9am to 10am). Dig to approx 4.30pm.
Find out more »Thursday 8th June – AGES AHA Hadleigh Test Pits
On front lawns of two Church Road properties - All participants have to be AGES AHA members, but temporary membership is available at £5 to cover the 7th and/or 8th June. Digging starts at 9am and finishes by 5pm.
Find out more »Thursday 8th June – 10am to 12 United Reformed Church Hall
Display of the previouis day's finds from Hadleigh test pits and launch of AGES AHA project, "The Romans in Hadleigh" including a small exhibition including the project and geophysics. (Refreshments may be available 10.30am to 12).
Find out more »Tuesday 25 July: AGES Members Meeting 19:30 –
Results and Photos from the June Hadleigh Test Pits with Terry Barclay 19:30 -
Find out more »FREE MEETING ‘The Romans in Hadleigh’ – The Project Story So Far
Thanks to Lottery funding, this will be a FREE meeting at which Terry Barclay will give a presentation showing the activities so far within the project and the ongoing reseacrh into information to be provided eventually for local schoolchildren and residents. Non members are welcome to this meeting, but space is limited, so please arrive early (from 7pm) if you wish to make sure of a seat.
Find out more »Identifying Any Roman Finds From the Salvation Army Fieldwalk
Club members and guests will be gathering, this time for a specially extended session to support our current Romans in Hadleigh Lottery project, in groups around tables to record and photograph items found in different areas of our recent fieldwalk and nearby. Hopefully, learning from our October session and recent identifications by professional archaeologists, we will confirm at least some more possibly Roman tile, before the pottery is all sent off for professional identification and dating by Paul Blinkhorn.
Find out more »Local History Day at Hadleigh Library
There will be displays and talks throughout the day on local history. The Hadleigh and Thundersley Community Archive Group and Hadleigh Heritage Group will also be present with displays and information on Hadleigh.
Find out more »MEETING CANCELLED Robert Hallman’s Photos from Around the Roman Empire
MEETING POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. NEW DATE 13TH MARCH Photo from the Echo Collection with thanks to the Hadleigh & Thundersley Community Archive An illustrated talk by Robert Hallman
Find out more »Robert Hallman’s Photos from Around the Roman Empire
An illustrated talk by Robert Hallman Photo from the Echo Collection with thanks to the Hadleigh &Thundesley Community Archive
Find out more »Historical Craft Demonstration Evening
See various craft demonstrations and have a go at things like Roman mosaics and Anglo Saxon nalbinding and tablet weaving.
Find out more »End of Project Celebration – The Romans in Hadleigh
Terry Barclay will be giving talk about The Romans in Hadleigh project.
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