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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: The Rise of Hitler
Course Description: Each of the 5 weeks will explore different aspects of the economic and social background to the reasons for Hitler’s growing popularity in the 1930s and his ability to control the mass media of the day.
Tutor: Stephen Corley
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Day Of Week: Tuesday
Start Time: 10:00
Duration: 1.50 hrs
Date: 02/09/24
No. of Weeks: 5
Fee: £
Course Title: Desert Island Poems
Course Description: Participants will be invited to propose a favourite poem (or poems) which are special for them, and which they might want to take to a proverbial desert island. This will be done in advance and we will then then share and discuss the poems at each of the 3 sessions.
Tutor: Lindsay Fursland
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Day Of Week: Tuesday
Start Time: 10:00
Duration: 1.50 hrs
Date: 05/11/24
No. of Weeks: 3
Fee: £
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: The History of Toys
Course Description: The course surveys the history of toys from earliest times to the present day, drawing on sources from archaeology, diaries, paintings, photographs and toy catalogues as well as extensive museum collections. Today’s toys and electronic games have not entirely supplanted dolls and construction kits!
Tutor: Ken Sneath
Venue: Alconbury Memorial Hall, School Lane, Alconbury, PE28 4EQ
Day Of Week: Tuesday
Start Time: 10:00
Duration: 1.50 hrs
Date: 14/01/25
No. of Weeks: 4
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: £
