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Event
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Location
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Date
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Heritage Open Day Event
‘Bringing home Bury’s treasures’. Exciting plans for the historic Guildhall as a display centre for Bury’s exceptional heritage.
Presentation by Matthew Champion, the Guildhall Venture Project Manager, and Martin Lightfoot, Bury Heritage Trust.
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The Guildhall at 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, 9th September
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RICS Design Awards
Illustrated presentations by Simon Pott of the RICS Design Awards for 2010
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Cathedral Rooms at 7:30 p.m.
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Thursday, 11th November
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Station Hill development
Presentation by Robert Eburn, former local planning officer, of Hopkins - talking about the Staion Hill development.
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Venue to be decided
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Date yet to be agreed
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2011 - 40th Anniversary Year
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Bury Society lunch and Launch of 40th anniversary year
Speaker: David Dymond, founding Chairman of the Bury Society, gives a presentation on the beginning of the Bury Society and the early years.
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Unitarian Meeting House, 11:00 a.m.
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Saturday, 22nd January 2011
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‘The Lost City of Dunwich’
Mark Michels relates the story of a great East Anglian city which at the time of the Domesday Book was spoken of as the tenth largest city in England, and which now lies more that a mile out below the North Sea.
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The Athenæum, at 11:00 a.m.
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Saturday, March 19th
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Bury Festival
Speaker to be confirmed
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May
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Annual General Meeting
Launch of Photo Competition
‘Our Bury’ - for age groups 7-13 and 14-18
Judges from the Bury St Edmunds photo club
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The Athenæum, at 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, 2nd June
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The Lee Valley Olympic Tour
See how far work has progressed on the Olympic Park. Start at Excel exhibition centre in the Royal Docks, host to some of the indoor Olympic sports, followed by a drive through Lower Lee Valley to viewing point of the Olympic Stadium.
Also see progress on the Velodrome, Aquatic Centre, and Olympic Village; a project transforming the Lower Lee Valley in East London.
Drive through part of Epping Forest to market town of Waltham Abbey for lunch. Pass the site for the 2012 canoe/kayak events, and board boat for a 90 minute cruise through the countryside of Lee Valley Park ending with cream tea,
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Coach departing from Ram Meadow.
Details to follow.
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Thursday, 7th July
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Heritage Week
Speaker: Clive Paine who will be talking about St John’s Street
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St John’s Centre, at 7:30 p.m.
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Friday, 9th September
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Buffet Dinner to celebrate the 40th Anniversary year
Prize-giving for Photo Competition ‘Our Bury’
Display of photographs from the competition. Display of photos with history of the Bury Society.
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The Athenæum
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Saturday, 1st October
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