Events

 MEMBERS PROGRAMME 2012

Saturday 21st January 2012
Society January Lunch - £21.00
Unitarian Meeting House 11.00am

Speaker: David Eddersham
'The Story of Pakenham Mill'
(Please note: Talk for those attending lunch only)

Booking form available in the Winter Society Review

Saturday 17th March 2012
The Guildhall Project
in the Guildhall at 10.30am

Speaker: Micheal Richard Jackson
The progress of the Guildhall Project
including viewing the plans and a tour of the building

Admission is free to members of the the Society (£5 for non-members) No need to book.

Saturday 14th April 2012
New Members' Coffee Morning
Unitarian Meeting House 10.30am to 12.30am

A welcome to new members of the Bury Society. Come along to enjoy coffee and cake with members of the Committee in the lovely surroundings of the Unitarian Meeting House - Admission free.

Tuesday 15th May 2012
Old Harwich - The Ha'penny Pier & Beth Chatto
By Coach - £28.00

Morning Coffee in the little port of Manningtree. Follow the River Stour to the point it joins the Orwell to flow
out to sea at Old Harwich. A short stroll to see the Captain's House and a unique Treadmill Crane. A look
inside the Electric Picture Palace and then free time to explore the town and lunch- perhaps on the Ha'penny Pier
After lunch a scenic drive inland from Hamford Water and the Naze to Beth Chatto's garden. Winner of ten
Chelsea gold medals, she has transformed many acres of meadow into the now famous Gravel Garden
filled with drought resisting plants and a contrasting
leafy plants around four spring-fed ponds beheath
a backdrop of ancient oaks and ornamental trees.
A visit to the nursery & tea house will round off the day.

Departing Rams Meadow Car Park at 9.15am
and leaving Beth Chatto's at 4.45pm for home.
Booking form in the Winter Society Review

Tuesday 29th May 2012
Annual General Meeting
Athenaeum 6.30pm for 7.00pm start

Illustrated talk by Jaki Fisher - Tree and Landscape Officer at
St Edmundbury Borough Council - on the Green Infrastructure
plan for Bury St Edmunds, and on the protected landscape
and trees in our area.

All members welcome - No booking required

Contrasting stories of rags and riches a stone's throw apart. Starts with morning refreshments in a pub in Petticoat Lane where your choice for lunch is made. Amble through an amazing area, quite unlike anywhere else in the Capital, including Spitalfields outside Banker's Gate in the City Walls and Hawksmoor's Christ Church - site of some of the Ripper murders - and the Huguenot chapel which became a synagogue and is now the Brick Lane Mosque.

After lunch a coach tour of the history of Banking, old banking signs (which predate street numbering) ending with the oldest private bank in London at the sign of the Golden Bottle. Visit the Bank of England museum and then an old banking-hall-turned-pub for refreshments before heading home.

Depart Ram Meadow car park at 07.45am. Leave London
for the return journey around 4.45pm.
Booking form in the Spring Society Review

Two opportunities for a fascinating walk around Bury St Edmunds exploring the recipients of Bury's new Blue Plaques with one of Bury's finest Heritage Guides.

Meet at the Tourist Information Office on Angel Hill at 10.30am each day

NB. These events are free to Society members but must be booked in advance through the Tourist Information Office (places are limited)

 Mark will talk on some famous (and infamous) East Anglians including Maria Marten and Dick Turpin, both of whom have managed to distance themselves from their less attractive factual biographies. All characters are closely linked with specific places in the area, so plenty of local towns and villages for you to explore in search of them after the talk.

Entrance is free to member (£5 for non-members) and there is no need to book