No, not engaged to be married, but engaged with a particular interest group. Choose an interest, any interest or activity, and there will probably be a group we could join somewhere in the St Albans district. If not here, perhaps within a five mile radius of the Town Hall.
An increasing number of us are taking an keen interest in local history, or our family's history; and that's great for this blog, the website St Albans' Own East End, the local history group Fleetville Diaries, and for the St Albans & District Local History Network.
The Network will this year celebrate its fifth birthday. It throws a bash each October at Verulamium Museum, but, of course, the nature of the event is in the form of a one-day conference. This year's conference programme was published on Friday last, and what a variety of topics will be covered.
Smallpox in St Albans, investigating the local story (Elanor Cowland, former curator, Museum of St Albans)
Agincourt Veterans in St Albans (Peter Burley)
Medieval Lives and Liberties (Elizabeth Adey)
"Look What We've Found" (Catherine Newley, Curator, Museum of St Albans)
School Log Books: a Rich Resource for Local Historians (Patrick McNeill, Wheathampstead)
Archaeology and Town Twinning (Brian Adams)
Vickers Experimental Tank (James Brown)
Flicks in Fleetville (Mike Neighbour)
If you are unfamiliar with the term flicks, those of a certain age and urban upbringing will have referred to a cinema visit as "going to the flicks" after the irritating flickering experience sometimes noticed on the screen. Of course the observant will already have noticed that this presentation is offered by the author of this very blog! If, by any chance, you are puzzling over where "the flicks" might have been in Fleetville, then book your place now for Saturday 17th October, 10:30 to 16:30 at Verulamium Museum. Booking is essential as the number of places is limited. Email sanetwork@me.com
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