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The Deepings

Status:Active, open to new members
When: Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
3rd Wednesday
Venue: The Green School

There are photos of various History Group visits in the Archive



 HISTORY TALKS FOR 2025

JANUARY 15TH           MOLECEY MILL                                              GRAHAM GLADWELL PATTERSON

FEBRUARY 19TH           RIVER THAMES ODDITIES                            MIKE PARSONS

MARCH 19TH                 POSTCARDS                                                   TOBY WOOD

APRIL 16TH                 BOTANY BAY                                                   ALAN BROOKE

MAY21 21ST                OLD SCARLETT                                               STUART ORME

JUNE 18TH                 HOBARTS FLUMES                                         BRIANTHORNTHWAITE

JULY 16TH                  THE CARE PATHWAY WW1                            ERIC SOMERVILLE

AUGUST 20TH          ANNUAL DAY TRIP

SEPTEMBER 17TH      EDITH CAVELL                                                DR MARTYN THOMAS

OCTOBER 15TH        THE MAKING OF LONDON                             ALAN BROOKE

NOVEMBER 19TH      SPITFIRE                                                          SHEILAH COATES

DECEMBER 17TH       CHRISTMAS MEAL


SPEAKER ROGRAMME 2024

Month DateTitle/topicSpeaker Contact 
January 17th"From Deeping to Stamford - by canal".Maggie Ashcroft.
February 21stVillages of South LincolnshireReverend David Bond
March 20th‘The Clarkson's of Wisbech and their role in the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Slavery’.Maureen James
April 17thPaul RobesonBrian Keegan
May 15th“With a Strong and Steady Hand…” Medicine and Surgery in the Roman Empire.Stuart Orme
June 19th'So you thought YOU were odd’?Sandra Jones
July 17thThe Ark Royal.Brian Thornthwaite 
August 21stTRIP,
September 18th“History of Molecey Mill and it’s owners”Graham Gladwell Patterson
October 16thFair Maid: Joan Holland, a romantic royal medieval storyPhilippa Massey
November 20thPoemsIan Jones
December 18thChristmas Lunch