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The Battle of the Alamo
Slide presentation, Speaker: David Gray, fee: £20.00. Requirements: power for slide projector and the provision of an overhead projector.
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After the Alamo - Texas Rises
Slide presentation, Speaker: David Gray, fee: £20.00. Requirements: power for slide projector and the provision of an overhead projector.
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The Boer War, 1899 - 1902
Slide presentation, Speaker: Tony Stubbs, Fee: traveling expenses only.
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The Story of the Victoria Cross
Slide presentation, Speaker: Tony Stubbs, Fee: traveling expenses only.
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The RFC and RAF - Family Connections
Slide presentation, Speaker: Tony Stubbs, Fee: traveling expenses only.
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A Philatelic Display of Military Field Post
Speaker: Alan Berrisford, fee: no charge. Telephone 01733 567527.
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1745 - The last British campaign
Who really were the Jacobites, what happend in 1745 and could thay have won? This talk looks at the reasons behind the last campaign fought on British soil, the military of the time, the battles and the 'what ifs', as well as exploding a lot of the romantic myths about this event. You'll also get to handle replica weapons and costume for this one! Duration - 90 minutes. OHP or powerpoint projector required. Cost £30 plus travelling expenses (if outside Peterborough). Telephone Stuart Orme on (01733) 343329
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The Hollywood History of Warfare
A lighthearted look at war films - not just from World War II. How much has Hollywood got right - and wrong - and does it matter anyway?! Illustrated by clips from many and varied films, this will take you from Alexander the Great to Jarhead - or ancient times to the present! Duration - 90 minutes (or up to 2 hours!) TV, Video & DVD required. Cost £30 plus travelling expenses (if outside Peterborough). Telephone Stuart Orme on (01733) 343329
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Battlefield Ghosts
As long as there have been battles there have been reports of ghostly activity after - and even during - the action. This lively talk considers some of these ghost stories from throughout history and all over the world - from ghostly Roman soldiers to the famed Angels of Mons, and asks if there are such things in heaven and earth... Duration - 90 minutes, OHP or powerpoint projector required. Cost £30 plus travelling expenses (if outside Peterborough). Telephone Stuart Orme on (01733) 343329
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Britain's Bloodiest battle - Towton 1461
Fought in a snowstorm on Palm Sunday 1461, the battle of Towton is the largest and bloodiest in British history. What events led to this enormous conflict, what happened during the battle? Using the latest archaeological evidence, you'll hear what the experience like for the men who fought there - without the chivalry. You'll also get to handle replica weapons and costume for this one! Duration - 90 minutes. OHP or powerpoint projector required. Cost £30 plus travelling expenses (if outside Peterborough). Telephone Stuart Orme on (01733) 343329
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Thermopylae and Salamis
During the Persian invasion of Greece in the fifth century BC, King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans gained immortality defying the world’s largest army and greatest king, at the pass of Thermopylae. At Salamis, the greatest naval battle in ancient times, the outnumbered Greek fleet led by Thermistocles of Athens was to win a decisive victory and at the battle of Plataea King Xerxes’ dream of world conquest was ended.
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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Hannibal
Sworn enemy of Rome, Hannibal took an army through Spain and Gaul across the Alps to invade Italy. How was he able to campaign in Italy for 15 years with no support from home and destroy a succession of Roman armies sent against him? Ultimately why did he fail and how did Rome finally defeat Carthage to emerge as a world power.
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The Roman invasion of Britain
A look at the Roman invasions of Britain from Julius Caesar’s raids in 55 and 54 BC-‘I came, I saw, I went home again,’ to the Claudian invasion of AD43.While the Emperor Claudius spent only 16 days in Britain, the conquest was to take some 40 years, with the province coming near to being abandoned.
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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Boudicca
Boudicca’s revolt in AD61 nearly destroyed Roman rule in Britain. Who was she? Why did she fail? Could she have changed our history? An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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Hadrian’s Wall
What was Hadrian’s Wall? Why was it built? What was life like for the soldiers stationed on the Empire’s northern frontier?
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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Harald Hardrada
The exploits of Harald Sigurdsson, called Hardrada (Hard ruler), King of Norway were the stuff of Legend and were recorded in the Icelandic Sagas. His exile in Kiev and Byzantium, his return and rule of Norway, and his invasion of England warrant him the title of ‘The last Viking’.
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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1066; the year of the Conquest
What really happened? 1066 was to a momentous year in the history of England. It was to see three kings on the throne; three invasions and three major battles the outcome of which changed the course of history.
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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Cogs and Galleys
Contrary to popular belief England after 1066 was not only vulnerable to invasion but was indeed invaded on several occasions during the Middle Ages.
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The First Crusade
Pope Urban II‘s call for a crusade in 1096 on the pretext of liberating Jerusalem was to set in train a series of events which still reverberate to this day. What were the real motives of those who took part?
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The Crusades in Europe
Crusades were not only called to free Jerusalem, but also against the Moors of Spain, the pagan peoples of the Baltic, the schismatic Greeks of Byzantium and against the Cathar heretics of southern France. Why were these Crusades called and what were were the real motives of those who took part?
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The Third Crusade
The real story of the Third Crusade is far removed from that depicting a chivalrous contest between Richard the Lion Heart and Saladin his Saracen opponent. Perhaps the most famous of the Crusades in English history was marked by continuous infighting among the Crusaders; massacres; bloody sieges and battles which in end achieved little.
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The Battle of Bannockburn
Forget Braveheart. What really happened at Bannockburn the most famous of all the battles of the Scottish Wars of Independence? How did Robert the Bruce’s army come to fight and defeat the numerically superior English of Edward II and what were the consequences?
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The Battle of Agincourt
Agincourt perhaps the most famous of all the battles of the Hundred Years War with France, immortalised by William Shakespeare’s play
Henry V. But what really happened? How did a starving dysentery ridden army, cut off in hostile territory defeat the numerically superior French who were closing in for the kill?
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The Longbow
The history of the longbow; its origins, its zenith during the Hundred Years War against France and subsequent decline is interwoven with the history of England and Wales.
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The Battle of Bosworth Field
What really happened? The battle of Bosworth was to be a momentous event in the history of England, it was to see the death of Richard III (the last English king to fall in battle and the coming of a new dynasty the Tudors, yet strangely there are few accounts of the day. The battle’s outcome was more due to treachery than tactics and is still the subject of contentious debate. An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The Great Siege of Malta
In 1565 Suleyman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Sultan sent an army of 40,000 men and a fleet of 200 ships to capture the island of Malta. Led by their Grand Master the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, together with the people withstood a siege of nearly four months duration. The defeat of the Turkish Empire checked their expansion into the western Mediterranean.
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The Spanish Armadas
The Armadas (there were three more Armadas sent by Spain against Elizabethan England, following that of 1588) have entered into legend. Did Drake play his game of bowls on Plymouth Hoe? Was the proposed invasion of England ever a practical proposition? Why did the Armada flee a few fire ships at Calais? Why did it suit both sides to attribute successor failure to Divine intervention? Where did the myth of the smaller English ships originate?
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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The Bleinheim Campaign
‘Corporal John’ Churchill was to march an army across Europe to the Danube at Blenheim where together with Prince Eugene he decisively defeated the forces of Louis XIV. The Duke of Marlborough as he became in recognition of his victory, had removed the French threat to Vienna thereby saving the Grand Alliance and shattered the myth of French invincibility.
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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Crimean War- Myths and Legends
Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. The Charge of the Light Brigade and the Thin Red Line. What really happened? How did the myths come about?
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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Custer and Crazy Horse
George Armstrong Custer the flamboyant and dashing commander of the Seventh Cavalry was to meet defeat at the hands of Crazy Horse’s Sioux and Cheyenne warriors at the Battle on the Greasy Grass-Little Bighorn 25th June 1876. Battle or massacre? Why does the conflict have such a hold on our imagination? What was the truth behind the legend?
An illustrated talk of 60-90 minutes duration is available at a cost of £30 (plus travelling costs if outside Peterborough). Requirements O.H.P. and projector screen/suitable wall.
Contact Don Chiswell (01733 569951)
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