Blackmore: Centenary Commemoration to include History Talk

For King and Country: Blackmore during the First World War

Sunday 11 November 2018 will be a significant day in the life of this country because it marks 100 years since the end of the First World War.  At 11 o’clock that day millions of people will pause, stand around local War Memorials, to remember the cessation of hostilities in which over 888,000 lives were lost.

Blackmore is commemorating the weekend with a remarkable and moving tribute by covering the exterior of the church and the path leading from the Lych Gate with thousands of poppies.  Something like 4000 poppies form the commemoration, which have been handmade by many volunteers.

The Church Flower Guild will also be providing a beautifully themed Flower Festival.  

Also in preparation is a talk about the life and times of the people of Blackmore during the First World War.  The talk will be held on Friday 9 November.  It will be free, followed by tea and coffee.  There is will a retiring collection.

The Church will be open to view the Remembrance Displays from Thursday 8 November to Tuesday 13 November. Times daily 10.30am – 4pm except Sunday, 12.30 - 4.00pm, and Tuesday 10.30am – 12.30pm.

The Remembrance Sunday service will begin, as usual, at 10.45am at the War Memorial continuing at The Priory Church of St Laurence after the observance of two minutes’ silence.

In commemoration of the centenary of the end of the First World War

For King and Country: Blackmore during the First World War

The Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore

Friday 9 November

7.30pm

A talk by local historian Andrew Smith

which will include photos and extracts from diaries, letters etc.

11 November 2018: The Centenary of the end of the First World War

Sunday 11 November 2018 marks the centenary of the end of the First World War.  It is a significant event in this country's history.  As local historians how will you be marking and commemorating this event where you live?  Do please contact us so that we can publicise your event.

Essex Local History Meetings: August to December 2018

Essex Local History Societies’ Meetings (August to December, 2018)

Thursday, 16^th August

Clacton and District Local History Society. 7.30 p.m. Pier Avenue Baptist Church, Clacton-on-Sea.

Vic Miller, “A green coat and a furry hat”: The Ladies of the WVS.

Wednesday, 5^th September

South Woodham Ferrers Local History Society. 8 p.m. Champions Manor Hall, 94 Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers.

Lord Petre, The History of the Petre Family.

Thursday, 6^th September

Hedingham Heritage Society.  7.45 p.m. The Memorial Hall, Castle Hedingham.

Richard Humphries, East Anglia and the Silk Industry.

Monday, 10^th September

Billericay Archaeological and Historical Society. 8 p.m. Venue?

Louise Reed, Fanny Kemble actress/anti-slave campaigner

Stebbing Local history Society. 8 p.m. Village Hall, Stebbing.

Claire Willetts, The History of Crittalls.

Tuesday, 11^th September.

Halstead and District Local History Society. 7.30 p.m. Baptist Church, Hedingham Road.

Richard Thomas, “The Royal Gunpowder Mills”.

Wednesday, 12^th September

Elsenham Village History Society. 8 p.m. Elsenham Memorial Hall.

Terry Ward, “Station to Station”: A look at the Cambridge Main Line to Bishop’s Stortford.

Thursday, 13^th September

Rayleigh Town Museum. 7.30pm

David Williams, Slavery and the City.

Wednesday, 19^th September

Leyton and Leytonstone Local History Society. 7.45 p.m. St John’s Church, corner of Leyton High Road and Church Lane.

Neil Houghton, Competitive Church Buildings, the Anglican Church.

Thursday, 20^th September

Clacton and District Local History Society. 7.30 p.m. Pier Avenue Baptist Church, Clacton-on-Sea.

Simon Gallup, “Unknown Constable Country”.

Halstead and District Local History Society. 7.30 p.m. Baptist Church, Hedingham Road.

Nick Sign, Servants in Suffolk Country Houses c.1700 to c.1900.

Newport Local History Group. 8 p.m. Church House, Newport

Peter Minton, Bulmer Bricklands.

Friday, 21^st September

Waltham Abbey Historical Society. 8 p.m. Baptist Church, Paradise Road, Waltham Abbey.

Helen Gibson, The Templars and their barns: Cressing Temple.

Wednesday, 26^th September

Saffron Walden Historical Society. 7.45 p.m. Friends’ Meeting House, High Street, Saffron Walden.

Andrew Everett, An Early Railway Station Architect – the Life, Times and Works of Sancton Wood 1814-1886.

Saturday, 29^th September

Historical Association (Essex branch). 2.30 p.m. Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford.

Vic Gray, Building Utopia in Purleigh; the rise and fall of a late-Victorian dream.

Tuesday, 2^nd October

Jaywick Local History Society. 7 p.m. Golf Green Hall

Simon Gallup, Lavenham, Dedham and the cloth trade.

Wednesday, 3^rd October.

South Woodham Ferrers Local History Society. 8 p.m. Champions Manor Hall, 94 Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers.

Charlotte Harding, Braintree silk-making and the families who worked at Warner Textiles

Monday, 8^th October

Billericay Archaeological and Historical Society. 8 p.m. Venue ?

Gary Egerton, The History of Colchester

Thursday, 11^th October

Rayleigh Town Museum. 7.30pm

Ted Woodgate, Rayleigh Rural Radicalism in the nineteenth-century.

Tuesday, 16^th October

Fordham Local History Society. 7.30 p.m. (?) in the Village Hall

Wendy Shepherd, ‘Women your country needs you’.

Wednesday, 17^th October.

Leyton and Leytonstone Local History Society. 7.45 p.m. St Mary’s parish church hall, Lindley Road.

Carol Harris, Safety and Numbers.

Thursday, 18^th October

Chingford Historical Society. 7.30 p.m. St Peter and St Paul Church, Chingford Green.

Neil Houghton, Gunpowder Paper and Leather: the Story of Chingford and Walthamstow Water Mills.

Clacton and District Local History Society. 7.30 p.m. Pier Avenue Baptist Church, Clacton-on-Sea.

Norman Jacobs, “Nora Timmens”

Halstead and District Local History Society. 7.30 p.m. Baptist Church, Hedingham Road.

Phil Lyons, The Wild West goes East.

Newport Local History Group. 8 p.m. Church House, Newport

Mark Bills, Gainsborough House, Sudbury.

Friday, 19^th October

Waltham Abbey Historical Society. 8 p.m. Baptist Church, Paradise Road, Waltham Abbey.

David Stevenson, The Road to 11^th November, 1918: How the First World War was ended.

Wednesday, 24^th October

Saffron Walden Historical Society. 7.45 p.m. Friends’ Meeting House, High Street, Saffron Walden.

Malcolm White, Saffron Walden 1945-2000.

Saturday, 27^th October

Historical Association (Essex branch). 2.30 p.m. Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford.

Catherine Fletcher, The Divorce of Henry VIII: an untold story from inside the Vatican.

Wednesday, 7^th November

South Woodham Ferrers Local History Society. 8 p.m. Champions Manor Hall, 94 Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers.

Roger Johnson, ‘The Murder at Moat Farm’.

Monday, 12^th November

Billericay Archaeological and Historical Society. 8 p.m. Venue ?

Steve Newman, Metal Detecting. Part 2.

Stebbing Local history Society. 8 p.m. Village Hall, Stebbing.

Peter Layzell, The Essex Regiment in the First World War.

Thursday, 15^th November

Clacton and District Local History Society. 7.30 p.m. Pier Avenue Baptist Church, Clacton-on-Sea.

Francis Boardman, “Suffragettes: a Media War”.

Halstead and District Local History Society. 7.30 p.m. Baptist Church, Hedingham Road.

David Austin, The Vikings.

Friday, 16^th November

Waltham Abbey Historical Society. 8 p.m. Baptist Church, Paradise Road, Waltham Abbey.

James Lewis, The Great Stink and a Little Bit more.

Tuesday, 20^th November

Takeley Local History Society. 6 p.m. Roseacres Primary School.

Bob Ogley, The Great Storm of 1987.

Wednesday, 21^st November

Leyton and Leytonstone Local History Society. 7.45 p.m. Leyton 6^th Form College (Room HE4), Essex Road, Leyton.

David Boote, The Home Front in Leyton and Leytonstone 1939-1945.

Thursday, 22^nd November

Newport Local History Group. 8 p.m. Church House, Newport

Ken Worpole, We are not afraid of the Future: Communitarian settlements in Essex 1880-2018.

Wednesday, 28^th November

Saffron Walden Historical Society. 7.45 p.m. Friends’ Meeting House, High Street, Saffron Walden.

Clare Mulley, The Women who flew for Hitler.

Saturday, 1^st December

Historical Association (Essex branch). 2.30 p.m. Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford.

Joanna Story, Treasures from the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

Monday, 10^th December

Billericay Archaeological and Historical Society. 8 p.m. Venue?

Anita Maria Sackett, Victorian Christmas – Pagan Origins.

Thursday, 13^th December

Chingford Historical Society. 7.30 p.m. St Peter and St Paul Church, Chingford Green.

Morna Daniels, The Origins of Fairy Tales.

With thanks to Christopher Thompson for preparing this list.