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There is a
permanent display on the history of the town from Roman times to the
present.
The museum has a number of local history books, booklets and transcripts
of the displays on sale.
The Baldock
Museum & Local History Society (BMLHS) researches, records, presents and promotes the history of
Baldock and its locality and collects and displays items of local
historical interest.
Membership of the BMLHS costs £3 for individuals and £5 for families.
Members have free entry to the talks and to the museum and receive two
newsletters a year.
The BMLHS also
organises talks on topics of local interest. 2008's programme is as
follows:
Thursday 24th January “Norton: from Anglo
Saxon times to the Dissolution of St Albans Abbey”
(The early history of our neighbouring village)
A talk by Deborah Giles
Thursday 27th March “Keeping the Peace, Law
and Disorder in Medieval Baldock”
(Part 6 of the history of Baldock series)
A talk by Brendan King
Thursday 22nd May “Baldock’s Brewers 1750 -
1853”
(New research on the town’s brewing industry)
A talk by Jane Tunesi
Thursday 24th July “Local Archaeological
Discoveries through Metal Detecting”
A talk by Dave Mance and Clive Leader
Thursday 24th September
AGM and Quiz Evening
Thursday 27th November “Archaeology of the
Baldock Brewery Site”
A talk by David Hillelson
All talks start at 8.00pm and take place at Baldock Community Centre,
Simpson Drive, SG7 6DH. All are welcome, non-members £1.00.
For more
information, contact Brendan King (Chairman):
Oak House
22 Whitehorse Street
Baldock
Herts
SG7 6QQ
Phone: 01462 892640 |
