UPCOMING EVENTS in 2026
Wishing you all a Very Happy new year, and the Committee and I hope you will join our group again. Membership is still only £10 for the whole year and although we prefer BACS payments we are happy to receive cash or card payments using our machine at our talks.
Remember we are always very happy to receive information on village history and characters who have lived here.
At this month's AGM last year's committee were voted back into the positions they held.
The 2026 list of speakers that have been booked so far follows.
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We have produced a new ‘Village HeritageTrail’ which will be available shortly in the Birch Tree cafe. Other outlets are likely to be sourced.
Payment will be made by a donation which will go to the T-21 charity.
If you are expecting visitors who would like to complete this walk around the village please get in touch with Ian Lawson ian.lawson90@gmail.com
Please bear us in mind if you come across any old Easton photographs or any information relating to the village history. Our Group is keen to expand our archives. Wishing you a happy summer and hope to see you back in the Autumn.
History Group Committee
Meetings: third Monday of the month.
We would love to receive any details of our village history that we can record.
If anyone would like to join our committee please get in touch, we only have a few meetings a year and would like to develop the archive.
Our AGM was held on Monday 18th November, 2024, followed by an interesting talk by Karen Palenski. She was the daughter of a Polish paratrooper who fought at Arnhem. She is also the leader of the Nassington History group and involved with the Kings Cliffe airfield museum. Check out their websites for talks and events [easily Goggled].
A new committee was voted in:
Chair: Ian Lawson Treasurer: John Hayden
Committee members: Cheryl Dobbs, Nicole Macbeth and Jane & Richard Wilkins.
We designed the new Spring Close information board and paid 2/3 of the cost with a Polish organisation paying the remainder.
Former Rector Percy Hooson’s WW1 War Dairies have been transcribed and published. We assisted Tinwell in their research of the cross he brought back from France. More details: HERE
The updated Time Capsule in the Polish War memorial For those who didn’t manage to witness the burial of the Capsule by Anita Ford on Sunday 10th November it contained the original contents which were an old pound note signed by Jan Szymanski, 2 Polish buttons, a ZPS Polish parachute association badge, a copy of ’Spadochron’ four Polish coins and a Stamford Mercury dated 19th April 1984. |
The new additions were a copy of the Polish newspaper Tydzien Polski with an article on our dedication ceremony, history of all three Polish memorials, a small piece of the original memorial, a 1944 penny, details and photographs of the villagers involved in the building of the new memorial, the construction and the dedication ceremony. |
Not interested in History don’t worry!
Although the History group generally works behind the scenes collecting and recording our village history, our talks are extremely varied. This year for example we are having talks on Vintage Clothing, Building Crossrail and the founding of the Anna’s Hope Charity. The June meeting features Anglian Water who will do a presentation followed by questions! This talk will be free. We always welcome new members or the casual visitor so pop along.
If there is any knowledge about Spring Close or other village history, please contact us, so that it can be recorded.
To document and promote the local history, that is all around us
Projects
Recent items undertaken by the group
Details of various ongoing EOTH History Group projects, will be posted here, before being added to the ever growing village archive section.
Bell Street (now High Street), looking west. early 19th Century.
Village Archive
May Day 1923/4
A village full of history
An online record of buildings, land, people, and events that have helped shape Easton on the Hill, as it is today.