Meetings and Events for 2012

An exciting programme of meetings and events has been put together for 2012. Unless otherwise stated meetings take place in the Hall of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph, St John’s Street, Hertford.

Non members are welcome on payment of £2.00.

For any queries and bookings, please CONTACT Malcom Ramsay.

Panshanger: past, present and future

8 February 2012

Dorothy Abel Smith is the Chairman of Hertfordshire Buildings Preservation Trust, which has been taking an interest in the restoration of Humphrey Repton’s fine park and the future of the Grade II C19 orangery.

She will talk not only about the history of the park and the vanished mansion but also about current changes and future prospects for a site that is very close to Hertford

Modern Architecture

14 March 2012

Dick Henderson will focus on the ideas behind modern architecture, as shown in the work of great architects including Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier.

He will also talk a little about Charles Rennie Mackintosh, as our excursion in May will take us to Northampton, and to Mackintosh’s final commission, among other places.

Planning, what a pickle - following AGM

11 April 2012

Andrew Sangster and Terry Betts will talk about the Government’s new planning regime, which has opened up major uncertainties.

Visit to Northampton

16 May 2012

Our day’s outing will be to Northampton, which has plenty of good architecture. We will make a group visit to Derngate (Mackintosh’s final commission, recently restored very splendidly).

There will also be opportunities to visit historic churches (Northampton has two of England’s ‘thousand best’), and the excellent Shoe Museum.

Summer Party

27 June 2012

Courtesy of Tricia Clark, our annual summer party will be in a gracious garden in Bengeo, in the evening, on one of the longest days of the year.

Hertford’s Canal: past, present and potential

12 September 2012

Barrie Goldsmith will talk about Hertford’s canal and waterways.

He will start by reviewing the interesting history of our canal, and how it currently works, before leading a discussion on how we can make more or better use of the canal and nearby wetlands.

He is very keen to hear your views!

Alfred Russel Wallace

7 November 2012

Tom Gladwin will talk about the life and work of a major nineteenth century scientist and traveller, who just happened to grow up in Hertford: Alfred Russel Wallace.

Alongside Charles Darwin, Wallace was a key proponent of the concept of natural selection.