Dr John Talbot

An introduction to the beautiful and sophisticated art on pre-Roman East Anglian coinage, and an overview of what the coinage was used for and who was responsible for its production.

The lecture will present the results of an extensive study of the coinage of the Iceni focussing in particular on the complex imagery used on the early silver and gold issues. The lecture will also discuss how hard evidence arising from the study of coinage has been used to examine economic and social practices in East Anglia during the hundred years or so before the Roman conquest.

Dr John Talbot is affiliated with Oxford University and has spent over a decade studying the coinage of the Iceni. He is the author of “Made for Trade, a new view of Icenian Coinage”.

Best known for ‘The Children of the New Forest’ Captain Marryat was actually a man of many parts.

He was a distinguished naval officer who saw action in the Napoleonic Wars and thrice saved the lives of fellow seaman who had fallen overboard by diving into the sea; he was an inventor whose work earned him the fellowship of the Royal Society; and he was one of the first novelists of the sea, whose work put wind in the sails of CS Forester and Patrick O’Brien.

In this talk, Jim Ring – local author and award winning naval historian – pays tribute to a great man who lived and died in Langham.

A Surrey man, I married a Norfolk girl in 1966. To have a map of each of our counties to hang on the wall was a great idea. Within five years of being married I had purchased 90 Norfolk maps, and have yet (2019) to acquire a Surrey one.  

My talk, with many illustrations, is the story of my map collecting journey.

Binham Priory, founded in 1091, with the nave of the Priory Church the only building to remain after the dissolution of the Priory in 1438. View of the south façade.

The talk will explain the history of the Priory and its influence on the development of the village

Robert published the book Crossing the Bar: Tales of Wells Harbour after being inspired by the faces and places around him. He was made an MBE in 2016 and said the aim of the book was to take people on a journey of discovery “encountering the drama, tragedy and dark days of Wells harbour”.

The talk is about some of the stories that have been passed down through generations of the author’s own family, who have been residents in Wells since at least the early 1800s. While other stories are from the harbour archive and the memories of local people, many of which have never been in print before.