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June 2020
Due to the coronavirus outbreak this meeting has had to be cancelled.
The Story of the Home Guard. This month's talk is by Owen Powell. 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2 and we are looking at the reality of life for those in the Home Guard. As Owen Powell says "When people usually think of the Home Guard they picture the lovable but bumbling characters from the BBC TV series "Dad's Army". Was this the real story, how were the people trained and equipped and from…
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Due to the coronavirus outbreak this meeting has had to be cancelled.
Poison is a Woman's Weapon. Angela Brabin is the author of 'The Black Widows of Liverpool' and her talk is a mixture of law and history, looking in particular at the case of the sisters Flannagan and Higgins from Liverpool who were hung for poisoning in 1884. What's for tea tonight!
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