Monthly Meetings

All meetings, which are open to members and non-members, are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30pm in Lubenham Village Hall (unless otherwise stated)

Membership fees are currently £15 per person per calendar year. The meeting fee is £1.50 for members and £3.50 for non-members. Membership can be renewed at any LHG meeting or contact our Treasurer.

Our Next Meeting

Bringing a Secret History up to date – 8th July 2025 – Mark Temple
We are not very far from two important centres of research, information, code breaking and listening, which played a very important role in helping the Allies defeat the Axis powers during World War 2, namely:
- Beaumanor Hall, near Loughborough and
- Bletchley Park, now part of modern-day Milton Keynes.
Beaumanor
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In 1941 MI8 set up a project, under the direction of Churchill’s war office, to establish wireless intelligence (W.I or Y) stations in over 30 locations all over the country. Their job was to intercept communications being sent between enemy forces across Europe. Beaumanor was generally regarded as the most important of these stations transcribing and sending coded messages down to Bletchley Park in the hope they could be deciphered. It was an operation that Churchill later said contributed greatly to the ending of the war.

Forthcoming Meetings

DATE	MEETING TOPIC
	Forthcoming meetings – 2025 – access a printable copy of the full 2025 programme
Jul 8th	Bringing a Secret History up to date – Mark Temple – gives an insight with particular reference to the important role of Beaumanor Hall and Bletchley Park in WWII.
Aug 12th	Foxton Inclined Plane Lift – Penny Arscott – on this amazing feat of Victorian engineering
Sep 9th	A History of Lubenham School – Rev Pip Clements – the interesting history of the local school
Oct 14th	Keeping the Faith at the Front During WWI – A return of the popular speaker Helen Frost
Nov 11th	The History and Work of the British Red Cross – Jayne Owens – the long and valuable work for humanity of the British Red Cross
Dec 9th	Change of plan – we now hope to have a talk on “Victorian Christmases”.
	Previous 2025 meetings
Jan 14th	Soups to Suspenders – Mike Stroud – the story of the two Symington brothers
Feb 11th	Bridgescapes – Bruce Keith A personal journey through history celebrating Scotland’s bridge building heritage
Feb 25th	ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – in the Onyx Room
Mar 11th	Annual Quiz Night – The return of our popular General Knowledge Quiz
Apr 8th	Wildlife of Bradgate Park – Robb Doyle – on Managing the Wildlife of Bradgate Park
May 13th	Roman Leicestershire – Peter Liddle – includes the recent discovery in Rutland of an extraordinary Roman villa and mosaic
Jun 10th	The Pilgrim’s Way – Mike Burton – takes us on a journey with the medieval pilgrims – and the modern pilgrims – as they travel the ancient Pilgrims’ Way from Winchester to Canterbury.
	Previous 2024 meetings
Jan 9th	The Land Army of World War I – Helen Frost the work of the Women’s Land Army in World War I
Feb 13th	The Battle of Naseby – Dr Len Holden The Harborough Movie Makers’ considerations when filming the Battle of Naseby
Feb 27th	Annual General Meeting
Mar 12th	Annual Quiz Night
Apr 9th	The Last Naval Hero (David, 1st Earl Beatty and the Battle of Jutland)
May 14th	A History of All Saints’ Church, Lubenham
June 11th	Edward and Eleanor in Geddington
July 9th	Three Heroes of Lutterworth (Rifleman William Green, Frank Whittle and John Wycliffe)
Aug 13th	A history of my house (members talk about their house in Lubenham)
Sep 10th	Spilling the Beans — a history of coffee
Oct 8th	Parks for the people — a history of the public park
Nov 12th	Conservation of Historic Buildings – Justin Webber
Dec 10th	A Canalside Winter – Mary Matts – recollections of canal life in winter

(Click a link to see each event’s details)

Meetings in Previous Years

For details of past meetings, click on pages “2 to 7” below.