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Chairman’s report to the Annual General Meeting for the year ended 31st March 2024

Outreach In addition to our regular programme of lectures and zoom talks, the Society has been involved in several 'outreach' events. Committee member Kelly Cole gave an illustrated talk to Radwinter Women's Institute, and later hosted a…
Queen Victoria by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm 1st Bt plaster cast of bust circa 1887 NPG 858 © National Portrait GalleryQueen Victoria by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm 1st Bt plaster cast of bust circa 1887 NPG 858 © National Portrait Gallery

Online Exhibition: Famous Victorians

Image credit: Queen Victoria by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm 1st Bt plaster cast of bust circa 1887 NPG 858 © National Portrait Gallery
An 1851 lithograph showing the Indian display at the Crystal Palace Great Exhibition, featuring a massive taxidermy elephant under a golden canopy surrounded by Victorian visitors.

Online Exhibition: The Great Exhibition 1851

A Gibson Library's Book of the Month flyer featuring the book cover of "Suffrage Days" by Sandra Stanley Holton, showing sepia-toned historical photographs of the women's suffrage movement.

March Book of the Month

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