Speaker: David Duker, editor of diaries. Synopsis: ‘One of Our Own’ tells the remarkable story of local Battle of Britain pilot, Victor Ekins. David Duker has been in the privileged position of having access to the wartime diaries that he began in 1940 and meticulously kept every single day of the war. These diaries had […]
Speaker: Dame Mary Archer, co-chair of the Campaign Board raising funds to build Cambridge Children’s Hospital. Synopsis: The East of England is the only area of the country that does not have a specialist children’s hospital. This unfortunate anomaly will be rectified by the creation of Cambridge Children’s Hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Scheduled […]
Speaker: Victor Lucas, U3AC member, and former High Sheriff Synopsis: The Office of High Sheriff is the oldest secular Office in the United Kingdom, and dates from Saxon times. The word ‘Sheriff’ derives from ‘Shire Reeve’. 27 clauses in Magna Carta relate to the Sheriff. This talk examines the history of this ancient Office, The […]