Local History Talks
In recent years various talks have been given in the Village Hall, to
local WIs, Rotary and U3A groups, and to the Maldon Society. The talks have
been largely pictorial, using a laptop and a digital projector, and the
PowerPoint files and associated notes have been archived for future use. The
earlier talks were specific to Goldhanger, but more
recently they have related to the Blackwater Estuary and the local area. Subjects
have included...
Goldhanger Lost
- a pictorial record of buildings and features that
have disappeared
Goldhanger
and the Great War
Meet
the Village Ancestors
Goldhanger
Authors from the Past
Goldhanger
in the News - a selection of past newspaper articles covering
200 years
Goldhanger to
Spitsbergen - Locals prospecting for Gold in the early 1900s
The
History of St Peters - presented in the
church
Local
Ghost Stories - given close to Halloween
Smuggling
around the Blackwater Estuary
Smuggling
in Suffolk - in times past
Salt
Extraction from the Blackwater Estuary
A
History of Osea Island
Walking historic tours of the Goldhanger conservation area
Zeppelin Busters over the Blackwater - the history of local WW-1 Flight Stations
A History of Beckingham Hall
Fishing
at Goldhanger and on the Blackwater
in the past