Friday Morning Talks

This talk is now fully booked. A waiting list for places is in place on a first come, first served basis in the event of any drop outs. Please email us on enquiries@bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk if you would like to be added to this. Join us for our Friday morning talk, where popular historian, author and speaker … Continue reading FULLY BOOKED – Friday Morning Talks: Stanford Tuck – With Helen Doe – FULLY BOOKED

Join us at the Museum for our Friday morning talk, where photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind will be talking us through her time spent documenting the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Anastasia will be talking to us about impact of the war on the lives of those ordinary people living along the frontline, which she has captured so … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: 5K from the Frontline; Documenting the war in Eastern Ukraine – With Anastasia Taylor-Lind

Join us at the Museum for our Friday morning talk, where Dom Pound will be telling the stories behind 3 of the perhaps lesser known members of  The Few. Dom will be focusing on: Flt Lt W. Rhodes-Moorehouse 601 Sqn Flt Lt W. Rushmer 603 Sqn Flt Lt J. Sanders 615 Sqn       … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Forgotten stories. Lesser known members of The Few – With Dom Pound

Join us at the Museum for our Friday morning talk, where following last year's fantastic talk on Intelligence People and Places, Ron Koorm will return to talk about some of the Intelligence Events and Organisations during the the 2nd World War. Ronald Koorm is an established author on military history, codebreaking and intelligence, currently finalising … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Intelligence, Events and Organisations – With Ron Koorm

Join us at the Museum for our Friday Morning Talk, where Sharon Ward will be taking us through how the use of RDF (later known as Radar) was a key component of the integrated air defence system during the Battle of Britain. Personnel working at coastal radar stations & in the filter room gave Fighter … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Hello Stanmore Dover Calling New Raid – with Sharon Ward

Join us at the Museum for our Friday morning talk, where model maker and Battle of Britain enthusiast Dom Pound will be talking to us about the Battle of Britain 85th Anniversary Model Project he has spearheaded across a number of Battle of Britain linked sites across the South East (including Bentley Priory Museum).   The … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Battle of Britain 85th Anniversary Model Project – With Dom Pound

Join us at the Museum on the anniversary of D-Day for our Friday morning talk where 81 years on, John Shere of the ROCA (Royal Observer Corps Association) will be talking to us about the unusual story of the ROC Observers who became enrolled in the Royal Navy and sailed with the allied invasion forces. … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Seaborne Observers – With John Shere

Join us at the Museum for our Friday morning talk, where Aldon Ferguson will returning to talk to us about the RAF's defensive support of the Soviet port city of Murmansk in Russia during 1941.  Several RAF units were sent to the Murmansk region to support the Russians and open a second front against the … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: The RAF in Russia – With Aldon Ferguson

Join us at the Museum for our Friday morning talk, where Chris Wiseman and Dom Pound will be talking to us about the role of RAF Exeter and it's role within 10 Group covering the South West during the Battle of Britain.                       The talk … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: RAF Exeter and the Battle of Britain – With Chris Wiseman and Dom Pound