Friday Morning Talks

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Mark Lemon will be talking to us about his Mother's wartime experience of building Spitfires. We were given a talk last year by the Spitfire Makers Charitable Trust. Following the bombing on the Supermarine works in Southampton, production needed to be dispersed around Southampton and the surrounding … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: The Barmaid who built Spitfires – With Mark Lemon

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Chairman of the Stanmore Society John Williams, will be taking a look back at our amazing local history. Please note that this is the talk postponed from 10.03.2023. John is a fountain of knowledge when it comes the history of the local area of the two Stanmores, … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: The Stanmores and Harrow Weald – With John Williams

Join us at the Museum for our Friday morning talk, where Aldon Ferguson will be talking to us about Photographic Reconnaissance and Interpretation. Even since the beginning of the First World War it has been possible and vital for military commanders to have knowledge of their enemy's disposition, numbers and support in order to plan … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Photographic Reconnaissance and Interpretation – With Aldon Ferguson

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Melody Foreman will be talking to us about the research into the film stars behind her book, 'From the Battlefield to the Big Screen'. Melody will look closely behind the lives of the stars who appeared in a host of legendary war films and discover how memories of … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: From the Battlefield to the Big Screen – With Melody Foreman

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where renowned Music Director Anthony Inglis Howard-Williams ARCM will talk about his family's incredible RAF service. This presentation, given by an ambassador for the Royal Air Forces Association, is the story of his own family sending nine members to war. Incredibly, all survived. All except one served in … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Nine from One: The true story of 9 RAF pilots from 1 family in 106 years – With Anthony Inglis

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Jim Nicolson will talk us through the stories of four of the lesser known flying Victoria Cross recipients during The Great War. 628 Victoria Crosses were awarded during the great war, but only nineteen went to airmen. Of these nineteen awards, four were posthumous and all but … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Forgotten Air VC’s of The Great War – With Jim Nicolson

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Brian Pearce will talk us through Operation Grapple, the first British tests of a thermonuclear weapon.   In 1957 Brian Pearce was a midshipman and then a sub lieutenant serving on HMS Narvik. Narvik played a leading role in Operation Grapple, the first British tests of a thermonuclear … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: ‘Up close to the Nuclear Bang’ – Brian Pearce and Brian Edwards

Please note that this talk is now fully booked. If you would like to be put onto a waiting list for any potential places, please contact enquiries@bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk  Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Ron Koorm will talking to us about some of the key people and places involved globally during the 2nd World … Continue reading FULLY BOOKED -Friday Morning Talks: WW2 Codebreaking and Intelligence – People and Places – with Ron Koorm

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Mark Amies returns by popular demand to talk about London's Industrial Past.  London was once a hive of manufacturing industry producing an enormous variety of products from biscuits to fighter aircraft. Sadly since the 1960s so much of that industry has disappeared, with much of it leaving … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: London’s Industrial Past – With Mark Amies

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Dilip Amin's talk will help us mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. Dilip Amin is a military historian, public speaker, and published author. His previous talk on his book ‘Enemy Sighted’ was widely praised. Hear him now bring the remarkable story of how control of the air … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: D-Day (Uxbridge Bunker) -With Dilip Amin