Friday Morning Talks

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where popular speaker and historical researcher Aldon Ferguson will return to talk us through the formation and history of the three American RAF Eagle Squadrons in the 2nd World War.   This talk will take place onsite in the Museum’s Learning Centre and is included in Museum admission … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: American Eagle Squadrons in the RAF – With Aldon Ferguson

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Dilip Amin will be be with us to talk about The Story of the Battle of Britain Bunker at Uxbridge (Former 11 Group Headquarters during the Battle of Britain) and the World’s First Integrated Air Defence System. Dilip will be talking about the research behind his recently released … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Enemy Sighted – With Dilip Amin

Join us for our Friday morning talk, where Gary Italiaander returns to tell the story of his father’s experiences during the Second World War. After joining us last year for a sell out audience with Bomber Command veteran Monty Felton DFC, Gary returns to tell the story of his Father Michael Italiaander, who was a … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: My Father’s War – With Gary Italiaander

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