Wednesday 4th June 2014
Collector and Agatha Christie aficionado Gale Goddard brought our current exhibition “The Whodunit!” to life, with an audience of 70 people enjoying a talk on Christie’s life and works.
The Friends assisted by providing refreshments both prior to the talk and afterwards.
Thursday 24th July 2014 – 7:30pm – Oakham Castle
‘Anglo-Saxon Archaeology in Leicestershire & Rutland’ by Peter Liddle MBE.
Peter Liddle kept a large audience informed and entertained for nearly 2 hours as he explored life and death in Anglo-Saxon Leicestershire & Rutland, illustrated with recent archaeological evidence.
He explained amongst other things about the significance of grave goods and the difficulty of finding Anglo-Saxon buildings, finishing with the coming of the Vikings and the Normans.
Part of the programme of the CBA Festival of Archaeology. ( www.archaeologyfestival.org.uk )
