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SUMMARY:WOMEN IN INTELLIGENCE
DESCRIPTION:A Hidden History from WW1 To WW2\nIn the week of the 80th anniversary of VE Day\, we are delighted to welcome Dr Helen Fry to give a talk.\nThe ticket price includes a glass of wine or soft drink. \nIn twentieth century\, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence\, defying the conventions of their time. Across both world wars\, far from being a small part of covert operations\, they ran spy networks and escape lines\, parachuted behind enemy lines and interrogated prisoners. Meanwhile\, back at Bletchley and Whitehall\, women’s vital administrative work in Military Intelligence kept the British war engine running. Helen takes a panoramic view of the rich and varied intelligence and espionage work women undertook as civilians and in uniform. From spies in the Belgian network ‘La Dame Blanche’\, knitting coded messages into jumpers\, to those who interpreted aerial images and even ran entire sections. She will talk about some of the inspirational contributions of these remarkable women from her extensive research. \nAbout Helen Fry\n \nHistorian Dr Helen Fry has written over 25 books on the Second World War\, with particular reference to the 10\,000 Germans who fought for Britain\, and also British intelligence\, espionage and WWII. Her latest highly acclaimed book Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World War received the Silver Award from Military History Matters Book Award. Her bestselling books include The Walls have Ears about the secret wartime eavesdropping operation; also Spymaster: The Man who Saved MI6; and MI9 about the British Secret Service for escape and evasion in World War Two. She appears frequently in numerous TV documentaries\, including covering the major anniversaries of D-Day for the BBC. In 2022 Helen was recognized as a woman of achievement at the Women of the Year Lunch Awards. In 2023 she received The Lifetime Achievement Award in Jewish Military History and Education. She is an ambassador for the Military Intelligence Museum; a trustee of the Friends of the Intelligence Corps and a trustee of the Medmenham Collection.
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/women-in-intelligence/
LOCATION:King’s Church\, Raans Road\, Raans Road\, AMERSHAM\, Bucks\, HP6 6LX\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The history of Amersham through place names
DESCRIPTION:£10 per person including a glass of wine or soft drink \nHolloway Lane\, Chesham Bois in 1937\nWhy does Amersham have so many Stanleys? Westanley Avenue\, Stanley Hill Avenue and Stanley Hill for example. How did Copperkins Lane get its name\, or High & Over? Place names give us clues to our history\, particularly local history\, as the names of our streets and buildings often reflect local events and local people. Some Amersham names were evidently inspired by important events such as Lollard Close or nature or geography\, such as Cherry Lane and Station Road. Others were inspired by people\, whether they are the great and the good\, such as Gilbert Scott Court or Artisans and humble farmers such as Loudhams Road. \nSome names have inspired different stories and interpretations such as Turpin Row\, which despite a great story does not have a connection with Dick Turpin\, and Gore Hill\, which was not the site of a 9th century battle with the Danes\, so fierce that the blood ran down the hill. \nFind out more of the stories about the origins of our local place names\, whether based on facts or local legends\, from local historian Alison Bailey. \nThis talk complements our current temporary exhibition Rooted in the Land. \n  \nHow did the Henry Allen Nursery get its name?
URL:https://amershammuseum.org/event/the-history-of-amersham-through-place-names/
LOCATION:Amersham Museum\, 49\, High Street\, Old Amersham\, HP7 0DP
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SUMMARY:Talk: Plague Houses and Pandemics
DESCRIPTION:£10 per person including glass of wine or soft drink \nWe’re delighted to welcome Alison Wall to give an illustrated talk about the history of the plague\, the Pest Houses and the evolution of medicine to the present day\, based on her recent book Plague Houses and Pandemics.”  Alison’s extensive research included material in the collection at Amersham Museum. \nAlison’s talk explores the little-known history of the pest house\, including local examples in Amersham\, Chalfont St’ Giles\, Great Missenden\, Croxley\, Watford and Chipperfield. Although mention is made of pest houses in historical sources\, it is often in an incidental fashion\, for example Samuel Pepys states “a mayde ran away and was taken back to the pest house by the pest coach.”(diary entry 1665) but he provides no detail of what the Pest House was like and who was accommodated there. \nAlison will discuss the history and beliefs of disease\, starting with Aristotle and Galen\, including the Great Plague of 1665\, alongside smallpox and other infections. The evolution from Pest Houses to isolation hospitals will be investigated\, as well as fever nurses\, specifically trained to deal with infections like diphtheria. Alison will also share where demolished and still standing pest houses are located. \nAlison will reflect on the similarities and differences between the Great Plague in 1665 and the Covid epidemic of 2020. She suggests \n“A key difference\, was the fact that in 1665 they knew not to house those infectious with the plague in the hospitals. They understood the risks of spread and recognised the importance of health protection.” \nAlison is a retired nurse\, midwife and Health Visitor. She retired in 2015 after working in Camden and Islington as a Public Health Strategist. \n  \nThe talk will be in the Museum’s Woodcock Room which on the first floor\, accessed by a platform lift. There is more information about accessibility here: Access Statement – Amersham Museum  Please get in touch with any queries about accessibility\, or any requirements that we might need to know about to make your visit as straightforward as possible.
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