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Season: 2005 – 2006

Speaker	Title
Dorothy Jamieson	Willington & The Mowbrays
Frank Godber	My Affair with Catalinas
George Howe	Cambridge to Bedford Railway
Stephen Coleman	A Birdseye view of Bedfordshire

Season: 2006 – 2007

Speaker	Title
WLHG Members	Members Miscellany
Stuart Antrobus	The People's War - 1939-1945 ~ & Part 2
GRP Captain Peter Garth	Cardington Airships
Martin Deacon	The History of your house
Richard Smart	Churchyard Memorials

Season: 2007 – 2008

Speaker	Title
WLHG Members	Members Miscellany ~ & Part 2
Richard Wildman	Bedford's Motoring Heritage
Rob Bollington	Who do you think you are?
James Collett-White	Brewing in Bedfordshire
Peggy Gameson	Moggerhanger Park
Stephen Coleman	Bedfordshire mooted sites and the Danes

Season: 2008 – 2009

Speaker	Title
WLHG Members	Members Miscellany ~ & Part 2
Alan Cox	Brick-Making in BEDS
Bernard O'Connor	Tempsford Airfield
Gordon Vowles	A Victorian Country Gentleman, Rev Augustus Orelebar
Stuart Antrobus	The 1914-1918 War
Angela Hillyard	Victorian School

Season: 2009 – 2010

Speaker	Title
Dorothy Jamieson	Who was in charge of medieval Willington? ~ & Part 2
WLHG & Willingtones	Old Time Music Hall ~ & Part 2
Alan Cox	Historic Church Fittings
Mark Bradshaw	Lyveden Newbeild
Nigel Lutt	Bedfordshire Scandals
Richard Wildman	The Harpur Trust

Season: 2010 – 2011

Speaker	Title
Charlie Porter	Country Lights and Characters
Dorothy Jamieson	Bedfordshire’s Links with Henry the 8th
Martin Deacon	Bedfordshire Regiment WW1
Rob Bollington	Willington School in late Victorian times
Stephen Risby	Italian Prisoners of war
Victoria Rawlins	Letchworth Garden City
WLHG Members	Village Memories
WLHG Members	WW2 Evening

Season: 2011 – 2012

Speaker	Title
Cliff Spavins	RAE Thurleigh - A life in Research
Gordon Voles	Doves & Dovecotes
Mervyn Askew	Wheels Around Willington
Dorothy Jamieson	The Influence of Italian Gardens in England
Frank Banfield	A Night at the Movies
Richard Wildman	Bedfordshire Artists
WLHG	Gilbert & Sullivan Evening (~STEREO~)

Season: 2012 – 2013

Speaker	Title
Vanessa Clarke	Bedford River Valley Park
Charlie Porter	Farming & The Environment
Peter Ibbett	The River Great Ouse
Richard Godber	Willington and the Godbers
Rob Bollington	Willington and the Russells
Sharon Cashman	A History of Pantomime
Stephen Coleman	The Greensand Ridge
WLHG	WW1 With The Willingtones (~STEREO~)

Season: 2013 – 2014

Speaker	Title
WLHG & The Willingtones	Austerity to Posterity
Kathryn Faulkner	Crime In Bedfordshire
Daniel Silson	Sound Recording
Dorothy Jamieson	Georgian Gardens
Richard Wildman	Bedford Greyfryairs
WLHG Members	Village Memories

Season: 2014 – 2015

Speaker	Title
Dorothy Jamieson	John Gostwick
Graham & Towse Harrison	Manor Court Re-enactment
Mervyn Askew	Hold Very Tight Please
Stella Gibbs	Sir Gilles Payne
Rob Bollington	Willington in the 18th Century
WLHG Members	WW1 Memories

Season: 2015 – 2016

Speaker	Title
Clive Emsley	Was the British Bobby Ever Different
David Fowler	Glenn Miller BBC
Frank Fattori	Automata
Jane Smith	Woburn

Season: 2016 – 2017

Speaker	Title
David Fowler	Airships
Dorothy Jamieson	Capability Brown
WLHG Members	Down Your Willington Way
Gordon Vowles	Church Crawl
Mervyn Askew	A Bit on the Side
Nigel Lutt	Bedfordshire Cinemas
Paul Nicholson	Queen's Park
WLHG Members	Village His-story

Season: 2017 – 2018

Speaker	Title
Dorothy Jamieson	Did Willington Peasants Revolt?
Gwyneth Akins	Willington Methodist Chapel
Margaret Badley	Glimpses of Victorian Bedford
Phil Dover	Hong Kong
Richard Galley	Bedford Highlanders
WLHG & the Willingtones	The Good Old Days

Season: 2018 – 2019

Speaker	Title
David Szymanski	Brick Making
Daniel Silson	Tyneham Village
Jasmine Allen	Stained Glass
Rob Bollington	Willington in WW1

Season: 2019 – 2020

Speaker	Title
Gordon Vowles, Christopher Godber, Bridget Godber, Jean Bedford, Judy Endersby & James Collett-White	Joyce Godber - Celebrating a Life
Rob Bollington	Mischief, Morality & Murder!
Sue Jarrett	The Great North Road

Season: 2020 – 2021

Speaker	Title
James Collett-White	The Whitbreads of Southill
Phil Dover	Admiral Byng
Rob Bollington	Willington on the Home Front
Rob Bollington & Gordon Vowles	Henry Clutton & the Dukes of Bedford
WLHG Members	Show & Tell

Season: 2021 – 2022

Speaker	Title
Brian Miller	Banks
Bob Ricketts	Red Sky at Night, Ricks Alight
Rob Bollington	Victorian Farmers in Willington
WLHG & The Willingtones	Songs From The Shows

Season: 2022 – 2023

Speaker	Title
Frank Malley	Living on the Deadline
Gwynneth Akins	A Daughter’s Story
Vince Hislop	18 Feet in the 16th Foot
WLHG Members	My Family in the News

Season: 2023 – 2024

Speaker	Title
Roy & Gail Lee	Danish Camp
David Longman	Miracles, Wonders & Long John Silver
Rob Bollington	Willington 100 Years Ago
Alan Powell	The Magnificent Seven
Brian Miller	My Grandfather - A Secret Life
Stephen Coleman	The Festival of Britain {in Bedfordshire}
Gill & Barry Goodman	Good Morning Lords & Ladies

Season: 2024 – 2025

Speaker	Title
Gordon Vowles	Interviewed by Rob Bollington
Rob Bollington & Vince Hislop	The History of the Crown Public House
Daniel Silson	Christmas Around the World
Gordon Vowles	The Godber Family
Brian Bullock	The Life of a Rural Chemist
David Longman	Tales from Bedfordshire Churches Part 2

Season: 2025 – 2026

Speaker	Title
Damien O’Dell	Chicksands Priory
Richard Moon	Seizing the Skies - The story of the R101
Collette & David Currie	The BBC & The OU
Mervyn Askew	This Old House
Pamela Birch	John Usher
David Longman	Tales from Bedfordshire Churches Part 3

Season: 2026 – 2027