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Membership
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Events are held at Potterspury Village Hall and cost £5.00 for non-members. There is a discounted fee of £3.00 for Potterspury History Group members, payable at the door.
 
Membership is £5.00 pa
Members receive a regular newsletter and receive invitations to some special events.
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Please join us at our Village Hall meetings, or for more information contact potterspuryhistorygroup@gmail.com2
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Upcoming Events
Please arrive in plenty of time - doors open 30 minutes before the talks start.  Thank you!
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Wednesday 21st May 2025
7.30 pm

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WEEDON ROYAL ORDINANCE DEPOT
Doreen Addicott

For 150 years, the Depot stored and
supplied everything soldiers needed to fight worldwide. There are
8 storehouses, a canal extension, powder magazines and high walls.
A members-only follow-up trip to the barracks may be arranged for the morning of Friday, 27th June, if there is sufficient interest.
After the break, Mick Wooton will give a short talk about village characters and an unexploded WWII bomb found in Church Lane.

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Wednesday 24th September 2025
7.30 pm

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EDWARD LUTYENS, ARCHITECT - POTTERSPURY, PASSENHAM AND BEYOND
Tim Skelton

Lutyens designed the Potterspury Lodge gatehouse and was involved in the
extension to Potterspury Lodge.

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Wednesday 26th November 2025
7.30 pm

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WALTER TULL, FOOTBALLER AND WW1 OFFICER
Graham McKechnie

Walter Tull was only the third person of mixed heritage to
play in the top division of the Football League, including for Northampton
Town. Sadly he was killed in action in March 1918, at the age of 29.

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Sunday 7th December 2025
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CHRISTMAS SOCIAL FOR MEMBERS
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We also hope to arrange a trip for members to ARC at Chester House
Irchester, Northamptonshire’s Archaeological Research Centre, where
we can view the remains of Potterspury pots and see other antiquities, including Roman relics found in our county. There’s a café too!

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