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Autumn Talks 2025
The talks will take place at the Museum. Refreshments will be served from 1.30 p.m. until the talk commences at 2.00 p.m., finishing at approximately 3.00 p.m.
Monday 8th September THE FIRST EMPEROR OF CHINA by Dennis Eraut who will recall the first sovereign of a centralised country who introduced economic, social and political reforms, started the building of the Great Wall and whose mausoleum is guarded by the "terra cotta army".
Monday 13th October NIGHT MAIL: a talk and the film by Peter Jones who has previously spoken to the Friends about The Martello Towers of Essex. We will see not only the famous film itself but also learn about its making. If you haven't seen it, or even if you have, this is a special opportunity to view a wonderful and clever film and hear of its creation.
Monday 10th November DR SALTER OF TOLLESHUNT D'ARCY 1841 - 1932: A LARGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTER by Stephen Nunn historian, author, broadcaster and famed speaker on Maldon, its district and characters. Here he recounts the utterly fascinating history of a truly remarkable man. Dr Salter provided Chelmsford's best-known bear: the Museum's Boris, the product of one of his ten trips to Tsarist Russia. Surgeon, horticulturalist, wildfowler, dog breeder, magistrate, freemason and sportsman, he was the Essex eccentric who delivered over 7,000 children though he himself was childless.
The cost will be £7.00 for members, (£20.00 for all three talks), and £9.00 for non-members, (£25.00 for all three talks). The booking form can be downloaded (Please click here). Please return the completed booking form with a cheque (made payable to THE Friends of Chelmsford Museums) to David Jones, 93, Hillside Grove, Chelmsford, CM2 9DB. Alternatively payment may be made by credit transfer to Metro Bank, sort code 23-05-80, a/c The Friends of Chelmsford Museums, a/c no. 43165984 but the form must still be sent to David Jones either by post or by e mail.
Please note that the flyer has fillable fields in the booking section. This means that you can fill the indicated empty spaces on your computer with the requested information without affecting anything else on the form. Then the completed form can be saved and emailed back to David Jones (david_jones@btinternet.com). This will be helpful for members who pay on line by credit transfer to the Friends’ bank account.