talks
Meet farmer Tom Bradshaw, the first speaker in our winter series of talks
Tuesday 18 January 2022
The first speaker in CPRE Essex’s series of winter talks is Essex farmer Tom Bradshaw, vice-president of the National Farming Union. Mr Bradshaw is a fourth-generation farmer from Fordham, near Colchester, and has a tremendous record in British agriculture, having chaired the NFU’s National Combinable Crops Board and represented it as chairman of the local […] Read more >
We’re presenting a winter series of talks based on farming… here are the dates
Friday 14 January 2022
So many people enjoyed our series of talks last winter that we felt we had no option but to offer you some more… With circumstances and indeed life very different a year on, we won’t be holding quite as many as last time and we have chosen to present them under a unifying theme – […] Read more >
Our favourite water mill? Well, the one we live in, of course!
Tuesday 16 March 2021
Our series of talks aimed at helping people through the lockdown winter has been wrapped up in delightful fashion by Petra Ward with her presentation My Favourite Water Mill. Petra, a long-standing member and trustee of CPRE Essex, gave her talk on Wednesday last week (Wednesday, March 10) ably assisted by husband Richard. The secret […] Read more >
Entrancing talk captures the magic of the Essex coast (and of oysters)
Wednesday 10 March 2021
Head for West Mersea for the finest oysters! Although we can’t really give you the name of the purveyor, a little research should do the job easily enough. This was one of the hottest tips we learnt during Roger Tabor’s delightful talk Oysters, Brightlingsea, Cinque Ports & Colchester!, presented via Zoom on Wednesday last week […] Read more >
Focus falls on Essex water mills in the last in our winter Zoom talks
Monday 8 March 2021
This week we bring our series of winter Zoom talks to a close with Petra Ward’s much-anticipated presentation, My Favourite Water Mill. Petra is a CPRE Essex trustee and her talk is the last in a series of six that have proved a tremendous success and brought some cheer over the recent gloomy months. They […] Read more >
Essex Pearls! Learn all about ’em at our free talk!
Tuesday 2 March 2021
Pearls come under the spotlight in the next free talk from CPRE Essex. The speaker is Roger Tabor, TV presenter, biologist, naturalist, behaviourist and award-winning author, and his talk, Essex Pearls, starts at 7pm on Wednesday, March 3, although the Zoom meeting opens at 6.45pm. If you would like to join us on Wednesday for […] Read more >
Our next talk focuses on the county’s wildflowers: do please join us
Monday 15 February 2021
The fourth in the series of free talks from CPRE Essex is entitled Wildflowers in Essex. Presented by Christine Knight, it starts at 7pm on Wednesday, February 17, although the Zoom meeting opens at 6.45pm. If you would like to join us on Wednesday for Christine’s talk, please email David Mairs at dmairs@cpre-essex.org.uk for log-in […] Read more >
Churches talk from an expert in his field lifts the spirits
Wednesday 10 February 2021
Dr James Bettley gave the latest in our series of free CPRE Essex ‘virtual’ talks when he considered My Favourite Essex Church. Here is a summary of what he shared with a delighted audience. Forgive the rather cheesy title, Dr James Bettley urged us as he began his talk My Favourite Essex Church. The […] Read more >