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Art Deco
Ballinger
Lecture
Event

The Art of Art Deco

Lecturer:  Pamela Campbell-Johnston

Price: Free
29 Oct 2026 20:00 - 21:00
Ballinger War Memorial Hall
West End
Ballinger
Lecture
Event

West End Winners – The Rise of the British Musical from Noel Coward to Lionel Bart

Lecturer:  John Snelson.

Price: Free
26 Nov 2026 20:00 - 21:00
Ballinger War Memorial Hall
The Art of Cornwall
Ballinger
Study Day
Event

The Art of Cornwall 1880-1975 .. STUDY DAY

Lecturer: Sarah Burles

Price: £40
28 Jan 2027 10:00 - 15:30
Ballinger War Memorial Hall
Pompeii
Ballinger
Lecture
Event

Last Supper in Pompeii

Lecturer:  Paul Roberts.  

Price: Free
25 Feb 2027 20:00 - 21:00
Ballinger War Memorial Hall
Debo Mitford
Ballinger
Lecture
Event

‘Debo’ – Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire and Housewife 1920 - 2014

Lecturer: Simon Seligman

Price: Free
25 Mar 2027 20:00 - 21:00
Ballinger War Memorial Hall
Antarctica
Ballinger
Lecture
Event

Look, no gloves! Antarctic photography from the Heroic Age of Exploration

Lecturer:  Henrietta Hammant:

Price: Free
29 Apr 2027 20:00 - 21:00
Ballinger War Memorial Hall

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Lecturers' Corner

Venue: See the panel showing Ballinger War Memorial Hall on our About Us page

Your presentation: Please bring a memory stick loaded with your presentation; it would provide reassurance if you could send a copy a few days before your lecture so that it can be loaded onto our laptop and seen to be working exactly as you intend (for files that are too large for e-mail please use WeTransfer to artsocballinger@gmail.com). If you have embedded sound in your presentation, please let us know.

Our laptop: Windows 11; Powerpoint 2024; presentation pointer; Bluetooth; HDMI connection to projector

Sound: Wireless microphone headset; reserve hand held microphone; speakers and hearing loop in the hall

Stage / Lectern: You will have a lectern with an illuminated platform for notes or a laptop (ours or yours) in Powerpoint, Presenter mode if required. If you would prefer to deliver your presentation from the hall stage please let us know.

Your controls: the headset has a volume control; the presentation pointer will advance your screens  - and go back; a dimmer switch for you to alter the hall lighting to suit your needs. 

If you have an additional IT requirement, please let us know.

Travel: 

  • Location: Google maps - https://maps.app.goo.gl/xPFFwxD1HsAjoQLR9; What Three Words - slacker.taken.mush; Postcode - HP16 9LQ
  • Train: Great Missenden (GMN) from London Marylebone (MYB) - approximately 45 minutes, tap in / tap out. Train destination is usually Aylesbury or Aylesbury Vale Parkway. Departures from MYB around 1810hrs and 1830 hrs. This service connects with the London Underground at Harrow-on-the-Hill and Amersham. We can collect you from GMN and return you there after the lecture; please let us know if you require a lift. Departure from GMN to MYB approximately 2200hrs. Please check train times for accuracy.

 

 

 

This "Events" page heading features characters in the works of local author, Roald Dahl.