For our second meeting of 2023, we have a talk on pandemics through history and their impact on Compton & Shawford.
We are fortunate to have as our speaker Dr. Peter Neyroud of this parish.
Peter has made an extensive study of pandemics and literally wrote the book on Policing the Covid pandemic.
Full details in the flyer reproduced below.
From Justinian’s flea to COVID 19 – Pandemics and their impact on Compton and Shawford
A fascinating trip through the four main pandemics of history:
The mid-6th century plague,
the Black Death,
the 1919 Flu and
COVID 19
7:30pm Wednesday 29 November 2023 at Compton Sports Pavilion
Open to all
Speaker: Dr Peter Neyroud CBE QPM CCMI.
Associate Professor in Evidence-based Policing and Director of the Police Executive Programme, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and recently appointed President of the Police History Society.
He was a member of SAGE during the COVID pandemic and has two books due to be published in early 2024 on Policing the COVID-19 pandemic[1]Policing during the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Global Perspective.
Free to attend.
Also a display of watercolours by G.H.Kitchin recently entrusted to the Local History Society, including:
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