2025 Convention

11/12 October 2025 - Society Convention (including AGM & Auction)

The venue is Sedgebrooke Hall, near Northampton (https://www.sedgebrookhall.co.uk/)

The draft programme was as follows:

  • Saturday
    • 09:30 Arrival – Refreshments available throughout the day
    • 10:00 Convention opens
    • 10:00 to 11:30 Auction set up
    • 10:30 to 11:30 Susan Taylor Caribbean post pre-1900 (PowerPoint)
    • 11:30 to 13:00 Auction Viewing
    • 12:00 to 13:00 Lunch
    • 13:00 to 13:30 AGM
    • 13:30 to 17:00 Auction
    • 18:30 to 19:30 Quiz
    • 19:30 Society Dinner
    • Speeches, Society Awards
  • Sunday
    • All day Society table
    • 09:00 to 10:00 Committee Meeting
    • 09:30 Arrival – Refreshments available throughout the day
    • 10:00 to 11:30 Keynote Speaker: Peter Fernbank – Bahamas
    • 11:30 to 12:30 Member display(s)
      •  David Taylor – Montserrat – 16 pages• …
        We are looking for more displays. Please contact sec@wipsg.org with details if you plan to bring a display.
        12:30 to 13:30 Lunch
    • 12:30 to 13:30 Standing displays - a 1 to 3 page competition with voting
    • 13:30 to 13:45 Competition result announcement with award
    • 13:45 to 14:45 John Jackson - Netherlands West Indies Maritime Mail
    • 14:45 to 16:30 Member display(s)
      •  TBA
    • 16:30 Close

The venue is Sedgebrooke Hall, near Northampton (https://www.sedgebrookhall.co.uk/)

Contact Details are +44 (0)1604 821 666, sedgebrook.enquiries@thevenuescollection.co.uk.

Accommodation at the hotel should be booked directly with the hotel through their web site.

See their website for prevailing rates.

Bedrooms (103) all have double/twin bed, some accessible rooms also available.

Please book early to avoid disappointment.

(No rooms are reserved, as the Society would have been at risk for any shortfall in numbers – i.e. there is no group rate / promotion code).

For the Saturday night, only book B&B as the Society dinner is that evening.

If you are also staying Friday night, book B&B for 2-nights, and then tell the hotel if you want dinner that evening.

As at October 2024, a standard double room with B&B for two is £123.25 pn,, and a single is £114.75 pn (advance purchase, rates change dynamically).