Surrey Local Group lectures

 
 
LECTURE MEETINGS
 
 
[Please note that lecture details may have changed from when first advertised]
 
7th August
'Coach roads to Brighton' by Geoff Howlett to Dorking Local History Group in the Crossways Community Baptist Church, Dorking at 19.30. Visitors welcome: £2
 
4th September
'Pillboxes in Surrey' by Conor Bakhuizen to Woking History Society in The Gallery, Christ Church, Jubilee Square, Woking at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £3
 
'Henry Maudslay and his circle' by David Waller to Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society in the East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon at 19.45. Visitors welcome: £2
 
'Deepdene's darkest days' by Richard Hughes to Dorking Local History Group in the Crossways Community Baptist Church, Dorking at 19.30. Visitors welcome: £2
 
6th September
'Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill, and "the Castle (I am building) of my ancestors"' by Stephen Clarke to Epsom & Ewell History & Archaeology Society in St Mary's Church Hall, London Road, Ewell at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £3
 
12th September
'Ladies of the Tower' by Anthony Stratford to the West Surrey Family History Society in United Reformed Church, South Street, Farnham at 14.00.
 
14th September
'Excavations on the Romano-British site at Flexford' by David Calow to Kingston upon Thames Archaeological Society in Main Hall at Surbiton Library Halls, Ewell Road, Surbiton at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £3
 
'Who do you think they were? Discovering the lives and experiences of our ancestors from written sources' by Julian Pooley to the West Surrey Family History Society in Woking Methodist Church Hall, Woking at 19.50.
 
15th September
'The Society's oral history service' by Tony Mathews to Leatherhead & District Local History Society in the main hall of the Leatherhead Institute (top end of High Street) at 19.30 for 20.00. Visitors welcome: £2
 
19th September
'The Life and Times of Princess Charlotte of Wales' by Stephen Chuter to Albury History Society in Albury Village Hall, Albury at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £3
 
20th September
'Yesterday's news' by Judy Davies to the West Surrey Family History Society in Camberley Adult Education Centre, France Hill Drive, Camberley at 14.00
 
25th September
'Consumed by Fire: the Destruction of Croydon Parish Church in 1867 and its Rebuild' by Brian Lancaster to Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society in the East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon at 19.45. Visitors welcome: £2
 
28th September
'The Worshipful Company of Coopers' by Vivian Bairstow to Egham by Runnymede Historical Society in United Church, Egham at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £2
 
'More House School' by Roy Waight to Farnham & District Museum Society at United Reformed Church, South Street, Farnham at 19.45. Visitors welcome: £3
 
2nd October
'Rowley Bristow Hospital' by Robin Hollingworth to Woking History Society in The Gallery, Christ Church, Jubilee Square, Woking at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £3
 
'The River Mole' by Richard Selley to Dorking Local History Group in the Crossways Community Baptist Church, Dorking at 19.30. Visitors welcome: £2
 
4th October
'Community Archaeology in Farnham' by Anne Sassin to Epsom & Ewell History & Archaeology Society in St Mary's Church Hall, London Road, Ewell at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £4
 
5th October
'Maidstone, Gravesend and Rochester - Proposed Airports in Kent that failed to take off' by James Preston to the Surrey Industrial History Group (first talk in the Autumn 2017 series0 in Room G6, The Institute, High Street, Leatherhead at 10.00-12.00. Please contact Bob Bryson, 01483 577809, meetings@sihg.org.uk, as seating is strictly limited.
 
9th October
'Looking for life on Mars' by Andrew Coates to Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society in the East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon at 19.45. Visitors welcome: £2
 
'Poverty in Richmond' by Simon Fowler to the Richmond Local History Society, Duke Street Church, Richmond at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £4
 
10th October
'The R101 Disaster and the Broken Elevator Cable' by Bryan Lawton to the Surrey Industrial History Group (start of the 42nd Series of Industrial Archaeology Lectures in Guildford) in the Education Centre, The Cathedral, Stag Hill, Guildford at 19.30. Visitors welcome: £5
 
'The Mary Rose' by Alan Turton to the West Surrey Family History Society in United Reformed Church, South Street, Farnham at 14.00
 
12th October
'The Great Barn at Harmondsworth in its village setting' by Justine Bayley to Kingston upon Thames Archaeology Society in Main Hall at Surbiton Library Halls, Ewell Road, Surbiton at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £3
 
'Prehistoric Ireland' by Michael Pengelly to Farnham & District Museum Society at United Reformed Church, South Street, Farnham at 19.45. Visitors welcome: £3
 
16th October
'The Wandle and the Prehistory of South-West London' by Jon Cotton to Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society in the East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon at 19.45. Visitors welcome: £2
 
17th October
'The Guildford to Horsham Railway 1865=1965' by Michael Miller to Albury History Society in Albury Village Hall, Albury at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £3
 
6th November
'The Little Ice Age of the Seventeenth Century' by Dr Catherine Ferguson to Woking History Society in The Gallery, Christ Church, Jubilee Square, Woking at 20.00. Visitors welcome: £3
 
4th December
AGM and members evening