GROUP: Local History
LEADER: See below
WHEN: 4th Monday 2.00-3.30pm
ORGANISER: Nita Draper (682052)
WHERE: Haslemere Hall Annexe
Cost for each talk is normally £2, but there may be an extra charge as we make donations to the organisation concerned. Talks are fully illustrated & will be followed by tea and biscuits.Meetings for next year are being planned. Hopefully this will include a visit to the recently re-opened Watts Gallery in Compton.
ALL ARE VERY WELCOME
Past meetings
| Presenter | Subject |
| Paul Goodenough | The Development of Early Christian Churches in Southern Britain from 4th to 8th Century. |
| Staff | Bignor Roman Villa An introductory talk followed by viewing the mosaics. |
| Hon Laura Ponsonby | A Victorian Botanical Artist - Marianne North (1830-1890) |
| Hugh Turrall-Clarke | Roads and Tracks in South West Surrey |
| John Young | Godalming shipwrecks |
| Nita Draper | Chiddingfold Parish Magazine 1887 How the parish saw itself over a hundred years ago. |
| Sir Antony Laughton | Of Seas and Ships and Scientists History of Oceanographic Science at Wormley |
| Sarah Gray | GODALMING MUSEUM 'Relative Connections: sources for family history in the Surrey History Centre' |
| Conducted tour | Clandon Park NT for a conducted tour of Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Museum |
| Elizabeth Lockwood | SHOTTERMILL past and present |
| Jill Fry | THURSLEY COMMON Illustrated talk on the common after the fire of July 2006. |
| Hugh Turrall-Clarke | Local Tithe Maps Illustrated talk. |
| Julia Tanner, Curator | The history of HASLEMERE MUSEUM Illustrated talk. |
| Freda Chapman | Textiles of the locality Ilustrated talk. |
| Christopher Hinton, Chief Executive | Holy Cross Hospital Illustrated talk on the hospital, past and present. |
| Simon Weeden, Rector of Bramshott and Liphook. | Visit to Bramshott Church and guided visit to the Canadian Memorial |
| Matt Cusack, National Trust Senior Warden for Hindhead | Hindhead Commons, past and future. The plans for the common when the road tunnel is completed and the A3 is closed. |
| Hugh Turrall-Clarke | The history of Haslemere through its buildings. |
| John Ewing | My early life in China during World War 2 |
| Jack Salway | The Sir William Bragg's - Father and Son. The son was an OM, FRS and Noble Laureate; Chiddingfold's world famous scientist. |
| John Young | Godalming, past and present |
| Jim Phillips | London's lost route to the sea (history of the Wey & Arun Canal) |
| Chris Shepheard, from Tilford Rural Life Centre | An exciting illustrated talk on the Surrey Defences survey - WW2 defences in this county and their history. Many strange concrete 'blocks' are visible in the landscape but few of us realised that some are indeed the remains of gun-emplacements, 'pill boxes' and other defensive structures left behind after peace was declared in 1945. |
| Nicholas Tyrrell-Evans | Chiddingfold Stick Industry' (including an early film) and discussion with Bob Wheeler who still works with sticks. |