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Kent History Federation Quarterly Meetings for Affiliated Societies

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County Hall, Maidstone
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April 2012
Date Event/Lecture Society Venue
02-Apr Surviving through Magic: Speaker Monty Parkin Woodchurch History Society 7:30pm in the Woodchurch Memorial Hall
03-Apr visit to Houses of Parliament Gillingham & Rainham LHS 7:15pm United Reformed Church, Balmoral Rd, Gillingham
03-Apr AGM followed by Spitfire Summer Goudhurst & Kilndown LHS 7:45pm Church Room
03-Apr Archaeology above and below ground: Speaker Martin Crowther, Canterbury Museums Education Officer Herne & Broomfield LHG 7:30pm Herne Institute Hall, Canterbury Road (Opposite Strode Park)
03-Apr Faversham: Speaker: Speaker Anthea Bryant Lamorbey & Sidcup LHS 7:15 to 9:15pm St Lawrence’s Church Hall, Hamilton Road, Sidcup
04-Apr Memories of Folkestone: Speaker David Godden Folkestone & District LHS 7:30 for 8pm Holy Trinity Church Hall, Sandgate Road
04-Apr An Enumerator’s Tale: Speaker Meryl Catty & Audrey Gillett North West Kent Family History Society Dartford Branch: Dartford Technical College 10am
05-Apr Visit to Woodchurch Museum Folkestone & District Family History Society 8 for 7:30pm Radnor Park Community Centre, nr Folkestone Central Station
06-Apr Ash Street: Speaker Pam & Ted Connell Fawkham & District Historical Society 8:15pm All Saints’ Church Centre, Ash Road, Hartley, Longfield.
10-Apr AGM & Discovering Roman Bromley: Speaker Brian Philp Bromley Borough LHS 7:45pm Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3AQ
10-Apr General Wolfe: Speaker TrevorGaston East Peckham Historical Society 8pm Salvation Army Hall, The Freehold, East Peckham
10-Apr Curiosities of London: Speaker Stuart Robinson Northfleet History Group 2pm St Botolph’s Church Hall, The Hill, Northfleet, DA11 9EU
10-Apr Benjamin Harrison, Ightham Grocer & Archaeologist: Speaker Angela Muthana Plaxtol Local History Group 8pm Memorial Hall
11-Apr Elizabeth I, Queen or Goddess: Speaker Pat Mortlake Meopham Historical Society 8pm St John’s Centre, Wrotham Road, DA13 0AA
12-Apr * A visit to Westgate Towers 2:45pm Café of Westgate Towers. Members only £9 including guided tour Bridge & District History Society 7:30pm Bridge Village Hall. £3 members, £4 non-members (includes refreshments) * Exception
12-Apr The Italian Influence on Gardens in Kent: Speaker Dr Ann Kneif Charing & District LHS 7:45 for 8pm Charing Parish Hall, Station Road, Charing.
12-Apr The London Olympics – 1908: Speaker James Cook Leigh & District Historical Society 8pm Small Village Hall, Leigh
12-Apr Ightham at the cross roads: Speaker Jean Stirk & David Williams North West Kent Family History Society Sevenoaks Branch: Sevenoaks Community Centre 7:15 pm
12-Apr Royal visits to Kent: Speaker Colin Breed Wrotham Historical Society 8pm St George’s Court, West Street
13-Apr AGM Chatham Historical Society 8 for 7:30pm St Barbara’s Church Hall, Maxwell Road, Brompton, Chatham
13-Apr AGM & film Gillingham & Rainham LHS 7:15pm United Reformed Church, Balmoral Rd, Gillingham
14-Apr Joint study day, University of Kent Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit Enquiries to Edna Mynott 020 8460 1442
16-Apr Kent and the English Civil Wars 1640-1649: Speaker Prof Jackie Eales Ashford Archaeological & Historical Society Mondays, 7:30pm Friends’ Meeting House, Albert Road
16-Apr All the Rage – clothes, accessories and social attitudes of the 1920s and 30s: Speaker Lee Ault Loose Area History Society 7:30pm Infants’ School, Loose Road, Loose
16-Apr Disasters in Kent: Speaker Roy Ingleton Sittingbourne Society 8pm Ypres Room, Swallow Centre, Central Ave, Sittingbourne ME10 4NT. Non-members pay £1
18-Apr Lasting Power of Attorney etc.: Speaker Val Prosser Lydd, Friends of 7:30pm Hardy Hall, Skinner Road, Lydd
18-Apr AGM and Members’ evening Maidstone Historical Society 7:30pm Methodist Community Centre, Brewer Street, ME16 0WC
18-Apr The Great Flood of 1953: Speaker Bronwen Sadler Wateringbury LHS 8pm Wateringbury Village Hall
19-Apr AGM, Archive displays and refreshments: 7:30 pm in the New Village Hall Biddenden LHS 2:30pm or 7:30pm Biddenden Village Halls
19-Apr The Hidden Cathedral: Speaker Douglas Chapman Brenchley & Matfield LHS 7:30 for 8pm Matfield Village Hall, Maidstone Road
19-Apr The Western Heights, Dover: Speaker Jeff Howe & Paul Wells, members of the trust Great Mongeham Society 7:30pm Great Mongeham Parish Hall CT14 0HG
19-Apr AGM Paddock Wood Historical Society 8pm Day Centre, Commercial Road, TN12 6DP
19-Apr A Century of Local Buses: Speaker Aloc Pavitt Shorne Local History Group 7:30pm Shorne Village Hall
19-Apr AGM at 7:30pm followed by: All the Rage, fashions and attitudes of the 1920s & 30s: Speaker Lee Ault Tonbridge Historical Society 7:45pm Angel Centre, Tonbridge
20-Apr Memories of the 40s: Speakers Shirley & Brian Goodhew Dartford Historical & Antiquarian Society 7:30 for 7:45pm Mick Jagger Centre, The Grammar School (boys), Shepherds Lane
20-Apr AGM Maidstone Area Archaeological Group 7:30pm Kent Police College (off Sutton Road, A274) ME15 9DW
23-Apr AGM followed by Tales of Working in Chatham Dockyard: Speaker Robin Phills Barming History Society 7:30pm Barming Village Hall, Heath Road ME16 9JU
23-Apr AGM followed by a short talk (usually on a local subject) Date to be confirmed Gravesend Historical Society 8 for 7:30pm Main Hall, Chantry School, Ordnance Road, Gravesend
24-Apr Ashford Railway Works: Speaker Clive Young Ashford Branch Kent Family History Society 6:45 for 7:30pm The Barn, Willesborough Windmill, off Hythe Road (A20) Car park accessible from Lees Road.
24-Apr William Morris and the Red House: Speaker John Mercer Hadlow Historical Society 8pm St Mary’s Church Upper Room
25-Apr Kent at War 1939-45: Speaker Bob Ogley Headcorn LHS 8pm Methodist Church Hall, 2 High Street
25-Apr Film Evening (Local archive pictures) : Speaker C Harvey Sheppey LHS 7:45pm Bethel Hall, Chapel Street, Minster-on-Sea
26-Apr Making of the High Weald: Speaker Matthew Pitts Horsmonden 7:45 for 8pm Methodist Church, Furnace Lane
26-Apr Ringlemere – the gold cup site: Speaker Keith Parfitt Sandwich LHS 7:30pm Grand Jury Room, Sandwich Guildhall, Cattle Market
26-Apr The Victorian City of London: Speaker Dr Charles Jones Sevenoaks Historical Society 8pm The Undercroft, St Nicholas’ Church
27-Apr The Great Flood of 1953: Speaker Bronwen Sadler Bearsted & District LHS 7:30pm King George V Memorial Hall, Manor Rise, Bearsted
30-Apr Tenterden Museum Challenge – What on earth is it?: Speaker Mr Gerald Webber & Co. Tenterden & District LHS 7:30pm Zion Baptist Church, High Street, Tenterden. There is parking in the car park behind the church. 

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May 2012
Date Event/Lecture Society Venue
01-May A tonic to the nation – London 1951 & the Festival of Britain: Speaker Michael Gilbert Bromley Borough LHS 7:45pm Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3AQ
01-May Visit to the Iron Age Hill Fort at Holwood: with Brian Philp Date TBA Bromley Borough LHS 7:45pm Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3AQ
01-May The White Cliffs of Dover: Speaker John Guy Herne & Broomfield LHG 7:30pm Herne Institute Hall, Canterbury Road (Opposite Strode Park)
01-May The paintings of William Hubbard, a local artist: Speaker Janet Hearn-Gilliam Lamorbey & Sidcup LHS 7:15 to 9:15pm St Lawrence’s Church Hall, Hamilton Road, Sidcup
01-May A Child’s War: growing up on the Home Front: Speaker Mike Brown Northfleet History Group 2pm St Botolph’s Church Hall, The Hill, Northfleet, DA11 9EU
02-May Fictional Folkestone: Speaker Vince Williams Folkestone & District LHS 7:30 for 8pm Holy Trinity Church Hall, Sandgate Road
03-May Flowers for Emma: Speakers John & Sue Pearce Folkestone & District Family History Society 9 for 7:30pm Radnor Park Community Centre, nr Folkestone Central Station
04-May WWII Remains in Kent: Speaker Victor Smith Fawkham & District Historical Society 8:15pm All Saints’ Church Centre, Ash Road, Hartley, Longfield.
07-May Life in the Victorian Workhouse: Speaker Peter Ewart Woodchurch History Society 7:30pm in the Woodchurch Memorial Hall
08-May Jane Austen. Her ?Kentish world and naval connections: Speaker Anthea Bryant East Peckham Historical Society 8pm Salvation Army Hall, The Freehold, East Peckham
08-May Kilndown – a place of change: Speaker David Denton Goudhurst & Kilndown LHS 7:45pm Church Room
08-May AGM followed by Plaxtol Houses: Speaker Jonathan Fenner Plaxtol Local History Group 8pm Memorial Hall
09-May Charles Dickens, Man of Kent: Speaker Thelma Grove Meopham Historical Society 8pm St John’s Centre, Wrotham Road, DA13 0AA
10-May Thomas Fletcher Waghorn: Speaker Clive Bradburn Chatham Historical Society 9 for 7:30pm St Barbara’s Church Hall, Maxwell Road, Brompton, Chatham
10-May Guided Visit to Salomans, Southborough:  meet at Salomans 6pm Leigh & District Historical Society 8pm Small Village Hall, Leigh
10-May Greenwich Heritage Centre & Resources: Speaker Pauline Watson North West Kent Family History Society Dartford Branch: Dartford Technical College 10am
10-May It’s where you sleep that counts: Speaker Dr Ron Cox North West Kent Family History Society Sevenoaks Branch: Sevenoaks Community Centre 7:15 pm
10-May Magic Lanterns in History and Film: Speaker BarryLittlechild Wrotham Historical Society 8pm St George’s Court, West Street
14-May Kent Heroes: Speaker Chris McCooey Horton Kirby & South Darenth LHS 8pm Horton Kirby Village Hall
14-May Dode Church – a deserted church in the middle of nowhere!: Speaker Douglas Chapman Loose Area History Society 7:30pm Infants’ School, Loose Road, Loose
16-May Coal mining in Kent: Speaker Jim Davies Bridge & District History Society 7:30pm Bridge Village Hall. £3 members, £4 non-members (includes refreshments) * Exception
16-May National Coastwatch: Speaker John Keeble Lydd, Friends of 7:30pm Hardy Hall, Skinner Road, Lydd
17-May Clementine – the woman behind: Speaker R Colman Brenchley & Matfield LHS 7:30 for 8pm Matfield Village Hall, Maidstone Road
17-May My Life in Silver: Speaker Alan Fox, a Freeman of the City of London Great Mongeham Society 7:30pm Great Mongeham Parish Hall CT14 0HG
18-May Frosts, Freezes & Fairs on the River Thames: Speaker Ian Currie Dartford Historical & Antiquarian Society 7:30 for 7:45pm Mick Jagger Centre, The Grammar School (boys), Shepherds Lane
18-May AGM followed by wine and buffet Farningham & Eynsford LHS 7:30 for 8pm Eynsford Village Hall
18-May Kent’s Historic Agricultural Buildings: David Carder, MAAG Maidstone Area Archaeological Group 7:30pm Kent Police College (off Sutton Road, A274) ME15 9DW
21-May AGM and members night. Ashford Archaeological & Historical Society Mondays, 7:30pm Friends’ Meeting House, Albert Road
22-May AGM & Hadlow Castle – the story so far: Speaker Roger Stanley Hadlow Historical Society 8pm St Mary’s Church Upper Room
23-May Norwood Manor: Speaker M Hawkins Sheppey LHS 7:45pm Bethel Hall, Chapel Street, Minster-on-Sea
24-May Ancient Kent: Speaker Julia Page Horsmonden 7:45 for 8pm Methodist Church, Furnace Lane
24-May The father of nobody’s children: Speaker Dr Frank Andrews Sandwich LHS 7:30pm Grand Jury Room, Sandwich Guildhall, Cattle Market
24-May West Kent Villages between the Wars – the story of Harold Camburn: Speaker Ed Thompson Sevenoaks Historical Society 8pm The Undercroft, St Nicholas’ Church
25-May AGM Bearsted & District LHS 7:30pm King George V Memorial Hall, Manor Rise, Bearsted
28-May Clothes of the 20s and 30s: Speaker Lee Ault Barming History Society 7:30pm Barming Village Hall, Heath Road ME16 9JU
29-May Kent/Sussex Rogues, Rascals and Rebels: Speaker Chris McCooey Lamorbey & Sidcup LHS 7:15 to 9:15pm St Lawrence’s Church Hall, Hamilton Road, Sidcup
30-May Tithing Troubles: Speaker Peter Cooper Headcorn LHS 8pm Methodist Church Hall, 2 High Street

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June 2012
Date Event/Lecture Society Venue
Jun Possible visit to St Dunstan’s Church in Cranbrook, with its Green Man Date to be decided Woodchurch History Society 7:30pm in the Woodchurch Memorial Hall
01-Jun Visit: guided walk round Chalk with Christoph Bull Fawkham & District Historical Society 8:15pm All Saints’ Church Centre, Ash Road, Hartley, Longfield.
02-Jun The Life of Douglas Macmillan: Speaker Denise Baldwin & Kathy Harding North West Kent Family History Society Dartford Branch: Dartford Technical College 10am
04-Jun Woodchurch Museum Photographs: Speaker Jon Chaplin Woodchurch History Society 7:30pm in the Woodchurch Memorial Hall
05-Jun Biggin on the Bump: Speaker Bob Ogley Bromley Borough LHS 7:45pm Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3AQ
05-Jun Aspects of the history of Sturrey & the surrounding area: Speaker Derek Butler Herne & Broomfield LHG 7:30pm Herne Institute Hall, Canterbury Road (Opposite Strode Park)
06-Jun Folkestone – a town unearthed: Speaker Dr Lesley Hardy Folkestone & District LHS 7:30 for 8pm Holy Trinity Church Hall, Sandgate Road
07-Jun Elham guided walk Folkestone & District Family History Society 10 for 7:30pm Radnor Park Community Centre, nr Folkestone Central Station
08-Jun Society discussion evening Gillingham & Rainham LHS 7:15pm United Reformed Church, Balmoral Rd, Gillingham
12-Jun Guided tour of High Elms: with Nick Hopkins Bromley Borough LHS 7:45pm Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3AQ
12-Jun Sawbones and toothdrawers - early medical practitioners: Speaker Anna Milford East Peckham Historical Society 8pm Salvation Army Hall, The Freehold, East Peckham
12-Jun Scenes from the Past: Speaker Ken McGoverin Northfleet History Group 2pm St Botolph’s Church Hall, The Hill, Northfleet, DA11 9EU
13-Jun Ightham at the Crossroads: Speaker Jean Stirk Meopham Historical Society 8pm St John’s Centre, Wrotham Road, DA13 0AA
14-Jun Military Medals: Speaker Glen Jones Chatham Historical Society 10 for 7:30pm St Barbara’s Church Hall, Maxwell Road, Brompton, Chatham
14-Jun Tour of Oak Cottage with cheese and wine. Tour times: either 6.30pm or 7.45pm.  Details nearer the time. Leigh & District Historical Society 8pm Small Village Hall, Leigh
14-Jun Chatham Dockyard: Speaker Scott Belcher North West Kent Family History Society Sevenoaks Branch: Sevenoaks Community Centre 7:15 pm
14-Jun AGM followed by: Surviving by Magic: Speaker Monty Parkin Wrotham Historical Society 8pm St George’s Court, West Street
15-Jun The Via Consolare Project in Pompeii: Daniel Jackson, Wessex Archaeology Maidstone Area Archaeological Group 7:30pm Kent Police College (off Sutton Road, A274) ME15 9DW
18-Jun Old Windmills in Kent: Speaker Andrew Wood Sittingbourne Society 8pm Ypres Room, Swallow Centre, Central Ave, Sittingbourne ME10 4NT. Non-members pay £2
20-Jun 8 Evening visit to Dover, 6pm, Dover Market Square: leader Keith Parfitt Bridge & District History Society 7:30pm Bridge Village Hall. £3 members, £4 non-members (includes refreshments) * Exception
20-Jun Nature Quiz with Philip Pretty Lydd, Friends of 7:30pm Hardy Hall, Skinner Road, Lydd
20-Jun AGM followed by ‘Queens Jubilee’ by Peter Hartley Wateringbury LHS 8pm Wateringbury Village Hall
21-Jun The Darwin Family at Downe: Speaker Barbara Stevens Brenchley & Matfield LHS 7:30 for 8pm Matfield Village Hall, Maidstone Road
26-Jun I never thought of that – a second look at problems: Speaker Lady Mary Teviot Ashford Branch Kent Family History Society 6:45 for 7:30pm The Barn, Willesborough Windmill, off Hythe Road (A20) Car park accessible from Lees Road.
27-Jun Bedgebury: Speaker John Walker Headcorn LHS 8pm Methodist Church Hall, 2 High Street
27-Jun National Fruit Collection: Speaker K J Fryer Sheppey LHS 7:45pm Bethel Hall, Chapel Street, Minster-on-Sea
28-Jun Historic Churches: Speaker John Vigar Horsmonden 7:45 for 8pm Methodist Church, Furnace Lane
28-Jun Life is Short, Art is Long: Speaker Monty Parkin Sevenoaks Historical Society 8pm The Undercroft, St Nicholas’ Church

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July 2012
Date Event/Lecture Society Venue
03-Jul The Stone House, Lewisham: private guided tour of this Palladium Villa by the owners Bromley Borough LHS 7:45pm Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3AQ
04-Jul Journey in time, Cooling Lane: Speaker Hilary Tolputt Folkestone & District LHS 7:30 for 8pm Holy Trinity Church Hall, Sandgate Road
05-Jul Forgotten relatives: Speaker David Wood Folkestone & District Family History Society 11 for 7:30pm Radnor Park Community Centre, nr Folkestone Central Station
06-Jul Jubilee Park, Petts Wood: guided walk with Jennie Randall, meet Thornet Wood Road car park Bromley Borough LHS 7:45pm Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3AQ
06-Jul Creep, Push & Pull: Speaker Dr Jean Stirk Fawkham & District Historical Society 8:15pm All Saints’ Church Centre, Ash Road, Hartley, Longfield.
07-Jul I do like to be beside the seaside: Speaker Tim Cox North West Kent Family History Society Dartford Branch: Dartford Technical College 10am
07-Jul Open House: Faversham is one of England's most charming & historic market towns and the Open House event offers the opportunity to view fascinating properties – some listed, most privately owned & not normally open to the public. The Faversham Society Admission: for all three dates is by handbook £7.50, which gives informative details about each property Contact: Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Preston Street, Faversham ME13 8NS 01795 534543 ticfaversham@btconnect.com
09-Jul Kentish Village Life in Victorian Times: Speaker Helen Allinson Horton Kirby & South Darenth LHS 8pm Horton Kirby Village Hall
10-Jul Tuesday visit to Godinton House and Smallhythe Place  (all day coach trip) Leigh & District Historical Society 8pm Small Village Hall, Leigh
11-Jul Down Memory Lane: Speaker Don Dray Meopham Historical Society 8pm St John’s Centre, Wrotham Road, DA13 0AA
12-Jul Old Maidstone – Sharp’s Toffee and other factories: Speaker Andrew Clark Chatham Historical Society 11 for 7:30pm St Barbara’s Church Hall, Maxwell Road, Brompton, Chatham
12-Jul All the Rage: Speaker Lee Ault North West Kent Family History Society Sevenoaks Branch: Sevenoaks Community Centre 7:15 pm
14-Jul Open House: Faversham is one of England's most charming & historic market towns and the Open House event offers the opportunity to view fascinating properties – some listed, most privately owned & not normally open to the public. The Faversham Society Admission: for all three dates is by handbook £7.50, which gives informative details about each property Contact: Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Preston Street, Faversham ME13 8NS 01795 534543 ticfaversham@btconnect.com
17-Jul Coach visit to Faversham inc. guided tour, lunch and visit to museum Brenchley & Matfield LHS 7:30 for 8pm Matfield Village Hall, Maidstone Road
21-Jul Open House: Faversham is one of England's most charming & historic market towns and the Open House event offers the opportunity to view fascinating properties – some listed, most privately owned & not normally open to the public. The Faversham Society Admission: for all three dates is by handbook £7.50, which gives informative details about each property Contact: Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Preston Street, Faversham ME13 8NS 01795 534543 ticfaversham@btconnect.com
25-Jul Sheppey Farms: Speaker K Ingleton Sheppey LHS 7:45pm Bethel Hall, Chapel Street, Minster-on-Sea

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August 2012
Date Event/Lecture Society Venue
Aug BBQ Date to be decided Woodchurch History Society 7:30pm in the Woodchurch Memorial Hall
01-Aug Ellen Terry ‘Darling of the Gods’: Speaker Alan Stockwell Folkestone & District LHS 7:30 for 8pm Holy Trinity Church Hall, Sandgate Road
02-Aug Members’ evening Folkestone & District Family History Society 12 for 7:30pm Radnor Park Community Centre, nr Folkestone Central Station
03-Aug Farming in Hartley Bottom: Speaker Helen Smith Fawkham & District Historical Society 8:15pm All Saints’ Church Centre, Ash Road, Hartley, Longfield.
04-Aug Illegitimacy: Speaker Mari Alderman North West Kent Family History Society Dartford Branch: Dartford Technical College 10am

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September 2012
Date Event/Lecture Society Venue
01-Sep Coram’s Foundling Hospital: Speaker Jane King North West Kent Family History Society Dartford Branch: Dartford Technical College 10am
03-Sep Iron Industry in the Weald: Speaker Jeremy Hodgkinson Woodchurch History Society 7:30pm in the Woodchurch Memorial Hall
04-Sep Members evening Bromley Borough LHS 7:45pm Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3AQ
05-Sep The Battle of Britain: Speaker Dr J Ray Folkestone & District LHS 7:30 for 8pm Holy Trinity Church Hall, Sandgate Road
06-Sep tba Folkestone & District Family History Society 13 for 7:30pm Radnor Park Community Centre, nr Folkestone Central Station
10-Sep Bexley Village: Speaker Roy Hopper Horton Kirby & South Darenth LHS 8pm Horton Kirby Village Hall
10-Sep Chalk mining in Kent: Speaker Rod LeGear Sittingbourne Society 8pm Ypres Room, Swallow Centre, Central Ave, Sittingbourne ME10 4NT. Non-members pay £3
11-Sep Rural Romania - a rare survival of a medieval way of life: Speaker Richard Filmer East Peckham Historical Society 8pm Salvation Army Hall, The Freehold, East Peckham
11-Sep The Monstrous Regiment of Women in Tudor & Stuart Kent: Speaker Jackie Eales Plaxtol Local History Group 8pm Memorial Hall
12-Sep Nelson, Hero and Man: Speaker Sheila Boyd Meopham Historical Society 8pm St John’s Centre, Wrotham Road, DA13 0AA
13-Sep Victorian Luton – from village to suburb: Speaker Brian Joyce Chatham Historical Society 12 for 7:30pm St Barbara’s Church Hall, Maxwell Road, Brompton, Chatham
13-Sep A Model Victorian Farm: Speaker Helen Thorne Leigh & District Historical Society 8pm Small Village Hall, Leigh
13-Sep Farewell to Kent – assisted emigration: Speaker Helen Allinson North West Kent Family History Society Sevenoaks Branch: Sevenoaks Community Centre 7:15 pm
14-Sep Industries around Gravesend Canal Basin: Speaker Sandra Soder Fawkham & District Historical Society 8:15pm All Saints’ Church Centre, Ash Road, Hartley, Longfield.
14-Sep TBA Gillingham & Rainham LHS 7:15pm United Reformed Church, Balmoral Rd, Gillingham
19-Sep Waterways: Speaker John Piggott Lydd, Friends of 7:30pm Hardy Hall, Skinner Road, Lydd
20-Sep The Ancient Towns of Rye & Winchelsea: Speaker Janet Fraser-Hay Brenchley & Matfield LHS 7:30 for 8pm Matfield Village Hall, Maidstone Road
21-Sep The Architecture of Eynsford & Farningham: Speaker Jonathan Fenner Farningham & Eynsford LHS 7:30 for 8pm Eynsford Village Hall
22-Sep AGM Bridge & District History Society 7:30pm Bridge Village Hall. £3 members, £4 non-members (includes refreshments) * Exception
23-Sep Open Day, Keston Roman Tombs Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit Enquiries to Edna Mynott 020 8460 1443
25-Sep Dating your old photographs: Speaker Jayne Shrimpton Ashford Branch Kent Family History Society 6:45 for 7:30pm The Barn, Willesborough Windmill, off Hythe Road (A20) Car park accessible from Lees Road.
27-Sep Rudyard Kipling: Speaker Geoff Hutchinson Horsmonden 7:45 for 8pm Methodist Church, Furnace Lane
27-Sep The Gentry: Speaker Adam Nicholson Sevenoaks Historical Society 8pm The Undercroft, St Nicholas’ Church
28-Sep TBA: Speaker Hugh Robertson MP Bearsted & District LHS 7:30pm King George V Memorial Hall, Manor Rise, Bearsted

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October 2012
Date Event/Lecture Society Venue
03-Oct Special open lecture: Elizabethan Maidstone by Paul Oldham  Maidstone Historical Society 7:30pm, The Great Hall, Archbishops’ Palace Maidstone. Admission free but book in advance on 01622 751900
09-Oct George IV, the Price Regent and his legacy to the arts: Speaker Martin Heard East Peckham Historical Society 8pm Salvation Army Hall, The Freehold, East Peckham
09-Oct The Renaissance Garden in Kent: Speaker Sally Berkeley Plaxtol Local History Group 8pm Memorial Hall
November 2012
Date Event/Lecture Society Venue
13-Nov Harlequin to Soapstar. 300 years of English pantomime: Speaker Alan Stockwell East Peckham Historical Society 8pm Salvation Army Hall, The Freehold, East Peckham
13-Nov The 8th Mollie Lewis Memorial Lecture: Gluttony & Starvation in the 19th Century: Speaker Jules Dussek Plaxtol Local History Group 8pm Memorial Hall
26-Nov Brewing and Malt houses in Kent: Speaker Jim Preston Sittingbourne Society 8pm Ypres Room, Swallow Centre, Central Ave, Sittingbourne ME10 4NT. Non-members pay £4
December 2012
11-Dec The Medway 100 years ago: Speaker J M Preston East Peckham Historical Society 8pm Salvation Army Hall, The Freehold, East Peckham
11-Dec A Country Christmas: Speaker Pat Mortlock Plaxtol Local History Group 8pm Memorial Hall

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