| 2011
PROGRAMME |
| DATE |
NAME |
SPEAKER |
MORE
DETAILS |
| 14th
January |
The Archaeology Of
War |
Luke
Barber |
Luke Barber will talk
about the advances in archaeological research which
are extending our knowledge of warfare. |
| 11th
February |
Votes
For Men
- The Local Electorate In The 1830s |
Bob
Ford |
Our
own Bob Ford will tell us about the voters, general
elections, and 19th Century parliamentary reforms
in Sussex. |
| 11th
March |
Mid Sussex Suffragists |
Frances Stenlake |
Frances
Stenlake will talk about Edith Bevan, the younger
sister of the artist
Robert, who founded the Cuckfield Women’s Suffrage
Society in 1909. |
| 8rd
April |
An
Illustrated Walk
Around Old Steyning |
Janet
Pennington |
Janet
Pennington’s talk describes the wealth of the
town’s buildings and its history. |
| 13th
May |
“Scattered
Squalor”
and “Downland Homes” |
Geoff Mead |
Geoff
Mead talks about interwar housing development in
Mid Sussex and the south east. |
| 8th-11th
June |
Festival
Week Exhibition |
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| 8th
July |
Summer
Social
PLEASE
NOTE:-
this evening starts early at 7pm
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Join in a treasure
hunt around Burgess Hill, or stay inside for a picture
quiz followed by tea/coffee and cakes. |
| 12th
August |
No
Meeting |
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| 20st
August |
Outing To Steyning |
|
Visit the Museum in
the morning and walk around the old town in the afternoon.
An event for members only. Details will be announced
later and lifts will be offered if possible. |
| 9th
September |
History
Of Smuggling In
Sussex And Kent |
Geoff
Hutchinson |
Watch
the wall, my darling, while the
gentlemen go by. Geoff Hutchinson will give his lively
insight into the phenomenon of smuggling – from
days gone by to present times. |
| 14th
October |
Annual
General Meeting |
Fred Avery
|
After the main business
of the evening
Fred Avery will show a selection of slides from the
Society’s
archives |
| 11th
November |
Life
Around Burgess Hill
In The Early 1300s |
Heather
Warne |
Our
President, Heather Warne, will give
us an insight into the annual round of work, pleasure
and public duty of a typical farming family |
| 9th
December * |
Christmas
Social Evening * |
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