| 2015
PROGRAMME |
| DATE |
NAME |
SPEAKER |
MORE
DETAILS |
| 9th
January |
Farewell
to Keymer Tile Works |
Fred Avery |
A
talk by Fred
Avery with photographs by Phill Dennett. |
| 13th
February |
Life
above a railway tunnel |
David
Porter |
What's
it like having hundreds of trains hurtling under
your living room every day? David Porter will describe
life at Clayton Tunnel, a unique Sussex landmark. |
| 13th
March |
Sussex
Industry |
Dr
Geoffrey Mead |
"Sussex
industrial history can be studied as quite simply
digging stuff up, making things and selling them!
This talk looks like the complex web of relationships
between the county's raw materials, manufactures
and service industries; including Plumpton clay,
Burgess Hill bricks and Tesco!" |
| 10th
April |
Brighton's
West Pier |
Jackie
Marsh-Hobbs |
The
story of Britian's first Grade 1 listed pier, described
by English Heritage as "the finest pleasure pier ever
built." |
8th
May |
Oh,
we do like to be beside the seaside! |
Ian
Gledhill |
A
light-hearted look at seaside entertainment in Sussex
over the years, from Bathing Machines to End of the
Pier Shows and "What the Butler Saw", including
a brief history of the seaside itself. |
| 12th
June |
No
Meeting |
|
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| 10th
July |
The
long lost industries of Lewes |
John
Davey |
An illustrated talk on the lost industries that brought
prosperity to Lewes in the 19th Century.
|
| 14th
August |
NO MEETING |
|
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| 15th
August |
An
outing to Lewes Priory followed by tea at Anne Of
Cleeves house |
|
We
will meet at the Priory at 2.00pm,
for a guided walk. There will
be a small charge
for admission. |
| 11th
September |
The
Great War: Burgess Hill in 1915 |
Alan
Seymour |
His
second talk about the Great War and how it affected
the local community 100 years ago. |
| 9th
October |
Annual
General Meeting |
|
After
the main business of the evening there will be a
talk illustrated with material from our archives. |
| 13th
November |
Morris
Dancing |
Ann
and John Bacon |
Ann
and John Bacon of Ditchling Morris. |
| 11th
December |
Christmas
meeting |
|
Coastline Harmony Chorus
A women's chorus singing A capella 4 part harmony.
Traditional Carols and songs, old and new, with some
to sing along to. |
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