Our Programme
2009 Programme
January 12th Show and Tell, preceded by our Annual General Meeting.
Bring your ‘family heirloom and any other items of historical interest …tell us what you know about them or ask our members if they know more than you do!
February 9th The Mediaeval Queens of Leeds Castle
An illustrated talk by Nic Fulcher
March 9th A Panorama of Surnames
An illustrated talk by Phillip Lawrence
April 6th A Village Remembered
An illustrated talk by Monty Parkin
May 11th 100 years of Aviation
An illustrated talk by Dick Collinson
June 8th Visit to Marden Heritage Centre
July 13th Visit to the Cold War Bunker owned by Brachers Solicitors
August and September - no meetings
October 12th Maidstone’s Fire, Floods, Bangs & Crashes
An illustrated talk by Andrew Clarke
November 9th Nor the Years condemn – Some war memorials of Kent & East Sussex
An illustrated talk by Peter Ewart
December 14th Medieval Food & Feasting
An illustrated talk byToni Mount
2008 Programme
Monday January 14 - An introduction to the Loose Archives
Preceded by Annual General Meeting
Monday February 11- ‘Donald Maxwell – the unknown artist’
A talk by Bob Ratcliffe
Monday March 10 - ‘Hops and Hop Picking’
A talk by Richard Filmer
Monday April 14 - ‘Cobham Hall’
A talk by Gerry Harris
Monday May 12 - Please note that ‘Saxon Maidstone' by Karl Wittwer has had to be replaced by
