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PROGRAMME FOR 2010
Friday, 12 March 2010 at 7.30pm
George IV - Cad or
Catalyst in Caricature
Former Cabinet Minister Kenneth Baker MP was created LORD BAKER in 1997. He has published several anthologies of poetry, memoirs and books on political cartoons.Vice-Chairman of The Cartoon Museum in London, he will discuss George IV, famous for his extravagant lifestyle and exotic Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Illustrated talk.
Questions and refreshments after the talk
Admission: members free; non-members £3
(Please note this event is on a FRIDAY. All our other
meetings in 2010 are on Thursdays as usual.)
Thursday, 22 April 2010 at 7.30pm
Annual General Meeting
The agenda will be sent to members before the meeting. Business
matters will be dealt with in the first part of the meeting.
Pardon Tillinghast: from Alfriston to America
DONNA TILLINGHAST CASEY was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Now living in Michigan, USA, she has been researching her family and its genealogical history since 1995.This presentation will examine the Tillinghast family of Sussex from 1296 to 1997, particularly Pardon Tillinghast – who lived in Alfriston from 1637 – his life and family, and possible reasons why he left Alfriston for America in 1643. Illustrated talk.
Question time will follow.
Admission: members free; non-members £3
Thursday, 20 May 2010 at 7.30pm
Ragged Lands
DIANA CROOK will be remembered from last year for her amusing revelations from Mrs Dudeney's Diaries. This evening, in historical and horticultural mood, she tells the story of Viscountess Wolseley’s College for Lady Gardeners at Glynde.
Interval for Refreshments
Sport and Scandal at Sheffield Park – the extraordinary story of Lord Sheffield
ROGER PACKHAM is President of his local history society in Surrey and author of ‘Cricket in the Park’ published last year to coincide with the Nationald Trust’s restoration of the cricket grounds at Sheffield Park.This evening he will discuss the eccentric Lord Sheffield and his passion for sport.
Admission: members free; non-members £3
Thursday, 24 June 2010 at 6.00pm
Sussex by the Tye
Please join us for our Midsummer Evening. In Alfriston’s first year within the new National Park we thought we would mark this historic event by enjoying an evening on the Tye to celebrate one of the most beautiful villages in Sussex… At 6pm, when the visitors have gone, meet us at the Clergy House, the first ever National Trust property, to enjoy a glass of something cool in the garden and meet their new gardener, Jo Hooper. Then take a gentle saunter across the Tye to St. Andrew’s – the Cathedral of the Downs – to meet the industrious Church Recorders working inside and find out what treasures they have discovered.
By 7.30 it must be supper time! And so we repair to the Village Hall for a delicious buffet supper.Then, just as pudding (it’s Sussex and very wicked!) is finished, we will be joined by the famous Copper Family who will entertain us with some traditional Sussex folksongs.
Tickets: £14 each to include a welcoming drink at the Clergy House, entertainment and
buffet supper. Cash bar also available.Advance booking required.There will be one lucky
prize-winning ticket holder.Tickets from May 24 at Steamer Trading,Alfriston (01323
870055).Tour Guide: Kevin
Gordon
Thursday, 23 September 2010 at 7.30pm
Civil War in Sussex
CHRIS HARE discusses the religious and political divide between East and West Sussex in the 17th Century. Historian and author, he is well known for regular history articles in his local Worthing newspapers and for his lectures and guided walks.
Illustrated talk.Interval for Refreshments
The Superstitions and Curious Beliefs of Sussex
JOHNNIE JOHNSON is an ex-Alfristonian and well known as a local historian, novelist and truecrime writer.We welcome him back to bring us up to date with his latest book about witchcraft, superstitions, and protection of people and animals against spells!
Admission: members free; non-members £3
Thursday, 28 October 2010 at 7.30pm
Passports, Assassins,Traitors and Spies
MARTIN LLOYD, author and traveller, spent over twenty years stamping passports for HM
Government.Who could be better qualified to give this evening’s dramatic account of the history of the passport including how a group of assassins changed passport regulations and how, for one man, the passport turned into a killer.
Interval for Refreshments
Conservation and Restoration of West Dean Dovecote
JULIAN MARTYR, Swiss-trained hotel manager, moved to West Dean and a new career in 2003.Today he and his wife Jo run Dovecote Garden Farm. Julian is currently reading Landscape Studies and Archaeology at Sussex University.Tonight be discusses the restoration work on the medieval dovecote, which is a scheduled ancient monument. Illustrated talk.
Admission: members free; non-members £3
Thursday, 25 November 2010 at 7.30pm
Aren’t You Glad You’re not Royal!
Last year when June Goodfield’s book on Stanmer and the Pelham family was published, she discovered another intriguing story about the house and the Pelhams. It was a tale she could not resist, and this evening the principal players share the story with you.
JUNE GOODFIELD (author)
introduces the ‘Perplexing Pelham Puzzle’. JOAN SIMMS (neé Pelham) sets the
scene. Chief storyteller MATHEW HOMEWOOD (genealogist and historical researcher)
unravels the mystery as the tale progresses from aristocrat to master cooper and
from stately home to public house. KEVIN GORDON rounds off the story with a
brief but colourful description of Lewes in the 19th Century and the Britannia
Inn that once stood in the red-light district of Keere
street.
Illustrated talk.
Interval for Refreshments
Admission: members free; non-members £3
All events on this programme will take place in the Alfriston War Memorial Hall unless otherwise stated
Programmes may be subject to change for unavoidable reasons.
Please check nearer the date.
Most evenings
finish by
10pm
870977) for a membership form.Annual fee: £6 single; £10 double. Other enquiries to our
Secretary, Hazel Dalgleish, Rose Cottage, North Street, Alfriston, Sussex BN26 5UQ (01323
871534). More information:
Details of associated events in the Valley will be given in our newsletter to members.
If you would like to join Alfriston &
Cuckmere Valley Historical Society, please telephone Cheryl Lutring on 01323
870977 for a membership form.
Annual fee £6 single
or £10 double
Other enquiries to our Secretary:
Hazel Dalgleish,Rose Cottage,North Street, Alfriston, East Sussex.
BN26 5UQ
Telephone: 01323 871534
Archives of books, articles etc. held at various locations, can found on
this page
Photos at the top of page by Kitty
Ann
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