FAIRLIGHT HISTORY GROUP

2021 Calendar (updated July 2021)

All meetings are now back in Fairlight Village Hall

24^th February 2.30pm        Annual General Meeting to be followed by

                                             The Iguanodon Footprints of Fairlight and Hastings (via Zoom)

                                             Slide Show Paul Draper

24^th March 2.30pm             Smuggling and Fairlight (via Zoom)

                                             Haydon Luke

21^st April 2.30pm                Sussex Farming in the 1950s (via Zoom)

                                             Ian Everest

 

19^th May 2.30pm                Oral History (and how to record it) (via Zoom)

                                             Carol Kenna, Chair of The Charlton Society

 

16^th June 2.30pm                Celebrities and Worthies of Fairlight Graveyard (via Zoom)

                                              Paul Draper

 

 10th/11th July                    An Exhibition to commemorate the fallen of Fairlight in WW1 and

                                             WW2 and to raise funds for our new War Memorial

                                             (together with Open Gardens)      

 

18^th August 2.30pm           Family and Local History Research Plus Q & A

                                             Paul and Karen Draper

 

15^th September 2.30pm    The site of the Battle of Hastings and the Death of Harold

                                           Godwinson

                                            Keith Foord – The Battle Historical Society

 

20^th October 2.30pm          The War Graves, Memorials, Plaques and Crosses of Fairlight

                                              and Pett

                                              Paul Draper and Martin King

 

17^th November 2.30pm       HAARG – subject to be announced

                                              Kevin and Lynn Cornwell

 

15^th December 2.30pm        Do you know the History of your House?

                                              A Discussion plus Christmas Nibbles

                                              

 

FHG annual membership is £10 per person – Now reduced to £5 for the balance of 2021

Non-members can attend meetings but a fee of £3 is payable

(If you have paid for 2020 then there is no fee for 2021)

Please contact Pauline Collins (pauline.fhg@gmail.com) if you would like to become a member