FAIRLIGHT HISTORY GROUP

2022 Calendar

(All meetings to be held in Fairlight Village Hall unless stated otherwise)

19^th January 2.30pm          Sir James Roberts, Fairlight and the Bronte connection

                                              by Haydon Luke  ZOOM MEETING.

                                               See the poster on this site for the Link

 

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

                                             Family Tree research update and the 1921 census

 

16^th March 2.30pm             Mrs Papendiek, the Royal Family and Fairlight Place

                                             by Paul Draper

 

30^th March 11.00am           The Expenditor of Romney Marsh

Visit to Dymchurch            (A visit to The New Hall, Dymchurch)

 

20^th April 2.30pm                FHG Oral History project – the stories so far

                                             by Karen Draper and Debbie Jones with collaboration

                                             by Liz Green 

 

18^th May 2.30pm                 Farms and farming in Fairlight

                                              by Paul Draper

 

5^th June (all day)                 Fairfest – (A small exhibit)

Wood Field, Fairlight

 

15^th June 2.30pm                Do you know the history of your house? A discussion

                                             (Postponed from December 2021)

 

13^th July 7.00pm                 Pitt the Younger and the Martello Towers

At Pett Village Hall             by Geoff Hutchinson

 

17^th August 2.30pm           Sir Reginald Eves, his work and legacy to Fairlight

                                            by Haydon Luke and Julie Marshall

 

21^st September 2.30pm     Collecting Postcards

                                             by Kevin Gordon

 

19^th October 2.30pm          Malcolm Saville, the local landscape and its place in his stories

                                             by Elaine Luke

 

16^th November 2.30pm      The Coastguards at Pett Level

                                             by Martin King

 

21^st December 2.30pm      Ancestral gifts and curiosities – objects from the past

                                            (bring your own objects) plus Christmas nibbles

 FHG annual membership is £10 per person.

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

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