Fairlight History Group
2025 Calendar
(All meetings to be held in Fairlight Village Hall unless stated otherwise)
15th January 2.30pm Fairlight’s Cliffs, Berms and Fossil remain
by Paul Draper
26th February 2.30pm 6th Annual General Meeting – Followed by – The Gowlland
family visit Fairlight – a film
19th March 2.30pm A far from Gentlemanly Trade – Smuggling
by Haydon Luke
16th April 2.30pm The Vahey family at Pett
by Lorna Vahey
21st May 2.30pm Sussex Farming in the 1950s
by Ian Everest
18th June time tba Shipwreck Museum, The Stade, Hastings Fishing Quarter (Visit)
16th July 2.30pm The Knewstub Family and their artistic visitors to Pett Level
by Julie Marshall
20th August 2.30pm The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
by Kevin Barnes (CWGC Southeast)
17th September 2.30pm The Mary Stanford disaster
by Liz Green
4th October 10am – 4pm Fairlight History exhibition – ‘Fairlight From The Air’
Saturday -A joint event with the Fairlight Residents’ Association
19th November 2.30pm Fairlight Miscellany
by Haydon Luke
17th December 2.30pm A Christmas gathering with artefacts plus food and drinks
From September membership is reduced to only £5.00!
Non-members are welcome to attend meetings but a fee of £3 is payable
For updates please check Fairlighthistory.co.uk or Fairlight.org.uk,
or if you want to become a member please contact:-
Haydon Luke: haydonluke@hotmail.com (01424 814748),
Paul Draper: paulwpdraper@gmail.com (01424 814154) or
Liz Green: liz.green139@hotmail.com (01424 601080).