“Kent in the 19th Century” – Talk by Bob Ogley
Bob is well known to many in Westerham with his regular columns in the Sevenoaks Chronicle and previous lectures to the Society. Being such a good speaker it is a great privilege to arrange for Bob to speak to us again. Bob is a well known local historian and WW2 expert with a fund of […]
Talk by the Kent Search & Rescue Dog Unit
This unique Dog Unit are primarily used in the search for missing persons. Dog Teams are used to search routes, pharmacy paths and/or large areas quickly and this talk should give us an insight into the special capabilities of both dogs and handlers who will be at the talk.
Squerryes Vineyard – A Talk by Henry Warde
The development of the Squerryes Vineyard is a fascinating story from concept in 2004 to the release of the 2010 first vintage in 2014. The south facing North Down and their unique combination of chalks has made for an ideal home for Squerryes’ venture into wine production. Henry Warde had a very successful release of […]
“Churchill’s Final Farewell” – Talk by Rodney J Croft
On January 30th, the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s state funeral, Rodney Croft was invited by The Corporation of London to open Tower Bridge to allow MV “Havengore”, (the launch which carried Churchill’s body up the Thames) to pass through in order to commemorate the momentous day and to salute Sir Winston Churchill, the […]
Westerham Society AGM followed by “The New Mary Rose Exhibition” – Talk by Trevor Sapey
The exciting, new £27 million Mary Rose Museum opened its doors to visitors last year. Located just metres from Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory and the ships of the modern Royal Navy, the new museum provides one of the most significant insights into Tudor life in the world and creates the new centrepiece to Portsmouth Historic […]
“Crop Circles” – Talk by Andy Thomas
With a stunning slide show, buy Andy Thomas explores the extraordinary and controversial phenomenon of crop circles, viagra looking at their fascinating history and discussing possible theories which may explain them. Andy Thomas is a leading researcher of unexplained mysteries and the author of many books on crop circles, conspiracies and the paranormal including the […]
“WW2 Escape Routes” – Talk by Geoff Cowling
Geoff will share some remarkable wartime stories from Italy, erectile France and Spain in his lecture. A member of the WW2 Escape Lines Memorial Society (ELMS), side effects Geoff will explain how WW2 prisoners of war considered escape to be their duty. Escapes caused enemy troops to be taken away from the front line and […]
“Darent River Villages” – Talk by Rod Shelton
A wonderful look at historic and current use of the Darent River. In times gone by, dosage boats came up river from the Thames as far as Otford. Locally, discount there are still remnants of the mills which used the Darent and its tributaries on which Westerham depended. This talk highlights some unusual and little […]
January Lecture
Friday 29th January, check 8pm, this Westerham Hall “The Westerham Press Family” – Talk by Paul and Francis Atterbury. Following the very popular talk by Francis Atterbury on Westerham Press in 2014 we have managed to persuade Francis to come back and talk to us again, accompanied by brother Paul of ‘Antiques Roadshow’ fame. This […]
February Lecture
The February 26th talk at Westerham Hall is entitled “Abode of the Gods” by Kev Reynolds after his recent book of the same name on the Nepalese Himalayas and the impact of the major 2015 earthquakes. This replaces the original talk subject of “Westerham Brewery” by Robert Wicks which has been rescheduled for 2017.