March Lecture
Friday 25th March, prescription 8pm, Westerham Hall “Healing the Ravages of Time – conservation for publishing” Talk by Bill Curtis (to follow the Westerham Society AGM) Old photographs and documents, creased and split with damaged edges, but they are 150 years old and possibly the only copy. Drawing-pin holes and rust marks from pins and […]
“Hever Castle” – Talk by Alison Palmer Alison, Westerham Hall
Friday 16th September, Westerham Hall, “Hever Castle” – Talk by Alison Palmer Alison and her team will share some fascinating historical stories from the annals of Hever Castle history. From 1462 to 1539 it was the seat of the Boleyn, originally ‘Bullen’, family. Anne Boleyn the second queen of King Henry VIII of England spent […]
“Stone Age Kent” – Talk by Dr. Natalie Cohen, Westerham Hall
Friday 14th October, viagra dosage Westerham Hall – Did you know how our ancestors lived at Squerryes Farm, more about Knole Park, Oldbury Hill and Dover. This talk highlights some amazing discoveries from the Stone Age through to the times of William the Conqueror and reveals remarkable tools, relics, weaponry and food of that time.
Lecture “3000 years of African Gold” by Michael Martineau
Lecture “The Roman Villa at Lullingstone” by Rod Shelton
Westerham Society AGM followed by “Westerham , The Way Forward” with Henry Warde
The Westerham Society AGM will be at 7:00 pm and is for members only. At 8:00 pm there will be a presentation and discussion led by Henry Warde of the Squerryes Estate.
Lecture: A day in the life of a “Tower of London’ Beefeater by Mitch Jones
The guards at the Tower of London are called Yeoman Warders but nicknamed Beefeaters. In principle they are responsible for looking after any prisoners at the Tower and safeguarding the British crown jewels, about it but in practice they act as tour guides and are a tourist attraction in their own right. Come and listen […]
Lecture: “The Queen’s Jewels” by David Thomas
David Thomas was crown jeweller to the English monarchy from 1991 to 2007, capsule when he retired. His job was keeping the monarchs crowns and jewels in order. His talk covers the Queens fabulous personal jewellery collection including the famous Cambridge Emeralds – which were apparently won in a German lottery in the nineteenth century.
October Lecture: “Churchill at Chartwell” by Kate Mail and Nicole Day
Last September, Chartwell launched an appeal to raise over £7 Million and reinvigorate the legacy of Sir Winston Churchill at his family home. To date the Chartwell appeal has reached £6 Million and many important items have been acquired. Kate Mail, Learning Officer, will advise how the funding has been springboard for engaging a new […]
The Great Storm
A chance to hear Bob Ogley’s personal account, of the damage and impact locally, caused by the Great Storm in October 1987. Bob was the first local journalist on the scene and his subsequent book went into the bestsellers list.