Events at Westerham Hall

A presentation by Tony Riley on the complex history behind the development of Kent’s railways. Tony Riley has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the topic as well as a great collection of old photographs. We will hear how our regional railway structure was created, especially as it was undertaken with no government funding and even without […]

A talk by Roger Stiles about his lifelong interest in our history of the First World War which stemmed from his father’s service with the Queen Victoria Rifles. Over the years Roger has carried out research on a great number of men, with many visits to France and Flanders to trace the footprints of these soldiers […]

A Talk by Alison Charles Alison Charles’ talk will outline her journey from a shy Essex girl to becoming a Harley Davidson riding, opera singing diva and everything that happened in between. Her time in the military, her work in Africa – this talk covers it all.  This promises to be an interesting story.  

All Members are invited to the Society’s AGM which will commence at 7.00 pm. The Committee will present reports on the activities in 2019 and plans for the current year.  Members will be invited to comment on the reports and the Committee’s plans for the future.   The talk and presentation by John Rawlinson on General James Wolfe […]

In the light of the Government restrictions during the current extraordinary circumstances we have had to postpone this event.  We plan to arrange an alternative date later in the year for this presentation by Paul Hadaway, who is the Project Leader of the Ham Fen Beaver Colony.

Unfortunately due to the restrictions in force during the Covid-19 pandemic this event has been cancelled.

In line with the ongoing Government guidance on social gatherings we have had to cancel this planned Evening Talk.  

In light of the latest Government restrictions on social gatherings and events we have had to cancel this planned Evening Talk.     In addition, we have no option but to cancel the Society’s events planned for the balance of 2020 and this will, unfortunately, include our popular annual Churchill Dinner and the Members’ Christmas Social.

A talk by Ian Thomson   Ian Thomson was a voluntary guide at Bletchley park for ten years and has been giving talks on Bletchley Park for over 25 years. His talk will cover how Bletchley Park started, it’s growth and achievements. The breaking of Enigma and other high level machines, some of the personalities […]

A talk by David Gilmour   David’s talk was planned before COVID 19 changed everything.  His talk will cover the whole story of the Gunpowder Plot, which he knows very well having a family connection to it.