Events

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A presentation by Latin America travel specialist David Gilmour.   David’s introduction to Latin America will include past travellers’ tales; Columbus claimed to have seen a mermaid; One of Magellan’s crew caught sight of a giant off the coast of Argentina; Raleigh talked of an encounter with a tribe of headless men in the jungles of […]

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Following the successful garden party last year we are pleased to invite Members to another evening social. The Quebec House garden will be open to the Society between 6.00 and 9.00 pm. This will be a ticket only event with canapes and drinks served during the evening, but tickets must be purchased in advance of the event.

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A presentation by Ann Lovelace on the inspiring work of the Orpheus Centre, an independent specialist college in Godstone. The Centre focuses on developing independent skills and confidence of young people between 18 and 25 with learning and/or physical disabilities. The personalised study programmes for students are based on developing skills through performing and visual arts to make […]

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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 […]

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The London Welsh Male Voice Choir last visited Westerham in November 2014. We are very pleased to announce another concert evening with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir will be held on 26th October 2019. We will also have two soloists from the Orpheus Centre, Angus Morton and Charlotte Rowling, with Sir Richard Stilgoe as […]

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The Society will hold its annual Sir Winston S. Churchill memorial dinner in the Mulberry Room at Chartwell. This year the guest speaker is Lord Michael Dobbs. Lord Dobbs was an adviser to Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major. He is also a well known author whose work has included award-winning novels about Winston Churchill and the […]

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The annual convivial lunchtime Christmas Social at a private local venue. Open to Members through advanced ticket sales.

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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 […]

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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.  

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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 […]