Events at Westerham Hall

Pete Allen is the Director of the RC Sherriff Trust, a charity set up through the Will of the playright and author RC Sherriff. Prior to this he was The Arts Development Officer for Elmbridge Borough Council, where he was responsible for The Royston Pike Lecture Series. Previous to his work with Elmbridge Borough Council, […]

The AGM will commence at 7.00pm and is expected to conclude by 7.30pm. Sapper Clay was a First World War Royal Engineer from Nuneaton, so how come his medal was dug up 100 years later in a garden in the Surrey Hills? The search for this old soldier’s family uncovered a remarkable series of coincidences […]

Alan Haines will present an hilarious look at the 50’s,60’s and 70’s. Alan is an experienced guest speaker to clubs and societies throughout the South East, as well as appearing in his own shows at The Edinburgh and Brighton Fringes. The presentations are extremely funny and conjure up heaps of memories of life in those […]

A Talk by Neil Dixon. This talk is a “greatest hits” of the Garden of England’s dealings with ghosts, aliens, strange beasts and more. Writer and researcher Neil Nixon shares classic stories and a few first-hand encounters in a presentation that is – by turns – revealing, scary and occasionally hilarious. Neil Nixon’s output of […]

A presentation by Geoff Cowling. Geoff Cowling served in the Foreign Office for 40 years. His first posting was to the British Embassy in Kabul as Vice Consul in 1970, over half a century ago, Geoff took many photos, which have never been seen in public before, of an Afganistan largely destroyed in the wars […]

The Westerham Man burned at the stake one week before Henry VIII’s excommunication. Norman L Hopkins will tell the amazing story of a distinguished former Westerham resident. Norman lectures on historical matters and in this presentation, he will present the life of John Frith and bring copies of Tyndale and Frith’s works, including the Book-Fish. […]

R.M.S Lusitania, a Cunard ship of 32,000 tons, was sunk on her return journey from the United States by a German Submarine on the 7th of May, 1915. There were 1,951 passengers on board; 1,198 perished. It remains a controversial act of infamy. In a dramatic presentation featuring music and visual effects, Andrew Lound traces […]

We welcome back Norman Hopkins to tell us of the extraordinary life of John MacGregor. Originally best known for being the ‘Shoe Black Man’ and the ‘Open-Air Mission man’, his fame greatly increased when he began his canoeing exploits. He later became famous for his four ‘Rob Roy’ books and the lectures on his travels, […]

Angela Delgado-Corredor will tell the story of how a voyage on the HMS Beagle and a stop in the Galapagos went on to shock Victorian England in the 1800s. For about half his life Charles Darwin lived at Down House in Downe, just a few miles north of Westerham, along with his wife and children […]

The AGM for Members will be held between 7.00 and 7.30pm and the Music Evening will commence at 8.00pm. Westerham’s own music man, Philip Fitzpatrick, will play folk and pop music of the 1960’s. He will also play his own compositions based on the music of the period. A fun time for everybody who attends!