Meetings
2021-2022
From September 2021 meetings will take place in Barming Village Hall, Heath Road, Barming ME16 9JU, starting at 7.45pm
Monday 13th September
'Bits that Don't Fit' by Steve Hookins
Monday 11th October
'A Royal Interlude: Service in the Royal Household & the traditions of Royal Maundy' by Peter Hartley
Monday 8th November
'Mrs Beeton's Victorian Christmas' by Toni Mount
Monday 13th December
Christmas Social & entertainment
Monday 11th January
'A History of Aviation in Kent' by Guy Bartlett
Monday 14th February
'Her Barming Heritage WW1 & WW2 & Oakwood Hospital' by
Julie Mclean
Monday 14th March
'30 Years o Bother on the Hover' by Brian Laverick Smith
Monday 11th April
'History of Papermaking in Kent' by Dr Jean Stirk
Monday 9th May Note this is a Zoom Meeting
'Georgian Ladies in the polite and not so polite society' by
Patsy Erskine-Hall
2022 -2023
Monday 12th September
'History of Aviation in Kent' by Guy Bartlett
Monday 10th October
'Ancient & Modern: A History of Ordnance Survey' by Colin Brown
Monday 14th November
'A Kent Christmas' by Mick Lynn
Monday 12th December
Christmas Party
Monday 23rd January
'Put the Lights Out' by Imogen Corrigan
Monday 13th February
'Golden Days of Variety' by Dean Caston
This covers the heyday of variety in the 30-40 & 50's. and is telling us about the entertainers who travelled the country performing in different theatres each week.
Monday 13th March
'Medieval Castle & Cathedral City of Rochester' by Ian Dickinson
Monday 24th April
'A Day in Court' by Mary Winder
Mary will tell us some experiences when she was a J.P.
2023-2024
Monday 11th September
'The Fabulous 50s' by Delia Taylor
This is a fun look at how we lived during the Fabulous 50s including Fashion, Television Films & Music with the birth of Rock & Roll
Monday 9th October
'The History of Policing in Kent' by Pam Mills
The first fifty years
Monday 13th November
'Ration Book Britain' by Toni Mount
We will be taken back to the time when ration books were an essential part of everyday life
Monday 11th December
Christmas Social
Monday 22nd January 2024
'Medieval & Historic Graffiti' by Wayne Perkins
We will hear about Historic Graffiti in the Medieval Buildings of the Barming area
Monday 12th February
'Ragstone to Riches' by Dr. Simon Elliot
How Roman Britain was built with ragstone quarried in the Medway valley
Monday 11th March
'From Princess to Queen' by Melanie Gibson-Barton
Her Majesty from childhood o Coronation 2nd June 1953
Monday 22nd April
'Family at War' by Peter Rudd
We will hear about family members and their exploits in WW1 & WW2
Please note meetings are normally on the 2nd Mondays of the except in January and April
Programme Subject to Change