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Meetings are 2-4pm on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at The Valley Social Centre in Whitehawk Way, BN2 5HE.
Many of us arrive early for a lovely, chatty lunch first in the tasty cafe on the ground floor.
A list of speakers for the rest of the year 2016 will be added as we get confirmations. We would love to see some new faces joining us.
SPEAKERS FOR 2016
13TH JANUARY 2016: To open the New Year's season of talks Paul Green - Argus Historian will present his “ Step Back in Time” talk which is based on the history of the Argus since its first copy on 30 March 1880 !
He will bring along old copies, photos and other memorabilia for people to look through as well as a quiz which is very interactive.
10 FEBRUARY: Our very own Jean Clack will talk on family history.
9TH MARCH: David Simkin, a regular visitor to our group, returning with a talk on The History of Portraiture.
13TH APRIL: AGM this month plus a chat on family holidays amongst our members.
11TH MAY: To be confirmed
8TH JUNE: Geoff Mead, another of our regular speakers with a topic still to be decided!
13TH JULY: A members chit chat this month. Bring some stories of War Time at school.
10TH AUGUST: To be confirmed.
14TH SEPTEMBER: To be confirmed.
12TH OCTOBER: Paul Green from The Argus, back by popular demand.
9TH NOVEMBER: Paul Jordan, from the History Centre will tell us all about Brighton in the 1920's and 30's
14TH DECEMBER: Will be our Christmas get together, theme to be decided during the year.
SPEAKERS FOR 2015
February 2015 : Alan Hayes - The History of Fishing in Brighton
March 11th 2015 : Alan Hayes will be returning to continue his wonderful talk on the History of Fishing in Brighton.
April 8th 2015 : THIS MEETING WILL BE OUR AGM
May 13 2015 : Paul Gillett and his friend Keith Turner, will be speaking on growing up in Brighton from a blind person's perspective.
June 10th 2015 : Jon Sygrave of Archaeology South East joins us to tell us all about the history of Whitehawk Hill.
July 8th 2015 : David Simkin will present a talk with photographs of East Brighton in Victorian and Edwardian times
August 12th 2015 : Dave Homewood will be back again to continue on from his previous talk, with different gramophones and anecdotes.
September 9th 2015 : Chris Horlock is returning with this title "Lost Theaters of Brighton"
October 14th 2015 : Beryl Tucknott continued on the theme of cimemas and theatres with a lovely informal chat that many of us joined in with
November 11th : To be confirmed
December 9th 2015: Will be our Christmas party with songs to join in with and a table of goodies to eat and win!
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Plans for 2014
10 September: Chris Horlock will join us to share his knowledge with his talk on "Whitehawk"
8 October: Dave Homewood talk this month is "Old Gramophones"
12 November 2014: Peter Hill: (Subject to be arranged)
10 December: Probably our Christmas Party!
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