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Upcoming Meetings
All meetings are held at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Claygate KT10 0JP, and start at 2.30pm
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Saturday, 14 September
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, followed by a talk
Surbiton Hill
Janet Heskins
Janet stepped into the breach when Kathy Atherton was unable to be present. Kathy’s talk will now take place in November.
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Saturday, 12 October
A Schoolgirl’s War
Mary Smith
Two recent WW2-era discoveries – an extensive set of tunnels used as underground classrooms, and an exquisite group of paintings documenting wartime school lives – provide unique and intriguing insights.
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Saturday, 16 November
Mary Neal and the Suffragettes who saved Morris Dancing
Kathy Atherton
Tragically it’s been almost forgotten how this social activist and women’s suffrage campaigner, with her girls from the London slums, rescued Morris dancing from obscurity and probable extinction and spread it throughout the country. And there’s a local connection: the group spent much time at Holmwood in the Surrey Hills.
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Saturday, 14 December
Cobham Characters – From the Jolly Miller to the Russian Spy
Dr David Taylor
Our President will strike a fun pre-Christmas note with some tales from his recent local research.