Events

Friday 18th September 2026, 19:00-21:00 Lower Hardres Village Hall Street End Lower Hardres Canterbury CT4 5NP Canterbury - speaker Dr Anne Logan Dr Ann Logon, Emeritus Reader in Social Science University of Kent We open at 6:30pm for 7pm start All are Welcome, Members £5 - Guests £6 About the Speaker: Dr Anne Logan is a […]

Thursday 24th September 2026, 13:30-14:30 Swaine Vestry, St Nicholas Church, High Street, Rochester ME2 4UB Medway - Discussion About the Topic What did your Agricultural Labourer ancestors actually do?' This will be a general group discussion with contributions and questions welcome from all. Meeting open to all Non-Medway Group members and other Guests:  £6

Tuesday 29th September 2026, 13:30 Willesborough Windmill, Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0QG Ashford - Booked members We will not be at the Barn this evening as members will be at an outdoor meeting this afternoon Charing Village Walk and afternoon tea is open only to those members who booked and paid in advance.

Tuesday 13th October 2026, 19:30-21:00 The Cleary Room, The Landmark Centre, 129 High Street, Deal, Kent CT14 6BB Deal - speaker Margaret Wills We open at 7 pm for 7:30 pm start Members £5 Guests £7.50. About the Talk The 19th century was the age of mass migration when several million people left Britain to […]

Wednesday 14th October 2026, 19:30 Mote Park Indoor Bowls Club, Willow Way, Maidstone ME15 7RN Maidstone - speaker Robin Ambrose Boxley The Story of an English Parish authors: Robin Ambrose and Daevid Hook All are welcome to attend: Guests £5 - Members £1 (Amazon link to the book) About the talk: Robin Ambrose co-wrote a […]

Friday 16th October 2026, 19:00-21:00 Lower Hardres Village Hall Street End Lower Hardres Canterbury CT4 5NP Canterbury - Members short talks Canterbury Branch meeting place from March 2026 Lower Hardres Village Hall CT4 5NP We open at 6:30pm for 7pm start About the Meeting: This evening members have been invited to give a 5/10min talk […]

Tuesday 27th October 2026, 19:30-21:00 Willesborough Windmill, Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0QG Ashford - speaker Sue Duckworth We open from 7pm for a 7:30pm start. All are welcome to join in this evenings meeting Members £5 - Non-members £7 About the Talk: Quirky and little-known facts emerge in this talk about local customs and […]

Thursday 29th October 2026, 13:30-14:30 Swaine Vestry, St Nicholas Church, High Street, Rochester ME2 4UB Medway - with Hilary Blanford

Wednesday 04th November 2026 online via zoom Recording of Keith Fields talk Virtual speaker - Kevin Field About the talk The talk looks at the medical care in some East Kent workhouses in the forty six years following the introduction of the New Poor Law Act of 1834. It considers how different Guardians of the […]