The next lecture is by Helen Allinson on Kentish Village Life in Victorian Times - a look at the domestic and social structure of village life in the 19th century.
This is on 9th February at 8pm in Charing Parish Hall. Guests are welcome at £3.00 or why not become a member.
(Fees are: Adult £9, Senior Citizens £8, Family (3) £15, payable annually in September. Full-time students are free.)
The society welcomes members from Charing and surrounding parishes. Currently it has about 100 members. From September to April, talks are organised on historical topics of local, regional or national interest, usually given by experts in the field. In addition there is a Christmas Social evening, and in May an AGM plus a short talk. Meetings take place in Charing parish hall at 8pm on the second Thursday of the month. In the early summer an outing is organised to a place or places of interest (Cadman Event*).
On occasion specialist study groups are set up; at present there is one cataloguing historic photographs of the area; another resulted in the publication in 2011 of A History of Charing, £12, available from books@charinghistory.co.uk or Charing Post Office. For further information contact the secretary, Jennie Burgess, 01233 714639, secretary@charinghistory.co.uk
*This year's Cadman Event, will be on 26 May, when we will visit Hall Place and Danson House, Bexley. More details will be posted shortly
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