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The meetings this season
will be held in the Fellowship Room, Central United Reformed Church,
102 Blatchington Road, Hove BN3 3YF ,
2.15 pm for a Prompt start
at 2.30 pm.
It is the "Blue Door", the door will be closed at the meeting start, please use the door bell to gain entry.
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2023 |
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21 October 2023
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Brighton's Hidden Parks and Gardens Sarah's talk will explore the history and importance of parks and green spaces from the 18th to the 20th centuries and discover some of Brighton and Hove's parks as well as some unknown hidden gardens
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Sarah Tobias |
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18 November 2023
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The Fearless and Fabulous Women of Brighton & Hove This introduces us to an extraordinary cast of women from the city's history who pushed boundaries, who didn't take "no" for an answer and who had incredible vision to make strides in fields as wide apart as business, literature, medi-cine, law, entertainment, sport, art and even military matters. These include brilliant early women doctors, England's first female barrister, record breaking athletes and Victorian lady entrepreneurs. Some you may have heard of, whilst others you may wonder why you haven't.
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Louise Peskett |
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17 February 2024
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Daniel Defoe's tour of South East England 1724 Known as the author of Robinson Crusoe, he was also a man of many parts. One of these was as the author of a book which has never been out of print: "A tour of the whole of the island of Great Britain." This talk looks at Defoe's re-port on S.E. England in the period leading up to 1724 when Britain was in the throes of the industrial revolution and be-coming a world power. We travel through Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey to see our landscape through the eyes of a master story teller and think of what continuity and change we can discern from today's viewpoint.
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Geoffrey Mead |
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16 March 2024 |
Further images of Sussex Cherry will present another selection in her series of paint-ings of Sussex scenes from both the 19th and 20th centuries. She will speak not only about the paintings but also about the artists, some of whom are well-known, such as Eric Ravilious, and others who are not well known at all.
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Cherry Gillingham |
Admission Free entry to BHAS members. £4 to non-members.
