Military History

Uckfield Meeting Centre

Our member Geoff Bridger, who is a nationally known WW1 historian and author, will look at Military History.   He will look at basics for beginners and share where the most useful and easily located military records can be found.   Although primarily covering the First World War, he will also touch on other conflicts.

Refreshments will be available on arrival.

'Resorting to the coast’: Sussex seaside history

Worthing Meeting Centre

To many of us holiday history is linked to our childhood memories of a coastal visit, whether it is of a caravan on a windswept clifftop, a B&B in a large resort or a posh hotel on a glittering seafront. Somewhere in that memory comes a stroll on a pier, a battle with a deckchair or a round of golf [9 hole or Crazy] a charabanc trip or a paddle steamer along the coast. This talk looks at how the seaside replaced the inland spas as a destination, how we reached these distant spots and how the facilities and entertainments, hotels and piers developed there and changed over time.
Non-members welcome.

Lost Cousins

Web Talk

Lost Cousins by Peter Calver. An aid to help us trace long lost cousins from the past to the present