Illustrated Talks in Chobham


IMPORTANT NOTICE

Our venue is the Pavilion in the Recreation Ground in Station Road, Chobham, on the THIRD Wednesday in the month.

 
 

The new talks season will restart in October and will continue as usual to April 2011.The venue will be as usual at Chobham Parish Pavilion, Recreation Ground, Station Road, Chobham, near Woking.

Meetings start at 8pm on the third Wednesday of the month (See link above for exact location). Coffee/tea and biscuits will be available during the interval. Non members and friends are very welcome to come along. There is sufficient, and safe, parking alongside the hall.

 

Winter Season 2011/2012

 


 

 

All meetings are FREE.

Please come along and support these social evenings where we like to see new faces. Everyone is welcome so bring along your friends as well.

Here are the dates and details of the current season -

audience inside the hall (3K) 

A short history of the talks, compiled by Peter Coxhead ----

The Group was formed in the mid-1970s in those enterprising early muddy days of restoration. A small band of enthusiastic characters used to sit on the floor of members' houses planning programmes that would keep the momentum going.

The first actual public meetings when interesting speakers whetted our appetites for what we should aim for, took place in the long-since-demolished Centre Halls in Woking. Our compere was Mike Grist. We then moved to the old Christ Church Hall (now Barclays Bank) and for a time Peter Coxhead presented the evenings.

Then followed a period at the Methodist Church Hall and surely all who came there will remember the 'ex-sergeant-major' caretaker! Our next venue was St Johns Memorial Hall. Ginny Millard took over from Peter during this period.

For the last few years, our meeting place has been at the Westgate Centre again in the heart of Woking. Arthur Dungate was now our 'master of ceremonies' and all who came will remember the wonderful variety of interesting speakers.

Now, subject to receiving approval of a lottery bid, Woking Galleries will almost certainly be building a state-of-the-art 21st century Museum and Art Centre on the site of the old Westgate building.

Finding a hall suitable for both availability and price is not easy. However Peter Coxhead has come to an arrangement with Chobham Parish Council to rent its Pavilion in the Recreation Ground in Station Road, Chobham. The hall is large enough for our meetings, there is sufficient car parking space and a kitchen is available for those very important 'half time' breaks.

      ---- 2011 ----

    • OCTOBER - Wednesday 19th October

       

      Adrian Softley - ' Boat and Barge Building at Honey Street'
       
      Adrian Softley from the Barge Inn at Horton,near Devizes will describe the history of the famous barge building base on the Kennet and Avon Canal and will also talk about the building of the replica barge 'Unity' in 2005.

       

    • NOVEMBER - Wednesday  16th November.

       

      Roger Squires 'Waterways of South Holland'
       
      A welcome return visit from one of our regular speakers,Roger will describe a circular tour of South Holland's waterways including the little visited but very busy Twentee Canal.This is a new waterway constructed for the growing industry of this part of Holland.

    • DECEMBER - Wednesday 21st December.

       

      Richard Thomas ' The Gunpowder Plot'
       
      Richard,a regular speaker over the years,will return to take a look at the background of the "Powder Treason" and the involvement of Catesby,Percy and Guido Fawkes and the ten other conspirators who laid the Plot.He will examine closely the events of early November in 1605 and will follow the flight and fate of the conspirators and  we will hear of the trial and executions of those who were captured.
       

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    • JANUARY - Wednesday 18th January.


       

       

    • FEBRUARY - Wednesday 15th February.

       
       


    • MARCH - Wednesday 21st March.


       

       

    • APRIL - Wednesday 18th April.

 

 

 

 

    Note:

  • If you have any ideas for interesting future talks, the Talks Organiser will be pleased to hear from you!
    Please contact: David Millett (01252 617364) or Peter Coxhead (01932 344564). -

 

            
 

Last updated: Jun 2011