Diary @ The Farningham and Eynsford Local History Society

Diary Tuesday, 29 October 2024

FILM: EYNSFORD DURING QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE 1977	Friday, 15 November 2024 at 19:30 (7:30pm)
A ticketed event to raise funds for the new Village Hall at Eynsford. Eynsford Village Hall. Doors open 7.30pm for film at 8.00pm. £10 includes glass of wine/soft drinks, cheese. To book: BACS (Sort code 20-25-42 Account 13275752 for Farningham and Eynsford Local History Society) and email Vikki Saunders for tickets - treasurerfelhs@gmail.com or via cheque (payable to Farningham and Eynsford Local History Society) and post to Mrs Alison Marshall - 83 Hever Avenue, West Kingsdown, TN15 6HQ
Contact	archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234

PERCY PILCHER - Giles Wolfe	Friday, 21 February 2025 at 19:30 (7:30pm)
Giles has researched the early experiments in flight undertaken by Percy Pilcher in the hills at Upper Austin Lodge, Eynsford. Eynsford Village Hall. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection.
Contact	archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234

LONDON IN 1666: Plague, Fire and War	Friday, 14 March 2025 at 19:30 (7:30pm)
Stuart Robinson will outline the traumatic events of this memorable year. Farningham Village Hall. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection.
Contact	archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234

CHALK MINING IN KENT - Rod LeGear	Friday, 11 April 2025 at 19:30 (7:30pm)
Rod is a leading figure in the Kent Underground Research Group, and has vast experience of Kent chalk mines, of which there are some 1,184 cavities. Eynsford Village Hall. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection.
Contact	archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234

FELHS AGM & Talk LULLINGSTONE WW2 DUMMY AIRFIELD	Friday, 9 May 2025 at 19:30 (7:30pm)
Eynsford Village Hall Doors open 7.30pm for AGM at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. After the AGM Nick Fothergill will give a presentation about the Dummy Airfield set up in Lullingstone Park in the Second World War, to distract enemy aircraft from targeting Biggin Hill.
Contact	archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234

EXCAVATIONS ON HARROW MEADOW - James Holman	Friday, 12 September 2025 at 19:30 (7:30pm)
James is project manager and senior consultant for Canterbury Archaeological Trust. He will discuss the archaeological discoveries made during the excavations in Harrow Meadow, and how they fit in with other local sites. Farningham Village Hall. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection.
Contact	archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234

FELHS 40th ANNIVERSARY EVENING	Friday, 3 October 2025 at 19:30 (7:30pm)
Details to be announced. Eynsford Village Hall
Contact	archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234

GROWING UP IN LULLINGSTONE CASTLE - Tom Hart Dyke	Friday, 14 November 2025 at 19:30 (7:30pm)
Tom has not quite made up his mind about the subject of the talk, but wants to include The World Garden somewhere in it. Farningham Village Hall. Doors open 7.30pm for talk at 8.00pm. Refreshments and display from FELHS collection. it.
Contact	archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234