Please notice: In January 2017,
our meetings moved to the Church Hall of All
Souls Church, Cheriton, Folkestone, CT19
4HA.
They are now on the second Monday of each month at
7pm for 7.15 pm.
We will revert to meeting on the first Thursday
from January 2018 at that location.
All members and visitors welcome. A minimum donation of £2 is requested from visitors.
2017
January 9th
"The National Archives at Kew". Some members will talk on the variety of records they have accessed at Kew that are not on the Internet.
February 13th
Peter Ewart with his talk "Steady the Buffs".
March 13th
Alan Taylor, local historian, will be giving an illustrated talk about “The History of Folkestone Harbour”.
April 10th
David Brocklehurst with another talk about “The Battle of Britain”.
May 8th
Sheila Boyd with “Queen Victoria's Dreadful Uncles”.
June 15th
THURSDAY – “Visit to Dover Town Hall (Maison Dieu)” – We will meet at the Town Hall at 11 am for the tour. You may wish to then have a light lunch and go on to the Museum or Painted House.
July 10th
Jean Hatton speaking about “Elisabeth Fry”.
August 14th
“Members' Evening”. We hope more members will speak about their experiences at Kew or other archives. Our January meeting with the same topic was very well received.
September 11th
Doug Lindsay with “Kent & East Sussex Railway”.
October 9th
Vince Williams will speak about “Old Cheriton”.
November 13th
“AGM & Something else”.
December 11th
David Cufley will speak about “Sources for tracing the history of your house”, with mapping, photographs, sketches, drawings, styles and materials.
Next Kew trip: Sat 14 October.
Ian Stone is running his next mini-bus trip
to the Record Office at Kew on the above date
leaving Folkestone at 7.30am (from the bus
stop, opposite Kingsnorth Gardens). Members
can also be picked up at the Cineworld complex
in Ashford at 7.50am.
Arrive Kew at approx. 10.30am.
Departing Kew: 4.30pm.
Estimate back in Folkestone at 6.30pm.
Cost – only £13.
Cash payment to Treasurer, David Wharton, at
September’s meeting or internet bank transfer
stating:
Sort Code: 40-21-15 / Account No: 11688553
Folkestone & District Family History
Society.
Please make sure your name and
membership number is given as the reference
and e-mail the Treasurer with details of what
the payment is for.
If you are interested please send your name to
Ian Stone E.mail: coaches@folkfhs.org.uk
With kind regards,
Clive Batcheldor, Membership Secretary.
Jenny Watson will arrange walks round Canterbury or London if we let her know where we would like to visit.