FAMILY HISTORY

The main aim is to help members establish and extend their family trees by collecting collating and reviewing what is known within the family, check sources of information to confirm details. Learn how to develop family research skills using record offices, websites and other specialist sources.

New Members welcome

Contact :      Jean Stirk

Meetings :  Wednesday,   4th,   10.00 - 12.00

HISTORY OF TRANSPORT

The group covers all modes of transport on land, water and air. We have 10 meetings a year Members prepare one talk a year, followed by discussions.

Contact :      Michael Harwood

Meetings :   Thursdays,   3rd,   10.00 - 12.00

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HISTORY THROUGH THE AGES

 We look at worldwide historical topics throughout the ages.  Each year the group chooses a particular period to work within covering royalty, literature, technology, political figures and events.  Each member of the group chooses a subject and presents it to the group.  We also organise occasional visits and links with other history groups.  We have operated on Zoom but are now meeting at each others houses. Vacancies  for 1 or 2 more.

Contact :   Linda Gilbert     or      Jennifer Ruffles

Meetings :   Wednesday,  1st,  10.00 - 12.00

LONDON STUDIES 1

This is a well established group that has been running since 2005. We work in pairs to organise visits; the first month is a local meeting to present information on the trip, the second month is a full day visit to London either self guided or with a professional guide.

Contact :   Diana Goymer

Meetings :   Tuesdays,  3rd,  2 pm

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LONDON STUDIES 2

We  divide into sub-groups and each in turn organises a visit to a place of interest. Usually each group organises one visit peryear.

Vacancies

Contact :   Amanda Birch

Meetings :  Thursday 1st,   all-day visit..

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LONDON VILLAGES

London used to have over 140 separate villages  and many of them have very interesting histories.
Group members choose a subject (such as a person, building, event/s) connected with the village and gives a  presentation.  The programme for each village will begin with a scene setting talk from one member.
So  far we  have investigated Clerkenwell, Southwark, Greenwich, and Richmond. We intend to visit some of the places we have researched.

Contact:   Beryl Mansell

Meetings:   3rd Thursday - 14:00 - 16:00

MILITARY HISTORY

Members choose a topic for individual research and spend a morning presenting it to the group.  Meetings normally take place between October and March.

Contact :   Nick White

Meetings :   Tuesdays,  fortnightly,  10.30 - 12.30

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OUR INDUSTRIAL PAST

This new group combines the disbanded Industrial Heritage and Industrial History groups. We will discuss the history of industrial activity from early times to within living memory, covering local, national and international subjects. We like members to contribute with research and presentations. Interest rather than expertise is all that is needed.
Vacancies.

Contact :  Rob Weighil

Meetings :   3rd Wednesday, 14.00 - 16.00

                                                PEACE & CONFLICT STUDIES

The Peace and Conflict Group embraces a much wider area of interest than just military battles. As we have evolved we have recognised that the background to conflict has much wider consequences which embrace factors such as Politics, Sociology, Economics and Technology, and this leads to a wider view of the effects of conflict and how it shapes the world in which we live.
Our studies to date have included the complex background to the current conflict in Ukraine, Heads of State and Napoleon III in Exile. For the forthcoming programme we will be exploring Yugoslavia, The Pentagon Papers and Vietnam and the 1812 War and other topics.

Contact :   Bob Ruffles
Meetings :   Otford Methodist Church, Wednesdays,  2nd,  1.30 - 3.30