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PROGRAMME JANUARY – MARCH 2012

shipleyhistory — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:58:05 +0000

Thursday 19th January – 7.30pm Peter James – Talk on re-building a smock mill – Andrew Hall, Shipley.

Thursday 23rd February – Dr Janet Pennington – Talk on Chanctonbury Ring – the story of a Sussex landmark- Andrew Hall, Shipley

FRIDAY 23rd March (please note – change of day)

7.30pm Lord Lytton – Talk on Newbuildings Place and Wilfred Scawen Blunt – Andrew Hall, Shipley

AUTUMN /WINTER PROGRAMME 2011/2012

shipleyhistory — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:03:00 +0000

Saturday 1st october – 10.30am meet at Shipley Church – Bob Phillips will talk about ley lines and lead some dowsing in and around the church.

Thursday 20th October – 7.30pm Dr Annabelle Hughes – illustrated talk on timber-framed houses in the area. Andrew Hall, Shipley.

Thursday 10th Nobvember – 7.30pm David Parker – talk on WWII with memorabilia – please bring any artefacts. Andrew Hall, Shipley.

Thursday 1st December – AGM and Christmas party at the Andrew Hall, Shipley. Please bring any research you have been doing, maps, documents or other material you would like to display to the group.

2012

Thursday 19th January – 7.30pm Peter James – talk on Re-building a Smock Mill – Andrew Hall, Shipley.

Thursday 23rd February – 7.30pm Janet Pennington – talk on Chanctonbury Bury – the story of a Sussex landmark. Andrew Hall, Shipley.

FRIDAY 23rd March (please note:change of day) 7.30pm Lord Lytton – talk on Newbuildings Place and Wilfred Scawen Blunt. Andrew Hall, Shipley.

FORTHCOMING TALK – THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2011

shipleyhistory — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:54:42 +0000

Mr David Parker will talk on World War II artefacts.

Please bring any items or documents you may have relating to World War II along.

Venue: The Andrew Hall, Shipley

Time: 7.30pm

All are welcome – £3 for non-members, refreshments served.

SATURDAY 1ST OCTOBER – SHIPLEY CHURCH

shipleyhistory — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:49:38 +0000

Bob Phillips was unable to give us his talk on Ley Lines around Shipley church earlier in the year – so this talk and demonstration of dowsing has been reinstated on Saturday 1st October 2011. Meet outside Shipley Church at 10.30am.

SATURDAY 1ST OCTOBER – SHIPLEY CHURCH

shipleyhistory — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:18:37 +0000

DR ANNABELLE HUGHES – A TALK ON TIMBER FRAMED HOUSES

shipleyhistory — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:20:44 +0000

Thursday 20 October – 7.30pm in the Andrew Hall, Shipley

VISIT TO SADDLESCOMBE FARM, NATIONAL TRUST

shipleyhistory — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:18:10 +0000

Pre-booking essential – please contact Jean Wright 01403 741986 for further details.

Saddlescombe farm is managed by the National Trust:

Saddlescombe has escaped the changes of modern farming, retaining many of its original buildings from the past four centuries. It has an intriguing history: documented in Domesday; home to the Knights Templar and lovingly portrayed in the book, ‘A South Downs Farm in the 1860s’, by Maude Robinson. TQ273115

One of the last remaining downland farms with its original buildings
Home to the Knights Templars for 100 years
Famous donkey wheel
Surrounded by some of the best downland in the country
Ancient woodland to the north

Proposed date: Saturday 6 August 2011

LEYLINES AT SHIPLEY CHURCH

shipleyhistory — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:08:46 +0000

Thursday 23 June 2011 – meet at St Mary the Virgin, Shipley (inside the church if wet) – 7.00pm.

Bob Phillips will talk about the leylines in the churchyard and around the village, demonstrating the use of dowsing sticks.

WALK AROUND CROOKHORN – SATURDAY 14 MAY 2011

shipleyhistory — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:47:17 +0000

Peter Anderson will take us on a guided walk to this beautiful and interesting spot in the north of our parish through some of Scawen Blunt’s checker-work of woods and past an old house or two .
Meet at Southwater Country Park – the car park on the south side, off Worthing Road, Southwater: not the car park close to the lake.
Date: Saturday 14 May 2011
Time: 10.00 am (until approx 12.30)
Please be prepared for mud – it may be very wet in places, so wellies/boots are a necessity.

MR LESLIE WELLER – THE CARYLL FAMILY

shipleyhistory — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:03:47 +0000

This talk will be illustrated with slide show – Leslie Weller has done extensive research into the Caryll family, and has considerable knowledge of the local area.

Venue: The Andrew Hall, Shipley

Time: 7.30 pm