2020/21 Talks Programme

David Reekie: Great writers of East Kent - from Caesar to Fleming via Dickens and Austen
March 17, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
St Margaret's Village Hall
Kent has a unique history of creativity unrivaled by any other county. World class writers have flourished here from Julius ...
Phil Eyden: The Western Heights
April 21, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
St Margaret's Village Hall
Phil Eyden is a civil servant, researcher and tour guide at the Drop Redoubt fort at the Western Heights in ...
Colin Varrall: Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown Lifeboat Stations
May 19, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
St Margaret's Village Hall
Colin Varrall will be talking about the three local lifeboat stations that were located at North Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown. ...
Suzanne Green: WW1 Belgian Refugees in Deal and Walmer
June 16, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
St Margaret's Village Hall
The fascinating and little known story of the Belgian Refugees who sought refuge in Deal and Walmer in WW1. Whilst ...
Jon Iveson: Conserving Maison Dieu
July 21, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
St Margaret's Village Hall
A Grade 1 listed building and scheduled monument, Maison Dieu was founded in the thirteenth century by Hubert de Burgh, ...
Jim Gascoyne: Churchill's auxiliary units, the British Resistance
September 15, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
St Margaret's Village Hall
This is the fascinating story of Churchill’s Secret Army. The Auxiliary Units were tasked with waging guerilla warfare in the ...
David Gilchrist: The Langdons
October 20, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
St Margaret's Village Hall
East and West Langdon are close neighbours but how much do we really know about them?Did you know, for example, ...
Chris Smith: People of the South Foreland Lighthouses
November 17, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
St Margaret's Village Hall
Many of you will have visited South Foreland Lighthouse and heard about its role as a warning to shipping as ...
Christmas social evening
December 15, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
St Margaret's Village Hall
An opportunity to catch up with other members and the committee and volunteers over a festive drink – the bar ...
Four Minute Warning - What Would Have Happened?
June 15, 2021
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
St Margaret's Village Hall
Four Minute Warning – What Would Have Happened? Popular speaker, Guy Bartlett, known for his in-depth understanding of things aeronautical, brings us ...