Welcome to theFarningham & Eynsford
Local History Society
Farningham & Eynsford Local History Society
Diary Saturday, 18 September 2021
| LADY ZOE HART DYKE & LULLINGSTONE SILK FARM | Friday, 17 September 2021 at 19:15 (7:15pm) |
| Zoom 7.15pm for 7.30pm Claire Weiss will show the results of her research into this fascinating aspect of Lullingstone Castle's past. Guests - donation of £3 welcome | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk or Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| LOCAL BRICKFIELDS & BRICK MAKING | Friday, 15 October 2021 at 19:15 (7:15pm) |
| Zoom 7.15pm for 7.30pm David Cufley will discuss the brickfields local to our area and demonstrate where bricks for Eynsford viaduct and other building projects came from. Guests - donation of £3 welcome. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| KENT HISTORY FROM THE AIR | Friday, 19 November 2021 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Zoom 7.15 pm for 7.30pm Rod LeGear will show images from 25 years of flying from Biggin Hill. The talk cover the history and uses of aerial photography with opportunity for the audience to identify some Kent sites from the air. Guests - donation of £3 welcome | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| THE BAILEY BRIDGE | Friday, 11 February 2022 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Martin Stoneham is former Chairman of the Friends of The Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, and has researched the story behind the erection of the Bailey bridge at Lullingstone in 1972, following the loss of the old bridge in the floods of 1968. Zoom or live to be decided. Guests - donation of £3 welcome. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk or Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| RECENT DIGS AT LULLINGSTONE | Friday, 11 March 2022 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Dr Anne Sassin is working for the Darent Valley Landscape Project as its resident archaeologist, and will report on community digs near Lullingstone Roman Villa. Zoom or live to be decided. Guests - donation of £3 welcome. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk or Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| FINDING CONSTANCE SPRY - THE KENT YEARS | Friday, 8 April 2022 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Sophie Leathart is a professional florist and has been influenced by the innovative ideas of Constance Spry, the celebrity florist of the 1930s to 1950s, who lived at Park Gate House, Lullingstone, for part of this period. Zoom or live to be decided. Guests - donation of £3 welcome. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk or Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| FELHS AGM | Friday, 13 May 2022 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| After the business of the meeting, it is hoped to show images of Farningham past. Zoom or live to be decided. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.co.uk or Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| LiDAR IMAGES OF THE DARENT VALLEY | Friday, 9 September 2022 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Dr Anne Sassin will return to explain another aspect of her work for the Darent Valley Landscape Project, and reveal what has been learnt from the aerial imaging. Guests - donation of £3 welcome | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk / Helen Smith 01322 864234 |
| FROM CARDBOARD TO CASTLE | Friday, 14 October 2022 at 19:30 (7:30pm) |
| Rod Shelton, author of 'Darent: The History and Stories of a River and its Communities' is also an expert model maker, whose scale model of Eynsford Castle is currently on display at Lullingstone Castle. He will explain the skills of model making and the research into Eynsford Castle undertaken to achieve accuracy. Zoom or live to be decided. Guests - donation of £3 welcome. | |
| Contact | archives@felhs.org.uk or Helen Smith 01322 864234 |