Dear All,

The society met on the 14^th September at Barham Village Hall for its AGM. Due to a clash of dates we had to defer the booked speaker, Mrs Susannah Lavelle. We originally hoped that she would be available for our October meeting next Monday (12^th), Unfortunately she is unable to make that date but will be with us in November when she will give her talk “Handling History: My Work in Canterbury Museums” at Barham Village Hall.

Instead, Andy Linklater will give a further talk on ‘Kent through the eye of a lense’, using his personal archive. In particular he will be looking at ‘Does the camera today really tell the truth’. This will be at Barham Village Hall at 7.30pm.

The Atherton Heritage Centre at Barham Village Hall is open every Wednesday morning from 10 ’til noon. We have been able to help an increasing number of local residents from the 5 parishes with their searches into family and other topics of interest to them as well as receiving contributions which are always gratefully accepted. John Reynolds, our archivist, is often also there during Coffee Stop, the village coffee morning, on Tuesday mornings also from 10 ‘til 12.

If anyone you know would just like to be kept in touch with the society’s activities please contact David Wood (dw4746@yahoo.co.uk / 01227 832430) and they will be put on the circulation list of the monthly news note.

Thanks

David Wood