Dear All,

Our next meeting is next Monday 13^th October 7.30pm at Barham Village Hall when Richard Eales will be talking about ‘Domesday Kent and the Norman Conquest’. The 13^th is the day before the anniversary of The Battle of Hastings.

The November meeting will be at Barham Village Hall on Monday10th. Details will be available soon. 

At the last meeting following Trevor Minter’s and Margaret Smith’s talk about Barham’s WW11 war memorial and their research into the lives of the individuals cited we talked about researching our own families and homes. Alfred Gracey led a discussion about how to progress these thoughts for the benefit of the individual’s and the society’s role in gathering information about local families and buildings. I suggested members consider carry out some “homework” along these lines.

The Atherton Heritage Centre at Barham Village Hall is open every Wednesday morning 10 ’til noon. We are assisting an increasing number of people who are researching something that interests them or just want to find out more about their local area. Should this not be convenient then the archivist John Reynolds would be happy to make the facility available at other times. To arrange this please contact John on 01227 830384. If you wish to find out more about the Centre in general do contact him including if you would consider helping with our research activities.

Thanks

David Wood