Dear All

Welcome to meteorological spring and, so far, the weather to match.

The March meeting is next Monday the 10^th at Kingston Barn, not Barham V.H., at 7.30pm. We welcome Roy Logan who will be giving his talk “Whisperings of War” which is a collection of moving, amusing and sometimes tragic stories of real-life people in World War II - from Prisoners of War, nurses on the front line, through to evacuees and civilians. Stories of ordinary people affected by the war who have shared stories that would never otherwise have been told. Roy works in public services and during his many visits to old people in their homes soon found they were telling him the most amazing stories of their war time experiences – which will probably not be recorded anywhere else. With their permission he re-tells these in his talk. As always we welcome everyone to the talk but do ask non members to make a small contribution to our costs.

In February Celia Heritage gave us her talk “Above & Below Ground: Exploring a Pre-Reformation Church and Churchyard” covering the origins and development of early churches and their surroundings which certainly educated me on the history and evolution of aspects of churches and churchyards.

In April we return to Barham Village Hall on Monday 14^th when we are hoping to welcome back Colin Varrall to talk about “North Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown lifeboats” of which Colin is a crew member as well as a local historian.

The Heritage Centre is open every Wednesday morning 10 ’til noon and is assisting an increasing number of people who are researching something that interests them or just want to find out more about their local area.



Thanks

David Wood