2026/2027
(Meetings 7:30 for 8.00pm in the Scout and Guide Hall (except where noted)
Wednesday 28th October
Commonwealth War Graves Commission by Kev Barnes
(Preceded by the A.G.M.)
Wednesday 25th November
‘Sussex Food & Fable’ by Robert Slater This is also our Dutch Supper evening.
Please bring a dish (enough for 6) of either sweet or savoury food, for all to share as a buffet.
Wednesday 27th January 2027
‘Sussex Village Names & their Meanings’ by Simon Mansfield
Learn more about Toponymy - the study of place names (toponyms), their origins, meanings, use, and typology.
Wednesday 24th February 2027
'Mayfield Criminals’ by Richard Nabavi Hear about Mayfield’s 19th Century Criminals.
Including murder, poisonings, prison escapes and much more!
Wednesday 31st March 2027
‘Gun Founding in the Weald’ by Jeremy Hodgkinson
From the late 15th century, gun-founding became a speciality of some of the region’s furnaces.
Hear about the development, technology and the personalities involved in a trade in which the Weald was prominent until the 1760s.
Wednesday 28th April 2027
‘Churchill’s Secret Army’ by Gilly Halcrow The Special Operations Executive (SOE) also known as Churchill's Secret Army, was established by Churchill during WW2 to train operatives and send them behind enemy lines to organise resistance. Hear how these brave men & women changed the course of history.