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Chairman:
Joyce Cooper 01903 249136
Secretary: Ed Miller 01903 502267:
EdMiller@msn.com
PROGRAMME FOR 2003/04
Meetings (all Fridays):
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7 November
(7.30): Michael Smith on Smuggling in Sussex
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12 December
(7.30): Lizzie and Tony Gilks present A Victorian Christmas
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6 February 2004
(7.30): Geoff Mead on the History of Agriculture in Sussex
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7 May 2004
(7.30): Neil Rogers-Davis on Old Angmering
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13 August 2004:
(AGM 7.15); 7.30: Dr Annabelle Hughes on Timber-Framed Buildings
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5 November 2004
(7.30): Adge Roberts on The Shelley Family in Sussex
Our meetings are
open to non-members, but the Newsletter, visits and other activities are for
members only. Please make sure of your membership by completing the form
(obtainable from Ed Miller, email address above) and
handing it with your subscription for Sept 2003-August 2004 (£2 per member) to
one of the Committee, or posting it to the Secretary .
Visits and walks
We had mixed fortunes with our walks in the first half of 2003 – our New Year
walk to Kingston and our 25 May walk over Highdown were cut short by heavy rain;
on the other hand the 14 June walk round the Arun Valley Churches, the 5 July
walk round Tarring, and the 9 August visit to Bignor Park had delightful
weather. The next excursion will be the walk round Falmer and Stanmer on 21
September, leaving the Village Hall car park at 1.30. Other outings will
certainly be arranged, and will be announced at our quarterly meetings. There is
no shortage of interesting sites in West Sussex – please let one of the
Committee know if you have any suggestions.
Research
The Committee would like to encourage more of our members to explore Ferring’s
history at first hand – using the material in Worthing Library, the West Sussex
Record Office or our own archives (which are now quite extensive). This can be a
matter of tracing the history of your house (using, for example, the Plans
Registers of the old East Preston Rural District Council), following the
movements of families in the successive census returns, documenting local trades
and shops, or social organisations. Some of this work is reported in the
Newsletter, and some displayed from time to time in the Library, such as Kath
Worvell’s work on St Richard (among other things, Lord of the Manor of Ferring
in the 13th century). Don’t hesitate to ask for advice on how to get started. |
