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KAS EVENTS

One-Day Conference held jointly by KAS and the Friends of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Kent

LATER MEDIEVAL KENT

Saturday 10 December
9.55am (register from 9.30) to 5pm

Grimond Lecture Theatre 1, University of Kent, Canterbury campus

Programme (2 lectures per session):

• The Aristocracy: Dr David Grummitt & Richard Eales
• The Economy: Professor Mavis Mate & Dr Gillian Draper
• The Church: Dr Elizabeth Edwards & Dr Robert Lutton
• The Town: Sarah Pearson & Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh

Tickets £12 (lunch NOT provided – see campus outlets).

Further details and to book (by 2 December):
Claire Taylor, Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NX; c.l.taylor@kent.ac.uk or 01227 823140. Cheques should be made payable to ‘UNIKENT’.

EVENTS AROUND KENT

Joint conference by Council for Kentish Archaeology and Association for Roman Archaeology

NEW IDEAS ON SOME MAJOR ROMAN VILLAS

Saturday 22 October 2011
2.00 - 5.30pm

The Old Sessions Lecture Theatre, Canterbury Christchurch University, Canterbury, North Holmes Campus

Speakers include:

• Dr Martin Henig
• Bryn Walters
• Graham Sofie

Tickets £5.00 available from C.K.A. 7, Sandy Ridge, Borough Green, Kent TN1 8HP (S.A.E please)

Web site www.the-cka.fsnet.co.uk

WATERINGBURY LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

• 19 October
  Darwin Family of Downe - Barbara Stevens
• 16 November
  A History of Early Flight on Sheppey - Air Commodore Bill Croydon
• 18 January 2012
  The History of Rochester Bridge - James M Gibson
• 15 February 2012
  Queen Victoria’s Dreadful Uncles - Sheila Boyd
• 21 March 2012
  Some Historic Kentish Towns - David Carder
• 18 April 2012
  The Great Flood of 1953 - Bronwen M Sadler
• 20 June 2012
  AGM followed by The Queen’s Jubilee - Peter Hartley

We also organise a coach trip to a venue of interest, next year it will be held in May.

The Society meets in the Village Hall at 7.40pm. Visitors are welcome at £2.50.

LOOSE AREA HISTORY SOCIETY

• Monday 14 November
  ‘Despatches from the Home Front’, by Chris McCooey.
• Monday 12 December
  ‘A Shopping trip in Downe in a bygone era,’ by Barbara Stevens.

Unless otherwise indicated all meetings are held at Loose Infant School Hall, Loose Road, Loose, Maidstone, Kent, starting at 7.30pm.

Non-members welcome. Admission £2.50. Pay at the door. Free parking in school grounds.

Enquiries 01622 741198 or www.looseareahistorysociety.webeden.co.uk

ST MARGARET’S HISTORY SOCIETY

• Tuesday 18 October, 7.30pm
  Ramsgate in World War II – 1938 up to and including Dunkirk
• Tuesday 15 November, 7.00pm (AGM)
  A Little Bit of Chanting – the story of educating the masses; Denise Baldwin & Katherine Harding

All talks held in St Margaret’s Main Hall, Reach Road. Visitors welcome, entry £3.00.

CRAYFORD MANOR HOUSE HISTORICAL & ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

• Saturday 12 November
  Pepys Hereabouts - John Swindell and Lesley Veach
• Saturday 10 December
  An Audience with Queen Victoria - Anne Carter
• Saturday 14 January 2012
  Migration Triangle - Calico Printing on the Cray, the Lea and the Wandle - David Cuffley
• Saturday 11 February 2012
  The Suburban Home Front in the Second World War - Mike Brown. Rationing, clothes, Dig for Victory, gas masks, the blackout and more. Illustrated with artefacts.
• Saturday 10 March 2012
  Traditional Kentish Building Materials - Richard Filmer

All meetings are held at The Baker Trust Hall, Maxim Road, Crayford at 7pm for 7.30pm. Non-members welcome to attend. £3.00 per lecture (except December when there will be an additional charge). Enquiries to Mrs. J. Heam-Gillham – 01322 551279 or janet.heam-gillham@ntlworld.com

EVENTS ELSEWHERE

CBA South East Conference ‘POLICING THE PAST’

Saturday 12 November

Fulton Building Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex

The Conference brings together speakers who have been at the forefront of recent initiatives around heritage-related crime and wider issues of heritage protection, both on land and at sea. Speakers include:

• Mark Harrison (Heritage Crime Initiative & ARCH)
• Andy Brockman (Conflict archaeology, community archaeology)
• Mark Dunkley (English Heritage: maritime archaeology)
• Pete Wilson (English Heritage)
• Andrew Richardson (Cant.Arch.Trust) Case Study of Illicit Excavations
• Paul Bennett - Heritage Protection in Libya

Tickets £15.00 for CBA SE members, £20.00 for non-members. Available from Joe Francis, Centre for Community Engagement, Mantell Building, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RF. Tel: 01273 678300, email: cce@sussex.ac.uk