Future Programme

A programme  has now been pencilled in.  It may have to be amended here and there if speakers find they are not available nearer the time, or for whatever other reason, but we will do our best to keep to it as near as possible.  Members will be notified of amendements,  which will also be posted to this blog site, and the usual flyers announcing meetings will be  displayed in Sainsbury's, the Church Hall, and other locations..

Monday 9 May.
The main theme will be a talk on 'The History of Lordshill',  and at the end of the meeting the Chairman will tell members of some new developments which will  benefit  the Society, and the calling of an Extraordinary General Meeting to ratify the Constitution of the Society and the election of committee members.

Monday 13 June
'Southampton and the slave Trade'.   Your scribe had always thought of Liverpool as being the centre of the slave trade, and is intrigued to learn Southampton played no small part in it.  

Friday 17 June
We will visit Hollybrook Cemetery and hear a lot of its history from a family who were responsible for looking after it for many years.    We will be photographing WW2 graves as part of a project we are getting involved in, of which more later.   The morning will end with a pub lunch.

Monday 11 July
There may be a short follow-up talk on the cemetery visit, but the main theme will be 'The Old Railways of Hampshire.

Monday 8 August :Talk on 'Minden Day'
The 1st August is  celebrated as 'Minden Day'  in a number of regiments of the British Army, including the Princecess of Wales's Royal Regiment, (into which the Royal Hampshire Regiment was absorbed) in remebrance of the Battle of Minden in 1759, when during their advance to the battle the soldiers picked wild roses from the hedgerows and puit them in their hats.

At a date in September, with the trees starting to turn into their autumn colours, we  plan to make a short guided tour of the New Forest and round it off with a pub lunch.   More details nearer the time

Monday 12 September,
'Where were you at 11 a.m. on the morning of 3 September 1939'  ????
We hope to hear some interesting stories and get them down on tape.

Monday 10 October
We are delighted to tell you Penny Legg, the prize winning author, will be back with us and will talk about her newest book "Voices of Southampton"

Friday 11 November.  
We will visit Hollybrook Cemetery to leave flowers on WW2 graves, and are currently exploring the possibility of joining forces with other organisations in this, which hopefully will include representatives from the Royal British Legion.   More details later in the year.

Monday 14 November
A talk on the ss Mendi which sanbk off the Isle of Wight in the early hours of 21 February 1917 with the loss of 649 men of the South African army on their way to the war in France.

Monday 12 December
Time to get into the christmas spiirit, and hear about the origins of Santa Claus.

For the New Year:
A talk on Southampton Football club
A talk on Roman Roads of Hampshire

 We plan to place a wreath at the memorial to the men of the South African army who died as a
  result of the sinking of the ss Mendi in February 1917, it having come to our notice
  that although other nationalities are remembered, these men have not been.

Some ambitious projects are in the pipe-line, aimed to get us out and about and circulating more.  It is early days yet, but we are getting there, with interesting times ahead.  We  will tell you about it as we go along.
            
Hon. Secretary,
 Lordshill and Lords Wood Historical society.