SURBITON AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Our Monthly talks
TUESDAY EVENINGS at 7.30pm talk starts. Bar opens at 7pm.
** see Afternoon Talks information below the programme
2024
2nd April “All the Queen’s Jewels” Dr Nicola Tallis
7th May “Gertrude Jekyll” Julian Pooley
4th June “Dick Turpin” Jonathan Oates
2nd July “101 Things you never knew about Richmond Park” Tim Harrison
6th Aug “More from the Casebook of the Bow Street Runners” Matthew Bowman
3rd Sept “Surbiton, Queen of the Suburbs” Carolynne Cotton
1st Oct “Post Restoration Army 1660 – 1714” Ralph Thompson
5th Nov “Stand & Deliver! Desirable Dress Accessories in the Georgian Age” Mark Wallis
12th Nov ** “Garden Follies” Cherrill Sands
3rd Dec “So this is Christmas” Maggs Latter
2025
7th Jan ** “Fred Spofforth – the Demon of Ditton Hill” – Orlando Pearson
(updated date)
4th Feb “The Perfect Playground – Crystal Palace” Michael Gilbert
4th March AGM, – our 70th Anniversary celebration
Evening Meetings are usually held in:
The cornerHOUSE Arts Centre
116 Douglas Rd, Surbiton KT6 7SB
Bar opens 7pm
Talk starts 7.30pm
** AFTERNOON MEETINGS (Nov & January ONLY) are held in Surbiton Methodist Church, 39 Ewell Rd, Surbiton KT6 6AF
Doors open 2.15pm
Enquiries to Chairman, Paul Lang
Surbiton and District Historical Society 