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

2025

1^st April Genius or Monster? The bizarre tale of Eadweard Muybridge Motion Picture Pioneer
– Tim Harrison

6^th May Hart & Co Boatyard, Surbiton – Marcel Linssen

3^rd June Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes – Orlando Pearson

1^st July The Romans in Surrey Through Their Coins – Ian Franklin

5^th August The History of Bushy Park; Influences, Events and Change – Rebecca Harvey

2^nd September Kingston History Centre speaker on a Kingston/Surbiton topic

7^th October Some Great War Memorials in Surbiton – David Kennedy

4^th November Plant Hunters, Adventures in Plant Hunting – Sue Rhodes

2^nd December History of the Christmas Crib – Tim Everson

2026

6^th January The Necropolis Railway – Lionel Beer

3^rd February A Tonic to the Nation – 1951 Festival of Britain by Michael Gilbert

3^rd March AGM with talk – Food for Thought – Trevor Strong

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 TBA) are held in Surbiton Methodist Church, 39 Ewell Rd, Surbiton KT6 6AF
Doors open 2.15pm

Enquiries to Chairman, Paul Lang

Email   surbitonhistoricalsociety32@gmail.com