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DFHS programme and speakers

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Meetings are held at St John’s Church Centre, Ashley Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset.

starting at 8.00pm (unless otherwise stated)

Please do not arrive before 7.30 pm, to allow time for our stall holders to park, unpack and display their wares.

Admission (including refreshments):

£2.00 - Members (includes immediate family and other members of your household)

£2.50 - Visitors

At most meetings our bookstall, sales table and exchange journals loan library will be present.

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	2008
Monday 14th January	Migration between the Channel Islands and Southern England	By Colin Dean
Monday 11th February	Winter in the Purbecks	By Bert Wason
Monday 10th March	The Showman’s Story	By Kay Townsend
Monday 14th April	Experiences of a Wartime Lady Brewer	By Babs Doswell
Monday 12th May	A Dorset Family and their Home We welcome the return of our former President MRS N C MCCLINTOCK (known to us as PAM) when she returns to us to regale us about her childhood home Smedmore House, near Kimmeridge and the Clavel, Mansel and Pleydell families who lived there.	By Pam McClintock
Tuesday 20th May	A visit to Smedmore House A long awaited visit and guided tour of Smedmore House when they open for us. (Admission by ticket only.) Tickets £5 (£6 for non-members) Details 01202 743169	By Pam McClintock
Monday 9th June	Drovers and the Droving Trade	By David George Watts
Monday 14th July	Claims to Fame	By Audrey Gillet and Meryl Catty
NO MEETING IN AUGUST
Monday 8th September	Identifying Old Photographs	By Tom Doig
Monday 13th October	The Shadow of the Workhouse	By Pat Hase
Monday 10th November	The Annual General Meeting Followed by The Dorset FHS Quiz II
Monday 8th December	Ottoman Costumes	By David Hawkes

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