DFHS programme and speakers


Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month (except August) at

St John’s Church Centre, Ashley Road, Upper Parkstone, Poole, Dorset BH14 0AA

starting at 8.00pm (unless otherwise stated)

Admission (including refreshments):

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

£3.00 - Visitors

At most meetings our sales table will be present.

Please do not arrive before 7.30 pm, to allow time for the hall to be set out and our stall holders to park, unpack and display their wares. We will open the doors as soon as we are ready.

If the Church Car Park is full when you arrive, please do not double park or block Emergency Vehicle access, but continue up Churchill Road and follow the signs down Norrish Road, where 200 free parking spaces can be found just a few minutes walk away.

St John's Church Centre is opposite Waitrose in Upper Parkstone, on the corner of Ashley & Churchill Roads and is well served by local buses. The Wilts & Dorset M1 and M2 routes leaving Bournemouth (Gervis Place) at 1902, 1910 or 1925, or leaving Poole Bus Station at 1905, 1915 or 1930 would get you to the meeting in time. Yellow Buses Route 1c leaves both Bournemouth and Poole every 30 minutes.


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2010

11th January The Undiscovered History of Kingston Lacy

Cancelled due to the icy conditions and further predicted snow on Sunday / Monday
By David Smith
8th February Basingstoke to Anzac – A Marine’s Journey By Martin Willoughby
8th March Researching a Typical Rural Village By Colin Dean
Thursday
8th April
A Guided Tour around Dorchester With Rob Curtis
(Blue Badge Guide)
12th April Sandbanks By Andrew Hawkes
10th May My Ancestors were Watermen By Mrs Pat Hilbert
14th June The Cutty Sark By Commander Bruce Nicolls
Thursday
1st July
A Guided Walk around Cerne Abbas With Rob Curtis
12th July Upstairs, Downstairs
By Ian Waller
Thursday
5th August
A Guided Walk around Sherborne With Rob Curtis
August No Parkstone Meeting  
13th September The Undiscovered History of Kingston Lacy

Previously David has given a talk on the story of Beatrice the Kingston Lacy housemaid – a story of life below stairs. This time David will delve further back into the unknown history of Kingston Lacy.
By David Smith
11th October The History of the RNLI By David Howell
8th November AGM and
Bygone Quiz
 
13th December Christmas songs, poems & readings By Bonny Sartin