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November 2019
West Surrey Family History Society Fair
Dorset FHS will bring their stall.
Find out more »Computer Group – Using the Red Cross Site
We will attempt to access the Red Cross web site which holds information about prisoners of war and internees. If anyone wants to look first, https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/ is the First World War site and https://vad.redcross.org.uk has other UK relevant records. Please note this event was published with the incorrect date in the September Journal. It is 5th November - so we will go off with a bang.
Find out more »Coach Trip
From Bournemouth to the National Archives at Kew. Further details are available on the Booking Form. The last date for bookings is 1st November.
Find out more »Please note the A.G.M. has been moved to the 26th November
Due to various circumstances for this year the A.G.M. has been moved to Tues. 26th Nov so there is NO meeting tonight the 19th November thank you for your co-operation
Find out more »A.G.M. followed by “Lest We Forget – Wartime Ancestors Remembered”
PLEASE NOTE THIS NEW DATE FOR THE A.G.M. We propose to distribute cards at the October meeting, to ask members to fill out and bring to the A.G.M., with memories of a wartime ancestor. We are hoping that some of you will be willing to give a short speech (app 3 mins or so) regarding the family member, be they military or civilian, and their involvement in either of the World Wars. Linda Adams will also bring her…
Find out more »December 2019
Computer Group – Christmas Quiz
Last year’s winner will provide a light-hearted quiz to see who can set next year’s! Please contribute a SMALL offering to the refreshments.
Find out more »“Mr. Selfridge – Fact and Fiction” – a talk by Steve Roberts
We welcome back Steve Roberts. This time he tells the true story of retail entrepreneur Harry Selfridge, telling of his American background, his flagship store, his family, successes and failures. Steve also looks at the TV series and assesses what they got right and what they got wrong. How many of the characters were based on real people? Did Harry Selfridge really build homes fit for heroes at the end of WW1? Did he really have a fall when unveiling…
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