The Fernhurst Society

dates for 2012:

2011

• talk on the new Hindhead Tunnel by Jeremy Bayne-Powell (Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering)
• talk by Phil Beldon (South Downs National Park Authority) on South Downs natural history & geology
• Bluebells walk: led by Robin Barnes around Greenhill, Fernhurst
• Hindhead Tunnel Community Walk (Pedestrian open day organised by Hindhead Together)
• River Wey Walk, Standford to Bramshott, led by Adrian Bird from the River Wey Trust
• walk: Iping Common led by Bruce Middleton (South Downs National Park Authority)
• Talk by David King (Wey and Arun Canal Trust) on the history & restoration of the Wey and Arun Canal
• AGM then illustrated talk by Peter Monger: Hong Kong to West Sussex: an 80’s Train Journey

2010

• talk by Adrian Bird: The River Wey
• guided daffodil walk to Titty Hill. led by Iain Brown
• talk on Garden birds by Mike Toms (British Trust for Ornithology)
• guided walk to The Mens ancient woodland led by Mark Monk-Terry (Sussex Wildlife Trust).
• The community and the Company - Fernhurst Archives exhibition on history of I.C.I. in Fernhurst, 1945 - 2000
• AGM and talk by Laura Ponsonby and Ian Russell: The History of Shulbrede Priory

2009

• Rogues, Rascals and Rebels of Kent and Sussex. Talk by Chris McCooey
• Walk in North West quadrant of Fernhurst parish for Bluebells – led by Robin Barnes
• Walk and picnic on South Downs led by ranger Bruce Middleton
• North Ambersham boundary exploration, walking from Bell Lane to Bexley Hill, led by Iain Brown and David Coward
• Fernhurst Furnace Open Days
• Walk in the South West quadrant of Fernhurst parish – led by Dave Gibbon
• Talk by Dr Ian Friel: Medieval Sussex- from Settlement to Dissolution
• AGM and Talk: The South Downs National Park by Huw Davies from the South Downs National Park Establishment Team

2008

• Gosport Living History Group enactment of life in 1642
• "A Day in the Life of a Bodger" talk by woodsman, pole lathe turner and charcoal burner Mark Allery about craft uses of English native trees
• Woodland Walk for bluebells in north-east of parish led by Iain Brown
• Fernhurst Society stall at the Fernhurst Revels
• Ebernoe woodland walk, guided by Alf Simpson
• "Cost-effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint " presentation and discussion led by Sandy Polak. Further information
• Verdley Wood walk - including searching for the ruins of Verdley castle
• AGM, and talk by David Coward: "North Ambersham in a nutshell"- a mysterious part of the modern day Fernhurst parish

2007

2006

• Half-term talk: John Self, a local expert on rabbits and national rabbit judge
• Walk: Beating the Parish Bounds VII: Poison Copse to Lower Lodge.
• Talk: Maureen Duke: Memories are Made of This - growing up in Fernhurst in the '30s, '40s, '50s and '60s
• Walk: Chithurst & monastery woodlands, led by Jenny Lynch of the South Downs Joint Committee
• Walk: Highfield/Verdley and Verdley Place, the farms, and the ICI / Zeneca / Syngenta story.
• Walk:Beating the Parish Bounds VIII: Lower Lodge to Highbuilding, led by Judith Turner. The final leg in our series of popular Boundary walks.
• Summer BBQ at Vannlands on Van Common with music by the Super Swing jazz quartet.
• Film by Adam Koronka on the Dornier plane shot down over Fernhurst in 1943.
• Talk: Return to Everest by George Band.

2005

2004

2003

• Talk by Michael Tibbs: The Lynchmere Society and Lynchmere Common
• Talk by Norman Hodgson: Endurance to the Antarctic
• Walk: Beating the Parish Bounds I
• Village walk looking at historic houses, led by Helen Ouin
• Butterfly walk at Henley, led by Arnold Madgwick
• Guided walk at Furnace Pond, North Park, led by Robin and Carla Barnes
• Guided visit to Tilford Rural Life Museum
• Talk by John Magilton on Fernhurst archaeology
• Fernhurst Wildlife Exhibition
• Walk: Beating the Parish Bounds II: Bell Vale Lane to Valewood
• AGM, and talks by Julie Wilkinson: Waste Recycling & by Linda Glynn: Renewable Energy from a local perspective

2002

• Talk by Ian Elliott: Villages- thinking about the future
• Talk by Bruce Middleton: A Year in the Life of a Sussex Downs Ranger
• Evening field trip: nightjar watch on Iping Common, led by A. Madgwick
• Field trip to Burton Mill Pond, led by Bruce Middleton
• Field trip to Levin Down, led by Arnold Madgwick
• Guided walk on Stanley Common led by Hilary Adair of the Lynchmere Society
• Community Orchard meeting
• Talk by Helen Ouin, Iain Brown & Charlotte Wilson-Pepper: People, Places and Tales of Fernhurst
• AGM, followed by presentations: Revelations from the biodiversity surveys

2001

• Talk by Laura Ponsonby: The Story of Shulbrede Priory
• Talk by Mrs A McCann (Assistant County Archivist): West Sussex Record Office
• Talk by Commander Keith Evans: HMS Hood
• Talk by Julian Gray The work of the Sussex Downs Conservation Board

2000

• Talk by George Lockie: The Verdley Estate
• Talk by Laura Ponsonby: Wild Flowers of the Weald and their Uses
• Talk by Richard Ranft: The Mystery of bird song
• Talk by Dr John Godfrey: The Future for the South Downs
• Talk by Ben law: Sustainable Woodland Management
• Talk by Martin Love: An evening of bats
• Nightjar watch on Iping Common, led by A. Madgwick
• Birds and butterflies on Harting Down, led by A. Madgwick

1999

• Talk by Alf Simpson: Ebernoe Common, Its Woods, Flora and Wildlife
• Talk by Kim Leslie: A Parish Map for Fernhurst
• Talk by Richard Muir: Admiralty Signalling Systems
• Talk by Mark Taylor: Archaeology of the western weald and recent discoveries in West Sussex
• Visit to Ebernoe Common
• Fernhurst spring walk

1998

• Talk by Dr Annabel Hughes: Timber-framed Buildings and Their Development
• Old Iron Works at North Park (walk)