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The Fernhurst Society
Meetings, talks and exhibitions
The Society organises a programme of evening and
afternoon talks and discussion meetings on matters of local interest,
which are held in the village hall, except where shown. Tape recordings of talks are preserved
in the Fernhurst Archives.
Non-members may attend indoor talks for a small fee, and are welcome to join outdoor events.
In July 2000, the Society organised a 'millennium'
exhibition including a photographic competition. In October 2003 we
arranged a Fernhurst Wildlife Exhibition, with local arts and crafts.
Guided local walks around the village are held from
time to time. In the summer months, the biodiversity group has organised
natural history field meetings on nightjars, bats, birds and butterflies.
The Society's social events include an annual Christmas
party or a summertime barbecue.
Current programme (fuller details may be in our latest
newsletter):
dates for 2009: |
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Wednesday 25th March 2009: |
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Rogues, Rascals and Rebels of Kent and Sussex. Talk by Chris McCooey, author and raconteur. 8pm in the Barn of the Kings Arm pub. Doors open 7.30 pm. |
Saturday 25 April 2009: |
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Fernhurst Society and Fernhurst Archives stands at Fernhurst Village Hall Centenary |
Sunday 26 April 2009: |
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Walk in North West quadrant of Fernhurst parish for Bluebells – led by Robin Barnes |
Sunday 17 May 2009: |
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stall at Fernhurst Revels |
Sunday 14 June 2009: |
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Walk on South Downs led by ranger Bruce Middleton, with picnic at Bignor. Meet in the Bignor National Trust Car Park at the top of Bignor Hill at 10.00am. About 1 hours walk & talk followed by picnic on top of the Downs. Afterwards there will be time to visit the Bignor Roman villa if desired. |
Sunday 6 September 2009: |
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provisional date: North Ambersham boundary exploration, led by David Coward |
Sat/Sun 12-13 September 2009: |
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Fernhurst Furnace Open Days |
Sunday 4 October 2009: |
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Walk in South West quadrant of Fernhurst parish – led by Dave Gibbon |
October 2009: |
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Talk on the Hindhead Tunnel |
Thursday 26 Nov 2009: |
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AGM and Talk: The South Downs |
Previous events:
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
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2007 |
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Half-term talk: Care and Training of Dogs by Canine Partners
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Talk by John Clement: Global Warming
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Chapel Common walk led by Rob Free (South Downs Joint Committee ranger)
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Nature walk: butterflies of Verdley Wood
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Walk: Cowdray ruins in Midhurst
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Blackdown fungal foray led by Rob Tyler from Winkworth Arboretum.
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talk by Maureen Duke about the celebrated Fernhurst artist Francis Hurst Eastwood (1855-1944)
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'Voices of Fernhurst' exhibition. For details, see our Oral History page.
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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.
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2005 |
- Talk by Graham Cornick of the Hydestile Wildlife Hospital
- Talk by the Fernhurst Archives team: A
glimpse of Edwardian Fernhurst
- Walk: Beating the Parish Bounds V: Scotland’s Farm to Elmers
Marsh.
- Walk at Burton Mill Pond, led by Graham West (South Downs Conservation
Board)
- Walk: birdsong on Thursley Common, led by Richard Ranft
- Village history walk: discover Vann Road and Van Common; led by Helen
Ouin and Robin & Carla Barnes
- Walk: Blackdown ramble, led by a National Trust warden.
- Walk: Beating the Parish Bounds VI: Elmers Marsh to Lower Lodge Farm.
- Talk and tasting with James Lane: Wine and Cheese evening
- Talk: Sustainable Woodland Living by Ben Law, author of The Woodland Way and The Woodland House
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2004 |
- Nikki Hamburger: An afternoon with a hawk
- Talk by Julia Tanner: Recent Developments at the Haslemere Educational
Museum
- Talk by Alan Redman (West Sussex Record Office): Sussex at War
- Walk: Beating the Parish Bounds III: Wadesmarsh Farm to Bexley Hill
- Village history stroll, led by Helen Ouin and Iain Brown
- Evening nightjar watch on Iping Common, led by Richard Ranft
- Junior Fernhurst Society event: Martin Love (Sussex Bat Group) talk
about bats
- Lynchmere & Stanley Commons walk, led by Hilary Adair of the Lynchmere Society
- Walk: Beating the Parish Bounds IV: Bexley
Hill to Scotland Farm
- Talk by Liz Wilson (Portable Antiquities Scheme): Identifying
historical objects
- Guided walk around Lower House Farm and estate
- AGM & presentations by the Oral History Group: Fernhurst
in Living Memory
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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