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February 2018
A talk by Dr Graham Whitham
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A talk by Andre Palfrey-Martin.
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February 2019
In June 2016 author Iain Sinclair and artist, writer and filmmaker Andrew Kötting, walked with their followers from Waltham Abbey in Essex to St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex as part of a pilgrimage in memory of Edith Swan-Neck. Edith was the high-born common-law wife of the Anglo-Saxon King Harold killed at the Battle of Hastings in [...]
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Recording the finds from the 1984-86 Anglo-Dutch archaeological excavation of the VOC Amsterdam in Bulverhythe Bay £2.50 members; £5.00 non-members A talk by Prue Theobalds, who trained at Guildford and the Central Art Schools and has illustrated a wide range of books since 1960. The Amsterdam was a cargo ship of the Dutch East India [...]
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Visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, Tuesday 30 April 2019. Coach from Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards (from the bus stop just short of Albany Road), at 10 am, departing Kew 4.30 pm. Members £30 inclusive of entrance charge of £13.60; non-members £35. To book or for further information, please contact our Chairman: [...]
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A showing of the 1925 silent film She with introductory talks by Christopher Maxwell-Stewart and Olga Mamonova on the life and works of St Leonards resident, Sir Henry Rider Haggard. She was one of Rider Haggard’s most popular works, together with the famous King Solomon’s Mines and its sequel, Alan Quartermain. The film was co-directed [...]
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In a talk on Sunday 22 March under the auspices of the Burtons’ St Leonards Society, Christopher Maxwell-Stewart will throw light on Vandeleur Benjamin Crake, who followed in the footsteps of the Burtons with his contributions to the architectural and cultural heritage of St Leonards. Vandeleur Benjamin Crake (1816-1894) was the foremost member of the [...]
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June 2023
We are pleased to announce that Philip Streeter will give the next Society Talk entitled 'George MacDonald Author and Poet' in the Burton Room of the Royal Victoria Hotel commencing at 3pm on Sunday 11 June. MacDonald is now widely regarded as a pioneer of modern fantasy literature. He lived for some years in Old [...]
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