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The talk will be given by:- Jessica Thurtell Jessica looks at eating in England from Peasant Pottage to Grand Dining taking in table manners and cutlery and revealing the forgotten origins of some of the familiar words and phrases. Jessica gave this talk as part of the Heritage Open Days in Dorking.

The talk will be given by:- Chris Truran Chris joined the Metropolitan Police in 1975 and trained as a Scenes of Crime Officer (SOCO). He worked in Central, North and Northwest of London and during his 38 years’ service examined over 25,000 crime scenes.  When he started DNA was in its embryonic stage. The talk… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “DABS and DNA”

The talk will be given by:- Simon Ritchie Simon is part of the Leatherhead Community Association. The British have been drinking tea since the 17th Century, in those days imported from China at great expense  .Later, The East India Company decided to create their own Tea Industry in India, but they had no suitable plants… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “How the British Fell in Love with Tea”

The talk will be given by:- Geoffrey Mead Geoffrey is an associate tutor with the Geography Team at the University of Sussex. He specialises in the landscapes of Southeast England in both the urban and rural areas. He taught Adult Education for nearly 30 years and gives talks across the Southeast of England to a… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “The South at Work”

The talk will be given by:- Sarah Slater Sarah is a Guide Lecturer who has worked for the Historic Royal Palaces based at Hampton Court Palace since 2008. Sarah’s foundations are in acting and she is theatrically trained.  She has also had a career in Finance within the Retail Banking Sector. Sarah’s talk is of… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “Secrets of the Royal Court”