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Calendar of Forthcoming Events and Exhibitions: 2009 - 2011
Click here to download the FOMA events poster (PDF format).
FOMA Events at Frindsbury Parish Hall 2010 - 2011
All FOMA events in 2010 and until further notice are at Frindsbury Parish Hall.
Talks are £1 for members £4 non-members.
Please book for ALL events through the FOMA Secretary: Odette Buchanan , 72 Jersey Rd, Strood, ME2 3BY; odette_buchanan@yahoo.co.uk; 01634 718231.
Date(s)/ Time: |
Title/Description: |
Saturday 20th March 2010
7.30pm
Doors open at 7.00pm |
Quiz Night
£5 for members and non-members. |
Tuesday 13th April 2010
7:30pm* |
Annual General Meeting |
Tuesday 25th May 2010
7.30pm |
A talk by Roger Smoothy: Glass Negative Presentation |
Tuesday 28th September 2010
7.30pm |
A talk by Amanda Thomas: Medway, Lambeth and Cholera |
Saturday 16th October 2010
7.30pm
Doors open at 7.00pm |
Quiz Night
£5 for members and non-members. |
Tuesday 23rd November
7.30pm |
A talk by Christopher Barker: The First World War |
Tuesday 22nd February 2011
7.30pm |
A proposed talk on the ‘Archive of Great Expectation’ Project |
Calling all Photographers!
On Tuesday 25th May 2010 at 7.30pm Roger Smoothy will be giving his talk, Glass Negative Presentation. Roger and colleague Roy Moore have converted thousands of glass negatives of the Medway Towns into digital format and Roger is looking for volunteer photographers to photograph the same views as they are today.
Please contact Roger Smoothy at roger@hgv1.wanadoo.co.uk, or 01622 769954 for further details.
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MALSC Talks and Events 2010
Date(s)/ Time: |
Title/Description: |
3rd March 2010, 2pm – 4pm
17th March 2010, 2pm – 4pm
21st April 2010, 2pm – 4pm
28th April 2010, 2pm – 4pm |
Family History Course for Beginners
Prepared by the Kent Family History Society
Cost: £7.50 |
20th April 2010
7.30pm |
Family History and the Media
Dr. Nick Barratt
Please note: this event will be taking place at Chatham Library |
7th July 2010
2.30pm |
Presenting and Representing Lower Medway Valley
Dr. Andrew Hann |
13th October 2010
2.30pm |
Passage to India: Going and Coming
Derek Moore and Bruce Aubry |
17th November 2010
2.30 pm. |
Royal Visits to Medway
Bob Ratcliffe |
8th December 2010
Time: TBC*
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Dickens: 150th Anniversary of Great Expectations The Launch of Percy Fitzgerald’s Collection.
Please note: this event will be taking place at Eastgate House, Rochester |
MALSC Exhibitions 2009 - 2011
Date(s): |
Title/Description: |
10th December 2009
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2nd February 2010 |
Kent and Pas de Calais: Our shared history.
An exhibition prepared by the Cross Channel Community. |
4th February 2010
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30th March 2010 |
Temple School, Strood: Snapshots of School Life 1936-1960 |
1st April 2010
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1st June 2010 |
Bricks, Mortar and Breeze Blocks: How to Research the History of your House |
3rd June 2010
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3rd August 2010 |
History of Frindsbury Cricket Club: 125th Anniversary |
5th August 2010
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5th October 2010 |
The Battle of Britain: 70th Anniversary |
7th October 2010
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30th November 2010 |
Roll out the Red Carpet: Royal Visits to Medway |
2nd December 2010
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11 January 2011 |
Dickensian Medway |
13th January 2011
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22nd February 2011 |
Sir Joseph Williamson – The Man behind the Name |
24th February 2011
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12th April 2011 |
Wingets: At Work and Play |
Unless otherwise indicated, all the above are held at the Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre, (MALSC) Civic Centre, Strood, Rochester, Kent ME2 4AU. Unless otherwise indicated, talks and events are £5, or £4 for FOMA members Further information is available from MALSC; please telephone 01634 332714 to book.
Please note: You may be aware that Medway Council is being relocated to Gun Wharf. This move does not include the Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre and until further notice, we are still to be found in the Clock Tower building.
Eastgate House Exhibitions 2010 - 2011
Date(s)/ Time: |
Title/Description: |
14th April 2010
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27th April 2010
10am – 3pm |
Gardens and Gardening |
19th May 2010
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1st June 2010
10am – 3pm |
Edwin Harris |
7th July 2010
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20th July 2010
10am - 3pm
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A Stroll through Rochester |
11th August 2010
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17th August 2010
10am - 3pm |
History of Frindsbury Cricket Club |
8th September 2010
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12th September 2010
10am – 3pm |
Hopping |
9th September 2010
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12th September 2010 |
Heritage Open Days |
13th October 2010
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22nd October 2010
10am - 3pm
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Nelson |
3rd November
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14th November |
Battle of Britain |
Medway Museums and Library Service
Medway Museums and Library service has held a series of successful exhibitions, usually lasting about ten days, at Eastgate House, Rochester (see above), with the aim of both getting visitors into the house and highlighting the exhibitions put together by MALSC. However, success depends on volunteers manning Eastgate House when exhibitions are on display, and we are keen to find more volunteers to avoid the stalwart few having to cover two or even three half days.
If you think could offer a two and a half hour morning or afternoon slot at future events please contact Elaine Gardner on 01634 408595 or e-mail emgardner@fsmail.net so that we can add you to the list and contact you before the next exhibition. Thank you!
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Request for Material
The Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre would like to expand its biography base to include more variety and diversity. Any information or material on local 'celebrities', past or present, with connections to the Medway area by birth, residence or close links would be much appreciated. This can include families as well as business partnerships. Particularly welcome would be material on Medway's 'ethnic' families or persons and Rainham individuals, which are at present under represented in our collection.
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*= Dates marked with an asterisk (*) are provisional and are subject to change.
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