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Members meet on the last Wednesday evening of the month at Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove. The venue is easily accessible by local bus services and there is free car parking in the Norton Road Car Park after 6pm.

New members welcome. Futher details on 01273 303034

We arrive from 7.00 pm giving an opportunity to meet fellow members, check notices and to note planned visits and tours. A bar is available.
The meeting starts at 7.45 pm. Meetings are not held in December, July and August.

The highest standards are maintained in choosing subjects for our illustrated lectures. At the Town Hall the Society enjoys the superb screening facilities of the Great Hall. Our speakers are auditioned and selected by NADFAS to ensure that members will enjoy and appreciate their presentations


HOLME LACY HOUSE HOTEL 21st – 24th MAY 2010 HEREFORDSHIRE
NOW FULLY BOOKED
For a complete and concise breakdown of the weekend please click here

BODELWYDDAN CASTLE HOTEL 20th – 24th SEPTEMBER 2010 NORTH WALES
NOW FULLY BOOKED
For a complete and concise breakdown of this holiday please click here

Visits 2010
Friday 5 March 2010
Dr Johnson’s House and the British Library
Sunday 28 March 2010
The Olde Tyme Players Music Hall, including cream tea & cakes, somewhere in the New Forest!!
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Belmont House and gardens near Faversham. An elegant 18C house with exclusive collection of clocks (cooked lunch available to order in advance)
Date Event Lecturer
27/01/2010 Banks, Burgundy and Piracy - The 15th Century Artists of Bruges
The Rt Revd. Christopher Herbert PhD
24/02/2010 London's Country Houses
Mrs Caroline Knight BA Hons MA Courtauld
31/03/2010 Bhutan - The Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon
Mrs Zara Fleming
28/04/2010 Angelica Kauffman - An Artist in 18th Century England
Mr Leslie Primo BA MA
26/05/2010 Annual General Meeting commencing at 7.15pm Followed by: The Medici - Power Players, Benefactors of the Arts and Gardens - and Tyrants
Mrs Joanne Kidd
30/06/2010 Travels in Rajasthan with Rudyard Kipling. Palaces and Temples, Monuments and Forts in the land of Kings
Mrs Elizabeth Merry MA BA(Hons)PGCE
29/09/2010 The Aesthetic Movement
Dr Anne Anderson BA PhD FSA
Date Event Lecturer
May 2011 A holiday in Edinburgh with visits in the city and the surrounding area.
Currently being arranged
2011 Speakers and Visits for 2011 are currently 'Work In Progress'
Date Event Cost
16 February 2010 Van Gogh – “The Real Van Gogh, the artist and his letters” – major exhibition at the Royal Academy
£31.00
5 March 2010 Dr Johnson’s House and the British Library
£27.50
28 March 2010 The Olde Tyme Players Music Hall, including cream tea & cakes, somewhere in the New Forest!!
£36.00 + £7.00 (to inculde a roast beef Lunch)
21 April 2010 Belmont House and gardens near Faversham. An elegant 18C house with exclusive collection of clocks (cooked lunch available to order in advance)
£27.50
7 May 2010 Rye – ancient and unspoilt Cinque Port. Guided walking tour and free time.
£27.50
21 - 24 May 2010 Holiday at Holme Lacy, Herefordshire
FULLY BOOKED
20-24 September 2010 Five days in North Wales staying at Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel
FULLY BOOKED
Currently Being Arranged
8 June 2010 Titsey Place in Kent. A Regency house with beautiful 15 acre gardens.
End Of June A visit to the V & A. Two major exhibitions will be running – one on Quilts and one on Horace Walpole & Strawberry Hill. Members can choose to visit one of them or have the day free to spend as they wish.
July Godinton House and gardens near Ashford or Houghton Lodge, near Stockbridge with a Cottage Orne.
September London’s Olympic Sites to include coffee and roast beef lunch.
October Gauguin Exhibition at the Tate Modern
November Canaletto and other Venetian artists - Exhibition at the National Gallery
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01273 303034 jill.ethymon@ntlworld.com
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