COMING SOON:
MEETINGS IN PLAXTOL MEMORIAL HALL:
A free glass of wine or soft drink is served on entering the Hall.
If you do not already have a copy of our printed programme card for 2024, please collect one on the way in and print your name on our list, so that we know you have had one.
Visitors are welcome at any of our talks for a donation of £4 per person per talk.
Tuesday 14 May, 8pm – A short AGM, followed by THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS, a talk by Sir Paul Britton
SUMMER OUTINGS (MEMBERS ONLY): A FEW PLACES STILL AVAILABLE
In order to book, please reply to the email from our Outings Secretary, Penny Chandler and then make payment as explained in that email:
Tuesday 4 June, 11am – “FULL DAY” VISIT TO ROCHESTER CASTLE AND TEMPLE MANOR, STROOD, guided by Dr Jeremy Clarke. Maximum of 30 members. £5 a head, payable on booking. (Please also note that, unless you produce your English Heritage membership card, an additional entry fee will also be payable to enter the keep of Rochester Castle).
- Start time: 11am, meet outside Rochester Castle at the bottom of the stairs that go up to the keep (to the normal visitor entrance). Jeremy Clarke will spend about 30 minutes talking and walking around the bailey (or “castle gardens”) and then introduce the keep for those who wish to go into it.
- After that, those who wish to do so can explore the keep – if they produce their English Heritage cards, entrance to the keep is free – if not, they will need to pay the entrance fee – £6 (if 65 or over) or the full adult price of £8.50. About 45 minutes is needed to explore the keep, so we should finish at the castle about 12 15 to 12 30
- Lunch break: Members to make their own lunch arrangements, either in Rochester (or, if some members wish and we notify Jeremy Clarke in advance, they can picnic in the grounds of Temple Manor from 12 30pm – they would have the grounds to themselves)
- Afternoon: 2pm, reassemble at Temple Manor, Strood. Admission is free and parking is free in its grounds. Jeremy Clarke will take us around it for 30 minutes and then leave us to wander around ourselves for about another 30 minutes
Tuesday 6 August, 2 15pm – VISIT TO LULLINGSTONE, MEOPHAM AND TROTTISCLIFFE CHURCHES, guided by Sir Paul Britton. Maximum of 25 members. £7 a head, payable on booking. For other details, including parking near each church, please see Sir Paul’s very helpful note:
The rest of our 2024 programme
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Annual subscriptions are now £10 and, except for those who joined in January, February or March 2024, fell due on 1 April 2024.
How to pay your annual subscription or for a summer outing:
By online bank transfer: If you can do so, please make an online bank transfer of the relevant amount into our bank account:
- Bank: Santander
- Name of Account: Plaxtol Local History Group
- Sort Code: 090153
- Account Number: 30014501
Please quote your name as the reference when making the online transfer, so that we can identify the payment.
By cheque: If you cannot make an online bank transfer, please pay by cheque payable to Plaxtol Local History Group and post or deliver it to Stephen Hemsted, Treasurer, Plaxtol Local History Group, Reed House, The Street, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0QL. Please do not send cash in the post.
Annual subscriptions can also be paid at one of our meetings in the Hall – by card, in cash or by cheque.
No receipts for annual subscriptions will be issued.
Copies of our booklets are for sale at our Talks, at Plaxtol Village Stores or via our website. For more details, please see Books etc
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