Byfleet Heritage Society
BHS Diary
The BHS arranges a number of meetings and other events for its members throughout the year. These are listed in the Diary below, which also includes recently passed meetings in order to let non members visiting the site get a feel for our activities.
Where it is (very rarely) necessary to book a place for a meeting the contact's initials are shown.
Most meetings are held in St. Mary's Day Centre (StM), with a few in the Village Hall (VH), or the Heritage Room (HR) at the back of Byfleet Library.
We are now booking the 2012 speakers and will update the diary with details of the programme as meetings are arranged. Any offers of talks, or suggestions of interesting speakers and visits would be very welcome. Thanks for looking.
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Details of meetings will be added as soon as they are available. |
Thursday 19th January,
StM 8.15 | Going to the shops - Part 2. Jeff Sechiari looks at old advertisements and leads a chat about shopping locally. Last time there were so many memories shared that we only got half way round the Village, so do come along and bring your memories and any memorabilia.
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Thursday 16th February,
StM 8.15 | TBA.
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Thursday 15th March,
StM 8.15 | TBA. |
Thursday 19th April,
StM 8.15 | TBA. |
Thursday 17th May,
StM 7.30 | AGM, followed by a talk TBA. |
Thursday 14th June,
StM 8.15 | TBA. |
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Thursday 12th July,
StM 8.15 | TBA. |
Saturday 21st July,
Byfleet Rec. |
PARISH DAY. The Heritage Society will be there. |
August,
TBA | A BHS visit to a place of interest. |
Thursday 6th September
StM 8.15 | TBA. |
Saturday 8th September
| HERITAGE OPEN DAYS - Byfleet Fire Station & St. Mary's Church open. |
Thursday 11th October,
StM 8.15 | TBA. |
Thursday 8th November,
StM 8.15 | TBA. |
Thursday 6th December,
StM 8.15 | Christmas Social. Nibbles and drinks, together with Mike Webber's annual collection of new photographs that the Society has come by. |
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Thursday 13th January,
StM 8.15 | Newark Priory - Jeanette Hicks
A look at the history of this fascinating ruin on our doorstep.
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Thursday 10th February,
StM 8.15 | Iain Wakeford - Communications & Community – Along the Wey, part 2
The follow up to last year's look at the communication links between local communities. |
Thursday 10th March,
StM 8.15 | Mike Webber looks at new additions to the BHS photograph collection. |
Thursday 21st April,
StM 8.15 | Memories of Byfleet in the 1950's - Roger Clover. |
Thursday 19th May,
StM 7.30 | AGM, followed by a talk on Brooklands Archaeology by Julian Temple, General Manager of Brooklands Museum. |
Thursday 16th June,
St. Mary's Church 8.15 | Jim Allen will look at last year's Monumental Inscription project and lead a churchyard walk to look at some of the monuments. Meet in the church hall car park for an 8.15 start. |
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Saturday 2nd July,
Heritage Room 10.00 & 11.00 | A new idea - A series of day time '10 minute talks' in the Heritage Room (Byfleet Library) to have a quick look at an aspect of Byfleet's history with Jim Allen. |
Thursday 14th July,
StM 8.15 | 100 years of Byfleet scouting with Tim Hookins. |
Saturday 16th July,
Byfleet Rec. |
PARISH DAY. The Heritage Society will be there. |
Saturday 6th August,
Heritage Room 10.00 & 11.00 | The second in our series of day time '10 minute talks' in the Heritage Room (Byfleet Library) to have a quick look at an aspect of Byfleet's history with Jim Allen - Byfleet's Road Names. |
Thursday 11th August,
Chertsey 7.00 | A visit to Carl Boyde's farm in Hardwick Lane, Chertsey, following his very entertaining talk last year. Contact Jim Allen for details (jjimallen@hascomnetwork.freeserve.co.uk) |
Thursday 8th September,
StM 8.15 | Coins, including local finds such as The Brooklands Hoard, with Norman Clarkson & Brian Wood. |
Saturday 10th September
| HERITAGE OPEN DAYS - Byfleet Fire Station & St. Mary's Church open. |
Thursday 6th October,
StM 8.15 | Going to the shops. Jeff Sechiari looks at old advertisements and leads a chat about shopping locally. Bring your memories and any memorabilia. |
Saturday 5th November,
Heritage Room 10.00 & 11.00 | The return of the series of day time '10 minute talks' in the Heritage Room (Byfleet Library) to have a quick look at an aspect of Byfleet's history with Jim Allen. This month - Some old images of Bylfeet. |
Thursday 17th November,
StM 8.15 | Join us when David Mulvey tells us all about Evolution of the London Bus, illustrated with examples from Cobham Bus Museum. |
Saturday 19th November,
Village Hall | Byfleet Christmas Fayre - the Heritage Society will be there and will have the 2012 calendar for sale. |
Saturday 3rd December,
Heritage Room 10.30-12.30 & 13.30-15.30 | Another in the series of day time '10 minute talks' in the Heritage Room (Byfleet Library). This month we will have a rolling show of old images of Byfleet. |
Thursday 8th December,
StM 8.15 | Christmas Social. Nibbles and drinks, together with Mike Webber's annual collection of new photographs that the Society has come by. |
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Thursday 14th January,
StM 8.15 | Iain Wakeford - Communications & Community – Along the Wey
A look at how, when and why the villages of the lower Wey Valley developed and their relationship to each other.
There will be a follow up talk in 2011 on - Communications & Community – Common land to Commuter land. A look at how new transport links across the heathlands of north-west Surrey harboured, or hindered, growth.
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Thursday 11th February,
StM 8.15 | JOSEPH SPENCE - the Grand Tour and the five fine Surrey Gardens - Bill Tomlins will tell us something about Byfleet's famous poet. |
Thursday 11th March,
StM 8.15 | Elmbridge Museum. Rachel Perkins tells us something about the Museum and its collections. |
Thursday 8th April,
StM 8.15 | The story of Woking Palace and the recent achaeological digs that have taken place there under the direction of our speaker, Richard Savage. |
Thursday 20th May,
StM 8.15 | From Brooklands to Africa, the search for the Locke Kings. Brooklands Museum's curator, John Pulford, tells of his remarkable search for the family's legacy. |
Thursday 17th June,
StM 7.30 | AGM, followed by a talk by James Adler of Surrey Wildlife Trust. |
Saturday 19th June, 2.30
Byfleet Village Hall |
Howard Cook Memorial Plaque unveiling. The Heritage Society, as co-sponsors with the Residents' Association and Byfleet Bowls Club, will be there. |
Saturday 17th July,
Byfleet Rec. |
PARISH DAY. The Heritage Society will be there. |
Thursday 22nd July,
18.00 | A visit to Loseley. Cost £8. Own transport. Book through Tessa (there is now a waiting list for places, but no doubt some will drop out). |
Thursday 9th September,
StM 8.15 | CHANGE. Sadly Roger Clover cannot make the meeting to recount his "Memories of Byfleet in the 1950's". This will be rearranged for 2011 and we will instead look at photographs of recent Society visits and have updates on the Fire Station and Brooklands. |
Saturday 11th September,
| HERITAGE OPEN DAYS - Byfleet Fire Station & St. Mary's Church open. |
Thursday 7th October,
StM 8.15 | Local Agriculture. Well known local vet, Carl Boyde, will talk about local agriculture, including a look at the Chertsey Ploughing Match. |
Thursday 4th November,
StM 8.15 | A look at some Byfleet houses of times past with Jeff Sechiari. |
Saturday 20th November,
Byfleet Village Hall |
Byfleet Christmas Fair. The Heritage Society will be there. |
Thursday 2nd December,
StM 8.15 | Sorry - CANCELLED Christmas Social. Nibbles and drinks, together with Mike Webber's annual collection of new photographs that the Society has come by. |
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Thursday 15th January,
HR 8.15 | WG Tarrant. Richard Norris will look at Byfleet's famous builder, responsible for the St George's Hill, Pyrford Woods and Wentworth Estates, amongst many other achievements. |
Thursday 12th February,
HR 8.15 | Cobham Park & Alexander Raby. Well known local historian David Taylor tells us the story of the renown ironmaster, Alexander Raby who lived locally. |
Thursday 12th March,
HR 8.15 | Holloway Sanatorium - Joy Whitfield talks about this striking building and brings along a supporting collection of photographs and pamphlets. |
Thursday 9th April,
HR 8.15 | The History of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Formerly known as the "Addlestone Institute" - Trevor Harris, who has been at the Institute for many years, will tell us of its history and development. |
Thursday 21st May,
VH 7.30 | AGM. Followed by The History of Byfleet's Village Hall. Jeff Sechiari will show a selection of images of the Hall and its activities in times past. |
Thursday 18th June,
HR 8.15 | Members' short talks and interesting items, including Project progress. Please bring along anything Byfleet related that you think other members would find of interest. Short talks from members are needed! |
Thursday 16th July,
HR 8.15 | A History of Byfleet Parish Day. Tessa Westlake will tell us the long history of this local Village event. |
Saturday 18th July,
Byfleet Rec. |
PARISH DAY. The Heritage Society will be there. |
Thursday 13th August,
Byfleet Bowls Club. | An opportunity to havea go at playing this popular game and to hear a little of the history the Club. |
Thursday 10th September,
HR 8.15 | Illustrations of Surrey collected by Robert Barclay - Julian Pooley of the Surrey History Centre will tell us about this renowned local artist and the Centre's collection of wis works. Look out for a Byfleet image! |
Thursday 8th October,
HR 8.15 | Byfleet in the 60s & 70s - our old friend, local historian and author, Iain Wakeford will share some of his gleanings from local papers that depict life in Byfleet in the 1960s and 70s. |
Thursday 5th November,
HR 8.15 | Entertainment in Byfleet - BHS Chairman and Byfleet Players' veteran, Jim Allen, will tell us all about how our forebears entertained themselves in the Village. |
Thursday 3rd December,
HR 8.15 | Christmas Social. Nibbles and drinks, together with Mike Webber's annual collection of new photographs that the Society has come by. |
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Thursday 31st January,
HR 8.15 | Byfleet's Brooklands Connections. Roger Bird will look at local people at Brooklands, in particular exploring the career of legend Bert Denley. Also our New Year Social. Please bring along any interesting items that you might like to show. |
Thursday 28th February,
HR 8.15 | Woking Community Play Association and the Story of the Ockenden Venture. Ailsa Moore and Iain Wakeford will tell us about the WCPA plans to portray the amazing story of Ockenden in a major community play. |
Thursday 27th March,
HR 8.15 | Byfleet Oral History Group - Mike Webber and Jeff Sechiari will talk about the Group's work and play snippets from recordings. |
Thursday 24th April,
HR 8.15 | Byfleet Fire Station - The past, the present and the future? Julian Temple will tell us about the history of this recently listed, very special, building. |
Thursday 22nd May,
VH 7.30 | AGM. Followed by The History of Byfleet's St. Mary's Church. Chris Glasow will give us part two of his talk. |
Thursday 19th June,
HR 8.15 | The Lightbox. Rib Davies will tell us about Woking's new museum, its Oral History project and the memories that it has collected. |
Saturday 19th July,
Byfleet Rec. |
PARISH DAY. The Heritage Society will be there. |
Sunday 20th July,
Wisley Common. | A walk on the common - after last year's fascinating talk from Ranger James Adler come and join him to see the heath in the flesh. |
Thursday September,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday October,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday November,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday December,
HR 8.15 | . |
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Thursday January,
HR 8.15 | TBA. |
Thursday 15th February,
HR 8.15 | Iain Wakeford on Wells, Woking and the Real War of the Worlds. |
Thursday 15th March,
HR 8.15 | Pablo Howarth on The Bailey Bridge. |
Thursday 26th April,
HR 8.15 | Ian Franklin on Ancient Rome, People and Places. Ian is a State Apartment Warder at Hampton Court Palace. |
Thursday 24th May,
VH 7.30 | AGM. Followed by a talk by Antony Hutchings on Brooklands—its origins and its centenary. Get all the information about how Brooklands started and how the Museum plans to celebrate the track’s centenary year. |
Thursday 21st June,
HR 8.15 | James Adler, Ranger for Wisley and Ockham Heaths will speak to us about his work on the heaths. |
Saturday July,
Byfleet Rec. | PARISH DAY. The Heritage Society will be there. |
Thursday 22nd July,
Meet by Pyrford Lock (near The Anchor) at 2pm | Iain Wakeford’s Heritage Walk around Pyrford. A gentle walk exploring the history of our neighbour Pyrford. |
Thursday 13th September,
HR 8.15 | Members’ evening. Tonight some of our members take the floor to tell us about their special interests. |
Thursday 11th October,
HR 8.15 | Ian Franklin on Kew Palace and its Restoration. Ian returns to tell us about the work that restored Kew Palace after many years of closure. |
Thursday 8th November,
HR 8.15 | Rib Davis of The Lightbox comes to tell us about Woking’s brand new museum and art gallery, what they have planned and what goes on. |
Thursday 6th December,
HR 8.15 | Byfleet Oral History Group return to share snippets from some of their interviews. |
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Thursday 19th January,
HR 8.15 | Tudor Surrey by Prof. Peter Edwards.
A look into the world of Surrey during Tudor times. |
Thursday 16th February,
HR 8.15 | Mulberrys to Motorways by Ken Bewsey. A history of the Mouchel Parkman company |
Thursday 16th March,
HR 8.15 | The History of Aviation at Brooklands by Julian Temple, Curator of Aviation at Brooklands Museum. |
Thursday 13th April,
HR 8.15 | The Archaeology of Surrey’s Past by Rob Poulton, Surrey Archaeology Unit Manager.
A talk on the techniques and methods used on some of Surrey’s Archaeological sites |
Thursday 4th May,
VH 7.30 | AGM. Followed by Signs in the Byfleet Landscape by Judie English A look at the clues to our history in the landscape of Byfleet. This is also the topic of the current series of recordings by the Byfleet Oral History Group. |
Thursday 8th June,
HR 8.15 | Hampton Court behind the scenes by Ian Franklin, a Warder at the Palace. Does the Hampton Court ghost really exist? |
Saturday July,
Byfleet Rec. | PARISH DAY. The Heritage Society will be there. |
Thursday 6th July,
HR 8.15 | Roman Transport in Surrey by Dr David Bird, Surrey Principal Archaeologist. A look at Roman activity in Surrey. |
Thursday 14th September,
HR 8.15 | Telegraphs and Semaphores by Richard Muir. Admiralty signally in Surrey. Cancelled |
Thursday 12th October,
HR 8.15 | Stuart Surrey by Prof Peter Edwards. A look into the world of Surrey during Stuart times. |
Thursday 9th November,
HR 8.15 | The Ancient City of Rome by Ian Franklin. Rome, its people and places. |
Thursday 7th December,
HR 8.15 | Christmas get-together. |
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Thursday January,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday February,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday March,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday 14th April,
HR 8.15 | David Barker will tell us of the "The History of Addlestone", our near neighbour. |
Thursday 19th May,
VH 7.30 | Society AGM followed by Barry Davis on "The Secret Garden- Painshill Park". |
Thursday 23rd June,
HR 8.15 | . |
Saturday 5th July,
Byfleet Rec. | PARISH DAY. The Heritage Society will be there. |
Thursday 21st July,
HR 8.15 | Alan Winn will come to give us an insight into the glamorous world of early motor racing and aviation with the "History of Brooklands”. |
Thursday 15th September,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday 13th October,
HR 8.15 | Chris Glasow comes to give us the second part of his fascinating History of Byfleet Church. Come and find out about our local church. |
Thursday 10th November,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday 8th December,
HR 8.15 | Society Christmas Get-together. Speaker is yet to be confirmed, by Christmas cheer and the odd mince pie is assured. |
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Thursday January,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday February,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday March,
HR 8.15 | . |
Thursday April 22nd,
HR 8.15 | Mary Alexander from Guildford Museum on The History of Guildford Castle. Did you know that Edward I and his new bride Eleanor of Castile spent their honeymoon there? Find out all this and more! |
Thursday May 20th,
VH 7.30 | Society AGM followed by The History of St Mary’s Church by Chris Glasow.
Ever wondered anything about our local church? Come along and find out the answers tonight. |
Thursday June 17th,
HR 8.15 | Iron Age Roundhouses, Settlement and Life in Surrey.
Trudie Cole from the Surrey County Archaeological Unit will show us the very latest archaeological findings from the Iron Age from around the county. |
Saturday July,
Byfleet Rec. | PARISH DAY. The Heritage Society will be there. |
Friday 9th July,
HR 8.15 | Iain Wakeford is conducting one of his excellent Heritage Walks around Byfleet, and we are going to join him. |
Thursday September 13th,
HR 8.15 | We are proposing to hold a workshop at Surrey History Centre to follow up on our event last year. Please see below for details and let me know if you are interested.
If there is not sufficient interest, the event cannot go ahead. |
Thursday October 21st,
HR 8.15 | The Wey Navigation Canal by Denys Wood from the National Trust at Dapdune Wharf.
Come and hear about our nearest National Trust property, past present and future. |
Thursday 18th November,
HR 8.15 | Byfleet Oral History Group will tell us all about their latest project and about their success in collecting and preserving villager’s valuable memories of the past. |
Thursday 16th December,
HR 8.15 | St. Mike Webber will revive some memories of the shops and businesses that have been in the village.
As usual, mince pies and Christmas cheer assured! |
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Thursday 16th January,
HR 8.15 | Nick Pollard shows slides of Old Shepperton - find out how Shepperton used to look in times gone by. |
Thursday 20th February,
HR 8.15 | Cobham Houses and their inhabitants. Come and hear about some of Cobham's many interesting residents and their homes. |
Thursday 13th March,
HR 8.15 | Ross Baker of the Surrey Bat Group talks about this part of our natural heritage - who they are and how they are protected. |
Sunday 16th March,
Chilworth 10.30 | A walk round the Chilworth Gunpwder Mill site with Professor Alan Crocker. Finishing at the Percy Arms. |
Thursday 10th April,
HR 8.15 | Along the Basingstoke Canal - cycling the length of the canal with Bernard Boys. |
Saturday 3rd May,
HR 8.15 | Exhibition - pictures of Byfleet Church and Vicarage donated by Monica Ransom. |
Thursday 22nd May,
VH 7.30 | AGM. Followed by a talk by Mr Gordon Hadfield, surgeon, on the history of the Rowley Bristow Hospital.
This is also the topic of the current series of recordings by the Byfleet Oral History Group. |
Thursday 10th June,
HR 8.15 | Research the history of your house with Julian Pooley of the Surrey History Centre. |
Saturday 5th July,
Byfleet Rec. | PARISH DAY. The Heritage Society will be there. |
Thursday 24th July,
HR 8.15 | The mystery of the Stephen Duck pedigree, with Ivan Duck. A look at the celebrated 18C Byfleet Rector. |
Thursday 18th September,
HR 8.15 | A transport workshop with the Surrey History Centre.
Discover how transport in and around Byfleet developed through history. |
Thursday 16th October,
HR 8.15 | Doug Smith on the history of the pillar box.. |
Thursday 20th November,
HR 8.15 | Mike Webber continues his trip round Byfleet through David Chapman's old photographs.
This time looking at 1980-95. |
Thursday 4th December,
HR 8.15 | St. Mary's School in transition. A Christmas gathering with a home video of pupils preparing to move to the new school in Hart Road. |
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Thursday 24th January,
HR 8.15 | The Byfleet Log Boat. Mary Alexander of Guildford Museum will speeak about the log boat discovered in the River Wey in 1906, and the recent work carried out on it. |
Thursday 21st February,
HR 8.15 | Mike Webber presents a selection of David Chapman's Byfleet photographs from the 1960s & 1970s. |
Thursday 21st March
HR 8.15 | Anne McCormick from Kingston Museum will speak about the work and collections at Kingston. |
Thursday 18th April
HR 8.15 | Gordon Knowles speaks on "Parry Thomas and the Land Speed Record".
Parry Thomas is buried in Byfleet Church. |
Thursday 23rd May
VH 7.30 | AGM. Followed by speaker from Elmbridge Museum on The Walton Film Industry. |
Sunday 23rd June pm
Wisley Common | A walk over Wisley Common with the Ranger. Following our Autumn walk in September, see the varied flora and fauna of the common in another season. |
Saturday 27th July
SHC 2.00 | A behind the scenes visit to the Surrey History Centre in Goldsworth Road, Woking. |
September 26th
HR 8.15 | Wartime evacuees in Woking by Jan Mihell. |
October 17th
HR 8.15 | John York on An Heraldic Journey - discussing the world of heraldry. |
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Thursday 21st November, HR 8.15 | "The Powder Mills of Surrey" by Alan Crocker. |
December 12th
HR 8.15 | More of David Chapman's photographs of Byfleet, with Mike Webber. |
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Saturday 8th December | The Launch of 'Byfleet - A Village of England' in Byfleet Library. |
Thursday 13th December,
HR 8.15 | Christmas Social - Come and join us all for a mince pie! Bring along any old pictures or memorabilia to share. |
TW: Tessa Westlake, 8 Brewery Lane, Byfleet, West Byfleet, Surrey KT14 7PQ
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