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    At the Friends' Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF
Telephone: 01273 770258 email; [email protected]

Tuesday afternoon talks for anyone, of any age

Time: 2:30 – 3:30     Admission £2.50. No need to book – just turn up. Tea and biscuits on sale afterwards. There is an induction loop for the hard of hearing.


PROGRAMME – SUMMER SERIES OF TALKS

April 29th -  Dr Geoffrey Mead – 'Hearth & Home: Sussex traditional buildings'
                     The story of our rich Sussex heritage.
 
May 6th -     AIan Gledhill – ‘Transport of the Masses’
                     A history of the tramcar, which transformed our cities in the early 20th Century. 
 
May 13th -  Trevor Povey -  ‘Aldrington - The Bit Between Hove and Portslade’
                    Much more than a train station on the way to Worthing.
 
May 20th -  Dr Sue Berry – ‘The Stanford family of Preston Manor’s development of Preston and
                    Hove 1870-1914: 
a short introduction’
 
May 27th -  Sarah-Helen Snow – ‘Lady Explorers of the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries' 
                    A fascinating journey with intrepid women.
 
June 3rd -  Mike Laslett - 'Rockstars to Smugglers '
                   A talk about the occupants of Rottingdean Church Yard.
 
June 10th - Paul Green - ‘Sussex Murders and Misdemeanours’
                    Be part of the jury looking at real life 19th Century cases. 
 
June 17th - Andy Garth - 'More Brighton and Hove Stuff' 
              
     from the Argus Photo Archive 
 
June 24th - Martin Jones – 'Neo-Imperial America? Trying to Understand Trump's Foreign
                    Policy' 
                    
A new venture for Tuesday at Friends; a look at current issues. 
 
July 1st -    Dr Geoffrey Mead – 'Bond Street, Brighton: a street over time'
                    The story of one of our busiest & popular thoroughfares.       
 
July 8th -    Jackie Marsh-Hobbs – 'The Decorative Arts and Seaside Resorts'. 
                    How local communities are preserving their rich heritage. 
         
July 15th -  Sue Jones – Trilogy of Exhibitions (Personal Journeys with Textiles)
                    Sue is creating handmade textiles for her final trilogy exhibition at the Grange Gallery in
                    Oct/ Nov 2025 and shares how these have been inspired by world textiles she saw during
                    her consultancy career together with the art as craft heritage of Rottingdean.  
      
July 22nd – Tilo Flache – 'Alphabet Tales: where did our 26 letters come from?'
 
                                      
If you would like to put forward yourself as a potential speaker, or know someone you would recommend, please let the organisers know on 01273 770258, via [email protected]. or via the 'Contact' page on this website.

And please recommend our programme of talks to your friends! 

www.tuesdayatfriends.org.uk                                                            Organisers - Brighton Quakers
 

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