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Family History Society

Events

Below is a list of upcoming SDFHS events.

STOP PRESS!

Date: 18th September 2024
Time: 19:30
Location: The Bow Room of The Exchange, Sturminster Newton
Blackmore Vale Group

Stop Press!

Speaker: Graham Colls                                                                  

Graham Colls and Carol Groome have been looking through the British Newspaper archive to find out about people, notable events and scandals (!) in Sturminster Newton and surrounding villages.

‘The Extraordinary Secret Life of Dr James Barry’ by Felicity Herring

Date: 20th September 2024
Time: 14:30
Location: St. Aldhelm's Church Centre, DT3 5EW
South Dorset Group

‘The Extraordinary Secret Life of Dr James Barry’ by Felicity Herring

‘The Story of the WW2 Tomahawk Fighter Wreck off Chesil Beach’ by Selwyn Williams

Date: 18th October 2024
Time: 14:30
Location: St. Aldhelm's Church Centre, DT3 5EW
South Dorset Group

‘The Story of the WW2 Tomahawk Fighter Wreck off Chesil Beach’ by Selwyn Williams

Martyn Allen on ‘Churchill’s Secret Underground Army – Auxiliary Units 1940 – 1944’

Date: 9th November 2024
Time: 14:00
Location: Loders Village Hall
West Dorset Group

Martyn will tell us about the sabotage organisation set up in 1940 in case of a Nazi invasion

‘A Park District Childhood’ by Eddie Prowse

Date: 15th November 2024
Time: 14:30
Location: St. Aldhelm's Church Centre, DT3 5EW
South Dorset Group

‘A Park District Childhood’ by Eddie Prowse