What's happening at Hampton Cottage, 64 Church Street, Leatherhead KT22 8DP

Monday, 17 September 2018

NEW LECTURE PROGRAMME UNDER WAY FOR AUTUMN/WINTER 2018



21 September, 7.30pm: Lucy Quinnell (shown above) gave the new season’s first monthly talk on Rowhurst, Leatherhead’s ‘Blessed Plot’ - the house that has been in her family since 1932 (top). Full report due shortly.

19 October, 7.30pm:  A Study of Country House Services at Polesden Lacey. Fetcham U3A Industrial Heritage Group will outline their research on the house’s utility services in Mrs Greville’s day. Together these helped to make ‘Polesden Lacey fit for a maharajah’.

16 November, 7.30pm: Authoress Alice Graysharp on her mother’s youth in Out of the Frying Pan: The Wartime Experiences of a Leatherhead Evacuee.

7 December, 7.30pm:  Christmas Miscellany. Seasonal celebratory wine, accompanied by three short talks on local history topics.

 18 January 2019, 7.30pm: Tony Matthews uses L&DLHS and other sources to tell The Story of Cherkley Court, covering Leatherhead’s contrasting experiences of the Dixon and Beaverbrook periods and consideration of what has happened since then.