Come along to our Forest-themed Monday evening talks
Pre-booking is essential
Ticket prices:
Members £4.00 per ticket (to become a Member please see Friends of the New Forest Centre)
Non-Members £6.00 per ticket
PLUS 50p booking fee per booking if you would like us to post the tickets to you (not applicable if you buy your tickets at the New Forest Centre).
To book please contact the Centre Office or send completed booking form with remittance to New Forest Centre, High Street, Lyndhurst, SO43 7NY
Recommended for 16+
| Monday evenings 7-8.30pm |
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Monday 7 March 2011How We Used to Liveby Sara Hall and Angela Trend The local history project involving the hamlets around Lyndhurst: how it all began and what we have found out so far. |
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Monday 14 March 2011Insect Collecting and Recording in the New Forestby Anthony Pickles The history of insect collecting in the New Forest and its importance in today’s understanding of insect biology and ecology. |
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Monday 21 March 2011Northerwood House - Decline and Revival: the continuing story of a New Forest mansionby Pam Bloomfield Following her previous talk on the history of Northerwood from early times to 1945, Pam Bloomfield, archivist for the house, continues the story. This second talk will cover the period following the Second World War into the twenty first century. |
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Monday 28 March 2011Florence Nightingale: Her Hampshire Life and Deathby Dr R.E. Foster. Although the Nightingales came from Derbyshire, they acquired Embley Park in Hampshire as a main residence in 1825. Born in 1820 the young Florence thus spent much of her formative time in the county before departing to the Crimea and national celebrity in 1854. At the end of her long life in August 1910 it was to Hampshire that she returned to lie with her parents at East Wellow. |
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Monday 4 April 2011Art & Skills of Wildlife Photographyby Mike Read With recent innovations in camera and lens technology, wildlife photography is becoming an increasingly popular hobby. In this light and entertaining talk, Mike deals with some of the problems and pitfalls as well as some of the good things about wildlife photography. |
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Talk: Monday 11 April 2011 7-8.30pmThe Exbury Junkers: a World War II Mysteryby John Stanley This talk will explain the important role played by Exbury House in the Second World War and will unravel the mysterious circumstances that brought a German bomber, with more than its normal crew complement on board, to Exbury shortly before D-Day. This incident has intrigued many people over the years, including the writer Nevil Shute who fictionalised it in his novel ‘Requiem for a Wren’ |
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Walk: Saturday 16 April 2011 2-3pmThe Mysterious German Bomber Incident, 18 April 1944Tickets £10.50 & £12.50 (includes discounted entry to Exbury Gardens)Join author John Stanley on a guided walk as he unravels the 66-year-old mystery of a lone German bomber which flew into the heart of Allied D-Day preparations and was shot down close to Exbury House. See for yourself where the dramatic events unfolded, and find out why this wartime incident has been the subject of such long-lasting fascination. Exbury offer a cream tea at £4.50 which the walking group may book in advance. |
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