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Forthcoming  Events

Amberley Society Meeting, 20th October, 2017 at 7.30 at Amberley Village Hall.

Items to discuss:

• Amberley Social History Project
• Talk by Former Amberley Signalman Ted Cook (tomorrow)
• Proposed Train Service cuts at Amberley
• Amberley War Memorial Cross
• Black Horse Pub
• Amberley Village Tours
• South Downs National Park News
• Wealden Buildings Study Group   

Amberley Open Gardens will be held in June 2018

2007

Feb Landfill at Washington – Chanctonbury Landfill Action Group (CLAG)

May   Walk on the Wildbrooks  -  Richard Robinson and Peter Daughtrey

Oct  Conservation of the Wey and Arun Canal  -  Michael Joseph, Wey & Arun Canal Trust

2008

Feb  Amberley Millennium Map  - Grahame Joseph

May    Amberley Amble  -  Bob Hutchinson

Oct  South Downs Society  - David Sawyer

2009

Feb  Chalk and Pepper  –  Richard Howell

July    Gurkha Bridge Party  -  Grahame Joseph

Oct Gliding on the Downs Centenary celebration  -  Craig Lowrie, South Down Gliding Club

2010

Feb Wildbrooks, Wildlife and the Wider Landscape  -  Dr Tony Whitbread, CEO Sussex Wildlife Trust

May Amberley Stroll through History, circa 1850  -  Richard Howell

Oct The Long Gallery at Parham House  -  Joe Thompson

2011

Feb Amberley Thatch and Thatching  -  Chris Tomkins

May Amberley Artists – Exhibition and Talk  -  Grahame Joseph, Jeremy Wood, Sheila Hale

Oct Amberley Postcards  -  Janet Kelly

2012

Feb Flood Management in the Arun Valley (LTRAS) – Environment Agency

May  Summer Social Gathering – Tours of Wisteria Cottage and Garden  -  Grahame Joseph

Oct Amberley Stone  -  Roger Birch

2013

Feb SDNPA – Nigel James & Simon Mockford

May  Amberley Geological Gander – Roger Birch

Oct Amberley Artist Felicia Lieven Bauwens – Julia Hett

2014

Feb Launch of Amberley Society Website – Dee Alsey

May Plans for the Black Horse – Paul Smith

July Wildflower and Butterfly Walk – Peter Daughtrey

Oct Stories of an Amberley Signalman – Ted Cook

2015

Feb A Wildlife Safari across Sussex  –  Michael Blencowe – Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT)

May Amberley Graveyard Tour -  Revd Alison Pattenden

Oct Aircraft Noise  -  Ian Hare – Pulborough Against Gatwick Noise & Emissions (PAGNE)

2016

Feb Working with Bats  -  Amanda Millar – Chair of the Sussex Bat Group

July - Special Guided Tour of Parham House

October - 1933 Film shot in Amberley 'The Man fro Toronto' , plus a presentation by Southern Water.

2017

February - Restoring Biodiversity to the Norfolk Estate - Peter Knight