The group meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month, starting at 7.30 pm, at the Netley Marsh Community Hall, Woodlands Road, Netley Marsh.
The group started in February 2017 and we have had a discussion or talk on a different aspect of the history of the parish each month. We have gathered information and photos on all these topics, and we hope to have exhibitions and publications covering all these in the future. you can follow us on Facebook for current programme and activities.
Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Netley Marsh Community Hall, Woodlands Road SO40 7GE. Meetings start at 7.30pm and the entry fee of £3.00 includes refreshments.
Visitors and new members always welcome.
January 22nd – AGM and social – slideshow by Keith Godwin.
February 26th – The Light Family’s pioneering emigration to America – Gill Southwell.
March 26th – Listed buildings in Netley Marsh – Paul and Yvonne Hanvey.
April 23rd – Squatters and Social Crime – encroachments in the New Forest in the 18th century –Sylvia Crocker
May 28th – DVD about Past life in the area around Southampton Water by June Tonkin
June 25th – The Gardening Club – Ros Stollery and Susanna Zardis. Also, D-Day Southampton – Helen Wallbridge.
July 23rd – Tools For Self- Reliance Jo Wright
September 24th – The real truth about Alice Liddell of Lyndhurst – Angela Trend.
October 22nd – The Netley Marsh Carnival – Ian Sims.
November 26th – informal discussion/social.
December – no meeting.
PROGRAMME FOR 2020.
January 28th –S.O.E. – The Special Operations Executive training camp at Beaulieu during the Second World War, their activities and some of the people who were involved in this – Nick Saunders.
February 25th – New Forest authors – a selection of fact and fiction, writers and writings, with readings, inspired by the New Forest over the centuries – Georgina Babey.
January 23rd – AGM and discussion of past year and forthcoming year’s meetings and events.
February 27th – Film – ‘Netley Marsh – Past, Present and Future’ (Keith Godwin)
March 27th – The Netley Marsh pubs (Gill Southwell)
April 24th – The Netley Marsh Scouts and Guides (Ian Sims)
May 22nd – The Graveyard Survey (James Brown)
June 26th – The Netley Marsh Women’s Institute (Deanna Eldridge and Ros Stollery)
July 24th – The Southampton Docks Police (Ian Oliver)
August – outing to Eling Tide Mill (date to be arranged)
September 25th – Historic Routes and Past Pathways project (Gareth Owen)
October 23rd – Footpaths in the landscape (Malcolm Crocker)
November 27th – Armistice anniversary
December – Social evening (to be arranged)