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New Year Walk Tuesday 2^nd January 2024 1pm

4 mile walk around Shalford and Bramley.

This walk includes a disused railway line, a disused railway station, and an old wine press. We will start and end at a pub (Queen Victoria) where people can continue to socialise with a drink or coffee.

This is all flat and is all on concrete/footpaths/roads so no mud. People with wheelchairs, rollators and mobility scooters are welcome. It is not aimed at serious hikers, just people aimed for people who fancy some fresh air and exercise after the Christmas festivities.

DOGS WELCOME. We will stop in a pub for drinks and for toilets. There is a petrol station in Bramley if anyone needs a quick sandwich. We will finish around 3:30 – 4:00.

Meet outside the Queen Victoria pub next to Shalford Station (postcode GU4 8BY) on the A281. Park in the side roads such as Tillingbourne Rd (the road next to the pub) or Orchard Road. Look out for Darren in my yellow hi-vis top.

Many DLHG members enjoyed Richard Shenton’s recent talk on the Way and Arun canal.

Sadly, there has recently been some mindless vandalism at Loxwood lock which will cost our friends at the Wey and Arun Canal Trust a lot to fix!

If you can, please make a donation to their appeal at http://weyarun.org.uk/loxwood-appeal
Thank you!

Including a walk in Guildford, a countryside walk, a visit to a Lutyens house and a social history trip in Guildford. For more, see https://dlhg.org.uk/our-2023-programme/

BOOK NEWS! Medieval historian Julia Hickey has published a new book “The Son that Elizabeth the First Never Had”, on Robert Dudley’s illegitimate son. Buy it (£6 off!) at:

Pen and Sword Books: Titles by Julia A Hickey (pen-and-sword.co.uk)

More on Julia at http://thehistoryjar.com

You are warmly invited to the Dorking Society AGM which this year will be held at Dorking Library on Tuesday 10th May. The Dorking Society is the governing body of the DLHG.

Please arrive after 7pm for a prompt start at 7.30pm. We will conduct the business first, and then we have a presentation on The Dorking of the Future. Our speakers include Ben Lee, local architect, and Peter Brown, author of The Box of Extraordinary Delights, based on the Museum collection and soon to be published by the Museum’s Cockerel Press.

Papers for the meeting will be available on the website, but will also be sent directly to you soon.

If you would like to consider becoming a Trustee of our increasingly dynamic and forward-looking Society, we are seeking individuals with management experience and an interest in Conservation, Community and Planning. In addition, we would welcome any interest from an aspiring Treasurer. Penny Tompkins at penny@cliffhanger.org,uk will be very happy to explain what you need to know and provide a Nomination Form.

Some DLHG members will be going to see two history-related local plays in the spring.
On Monday March 14th, Guildford’s Mil Theatre (next to the Yvonne Arnaud) delves into some murky German family history with a one-woman musical, “Dispatches on a Red Dress”. See http://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/whats-on/dispatches-red-dress

Then on Sunday 29th May (2PM), we have a female perspective on World War 2, “I Shan’t Be Home to Dinner “. See theleatherheadtheatre.com/whatson/i-shant-be-home-for-dinner/

Have a look at this promo video for more.

If you haven’t booked already, please book soon, places are limited on both trips.
The coach trip to Weald & Downland Living Museum is on Thursday 16 June 2022, tickets £22 each
The “Lewis Carroll & Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” walk around Guildford is on Sunday 8th May PM, tickets £7

Reserve your place by emailing garrypaulbrooks@outlook.com