Our 2026 talks programme is now compete . We’ve recently added talks including “Vickers at Brooklands”, “The Leatherhead Stationmaster’s House”, “Canal Mania! The Story of an Interactive Map” and “Merton Abbey’s Mills”. See https://dlhg.org.uk/current-programme
Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre are looking for a secretary to join their Trustee Board. If you are interested, please contact Jean Ward, Chair of the Trustees at jeanpward@gmail.com.
More details at https://dorkingmuseum.org.uk/about/volunteer-opportunities/
We are planning a tour of Eel Pie Island Museum (near Twickenham) on Sunday 19th May AM. It has a lot of great rock music history, a boatyard and more. See event details at www.dlhg.org.uk/current-programme/#EelPie
We have scheduled our first half-day out for 2026, a 2.5 mile walk ““How Railways Killed a Canal” on Saturday 30th May 10:30AM. See Current Programme – DLHG
Our 2026 programme is filling up nicely. We have added talks on “Elizabeth Barton – The Maid of Kent”, “Chilworth’s Mills”, “Brookwood Cemetery and The London Necropolis Railway” and “Restoring the Art Deco Richmond Station” in May to July, and “The Medieval Wool Trade in Guildford” & “Vickers at Brooklands” in September. See https://dlhg.org.uk/current-programme
New links! We’ve revised our links page, which now includes links to number of other local history groups, local museums and more – please have a look at https://dlhg.org.uk/revised-links
Any comments/suggestions, please let us know.
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