On the LAST MONDAY OF MARCH (30th), we have our AGM before our talk “A Romany Lifestyle in Surrey” by David Rose & Geoff Burch (AKA “The Rambling Railwayman”.) Two great speakers in one night – please come along.
BTW the AGM usually takes only 10-15 minutes,
Note that there’s not a talk on the first Monday of April.
Our guided walk “How Railways Killed a Canal” (Saturday 30th May, meet at Shalford 10:15AM) is now over half full. £5 cash on the day, BOOKING ESSENTIAL! Please email meetings@sihg.org.uk to secure your place. (It’s a joint SIHG/DLHG event)
Details at https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/sihg-guided-walk-how-railways-killed-a-canal-starts-at-shalford
We still have places available on our Eel Pie Island Museum tour on Sunday 19th May AM. Rock music history, a boatyard, some great inventions and a guided walk around Twickers. Interested? See event details at www.dlhg.org.uk/current-programme/#EelPie
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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