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Future Events

Future Meeting dates 2026

30 January 2026 - Stephen Hoadley - The Donkey and the Drought - 50 years ago in Netley

27 March 2026 - Jeff Martin - Lords of the Manor of Hound Part 2

29 May 2026 - Cheryl Butler - The Story of Itchen Ferry Village 

31 July 2026 - Geoff Watts - Stories from the Military Cemetry at Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley

25 September 2026 - Ray Smout - Please Spare a Copper, tales of a local bobby

27 November 2026 - Nigel Paterson - The Vikings in Southampton

Unless otherwise stated meetings start at 7.30pm.

Location: St Edwards Church Hall, Grange Road, Netley, SO31 5FF

There is ample free parking on site.  Visitors and guests are very welcome at £3 each

 

Future Meeting dates 2027

29 January 2027 - Stephen Hoadley - The Railways of the Royal Victoria Hospital and Country Park

19 March 2027

28 May 2027

30 July 2027

24 September 2027

26 November 2027

 

 

 

 

Past Meeting dates 2025

31 January 2025 - Ursula Pearce - Netley, Yanks and the D-Day Landings

28 March 2025 - Jeff Martin - Lords of the Manor of Hound

30 May 2025 - Stephen Hoadley - Rail 200 and its Impact on Netley  UPDATED

25 July 2025 - Andrew Negus - Portsmouth - Harlots, Dung & Glory: Part 3:  1860-1930 Portsmouth Into the Modern World

26 September 2025 - Geoff Watts - Southampton and the Titanic

28 November 2025 - Andrew Negus - Portsmouth - Harlots, Dung & Glory: Part 4:  Poverty - Mudlarks and War 1930 - 1950s’

Past Meeting dates 2024

26 January 2024 - Stephen Hoadley - From the River Solent to Howards' Way: A Brief History of Southampton Water

22 March 2024 - Jeff Martin - Wills of Hound: From private to public, how one set of documents reveal much about our ancestors' lives in the parish.

24 May 2024 - Nigel Paterson - Lord Radstock of Mayfield

26 July 2024 - Dr Cheryl Butler - Taking the Flounce: Jane Austen &Southampton Spa

27 September 2024 - Richard Newman - Bursledon Brickworks

THURSDAY 31 October 2024 - Ian Underdown - Old newspaper reports of Hound

29 November 2024 - Geoff Watts - Stories from the Military Cemetery at Royal Victoria Country Park

Past Meeting dates 2023

27 January 2023 - Dr Cheryl Butler - ‘From the Blitz to D Day: Southampton In the Front Line During World War 2 - Bombs, Spitfires, and Yanks'

31 March 2023 - Stephen Hoadley - History of the Floating Bridge in Woolston

19 May 2023 - Jeff Martin - History of the River at Bursledon

28 July 2023 - Andrew Negus - Portsmouth - Harlots, dung and glory

29 September 2023 - Ursula Pearce - The Royal Victoria Hospital and the Development of Netley Abbey Village

24 November 2023 - Andrew Negus - Portsmouth: Harlots, Dung and Glory Part 2  - 1780-1880 Portsmouth Helps Make GB a Superpower