Events
Meetings are held normally on the last Friday in the months of October to April (except December) in the Scout and Guide Hall in
Mayfield Village.
2025/2026
(Meetings 7:30 for 8.00pm in the Scout and
Guide Hall (except where noted)
Wednesday 29th October – Sir John Glubb by his grandson Mark Glubb
Sir John Glubb (1897 – 1986) was a famous Mayfield resident who built Jordan's Arab Legion into one of the most formidable fighting forces in the Middle East and a stained-glass window in St Dunstan’s church celebrates his life and legacy
To be preceded by the AGM
Wednesday 26th November - Pictures in Iron: Pictorial Designs on British Firebacks by Jeremy Hodgkinson
The growth of Puritanism and the influence of designs on imported continental examples led to the increasing use of pictorial illustrations on firebacks made in Britain in the 17th century and later. The talk explores the inspirations and sources for these designs, which were many and varied, and which reflected the broad cultural life of these islands.
This is also our Dutch Supper evening, whereby everyone brings either sweet or savoury dish (enough for 6), for all to share as a buffet.
Wednesday 28th January 2026 – ‘Daniel Defoe’s Tour through SE England 1724’ – Dr Geoffrey Mead
Wednesday 25th February 2026 – ‘Gable End, West Street, Mayfield’ – Kate Burgess
Wednesday 25th March 2026 – Taking Wadhurst Park back to the 1800s – Wadhust Park
Wednesday 29th April 2026 - tbc
Non-members may attend individual talks at a cost of £5 per talk.
Each year an outing to a place of historic
interest is undertaken. Information will be on this website.
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Annual membership for the season, which covers admission to all the monthly talks, is £15. Non-members may attend individual talks at a cost of £3.50 per talk.
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