(posted on behalf of Roy Iremonger & Angela Keeley) The History Group has had a very successful season with each evening full of local interested and well supported by villagers. We went off to an excellent start with a film taken during the latter days of John and Peter Keeley’s farming in the area. Other [...]
Archive for the ‘Groups’ Category
Dallington History Group Report
Posted in Events, Groups, Local History, Local History Group on April 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
W.I. Meeting 19th April 2012
Posted in Groups, Women's Institute (WI) on April 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
(posted on behalf of Sue Iremonger) “Say it With Flowers” by Pam Fuller How lucky we are to have Pam in our village! She made six beautiful flower arrangements with their different messages for a range of special occasions. Birthdays, christenings, get well, new home and weddings were all celebrated in Pam’s displays. Imagine [...]
Whitechapel Bell Foundry Outing
Posted in Dallington Bellringers on March 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
(Posted on behalf of Diana Day): 23 intrepid explorers from Dallington, Brightling and Warbleton, (bellringers and friends) made their way to Whitechapel in East London to visit the Bell Foundry. This is one of only two foundries still in existence in the UK. Here we were shown around by the owner Alan Hughes, on a [...]
Quarter Peal March 2012
Posted in Dallington Bellringers, St Giles Church on March 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
[Posted on behalf of Diana Day] Dallington Bellringers rang a 1/4 peal for David and Marion Bysouth for their 60th Wedding Anniversary, on 10/03/2012. They lived in Three Cups until very recently, where David was the local wheelwright, they moved up the road to Punnetts Town last year. David has been a bellringer at Warbleton [...]
Notes from “Dallington Criminals” Local History Group Talk 6th March 2012
Posted in Local History, Local History Group on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s very well attended event was “Dallington’s Crimes & Criminals” – a talk given by Roy Iremonger on the darker side of Dallington’ history. Click the link for a document from Roy which details some of his findings: Dallington Criminals
Dallington W.I. Report 16th Feb 2012
Posted in Women's Institute (WI) on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Dallington W.I. Meeting Thursday 16th February The speaker for the afternoon was Mr Harris who gave members an interesting talk on the National Parks of England and Wales. The campaign for national parks started as early as 1880’s by James Bryce M.P. and though his 1884 parliamentary bill failed it, the growing public demand [...]
History talk “Dallington’s Crime & Criminals” Tuesday 6th March
Posted in Local History, Local History Group on February 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The next history talk on “Dallington’s Crimes & Criminals” will be in the Old School on Tuesday 6th March at 7-30pm.
Film showing: Farming in Dallington in 1994
Posted in Local History, Local History Group on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Old Rectory Barn was packed on Tuesday 21st February for the first meeting of this year’s Local History Group programme . Nick & Charlotte had kindly agreed to allow us to use their big screen to show a film of John & Peter Keeley farming. The film, made by Terry Ray, followed them round [...]
Dallington History Group 2012
Posted in Groups, Local History, Local History Group on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Dallington History Group We are pleased to announce that this year’s local history meetings will commence on Tuesday 21st February at 7-30pm. Our first meeting will be held in the Old Rectory Barn as Nick & Charlotte have kindly agreed to allow us to use their big screen to show a film made in the [...]
Bell ringers news February 2012
Posted in Dallington Bellringers, Groups on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
(posted on behalf of Diana Day) The bellringers have been busy just lately. We have rung 2 x 1/4 peals at St Giles, Dallington. First on 30/01/2012 we rang 1260 changes of Plain Bob Doubles This was John Day’s first as conductor and the first on the bells by a local band. The ringers were; [...]
