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This meetup advertises events in Surrey about history. It promotes meetings of its own and of local history groups, some online, some physical and some hybrid (both online and physical). During the Corona virus crisis we organised the Lockdown Lectures, a series of online talks delivered via Zoom.
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Ronson-Goblin exhibition opens at Leatherhead Museum
Leatherhead theatre, KT22 8DN, church St, Leatherhead, GBLeatherhead Museum’s exhibition of products manufactured locally by Ronson and Goblin will open at noon on Saturday. Both significant employers, Ronson made cigarette lighters and Goblin made vacuum cleaners and the iconic Teasmade, a combination of an alarm clock and automatic tea maker. The Museum has a large collection of all these devices.
The exhibition will be opened at noon by Councillor Tim Hall and Roger Boychuck. Light refreshments will be served. All welcome.
There is a video on YouTube made when the Ronson factory closed in 1981: https://www.facebook.com/groups/leatherheadmemories/permalink/3920301874781070/
There is no free parking in the centre of Leatherhead during the day. The best place to park is the Swan Centre off Leret Way.
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Talk: “Guildford’s Wool Trade in Medieval Times and Later” by Mary Alexander
Crossways Community Baptist Church Dorking, Junction Road, Dorking, GBMary, who gave us a very well-received talk “George Abbott – the Archbishop of Canterbury from Guildford” in 2024, returns
More at Current Programme – DLHG
Door 7PM. £2 for non-members of DLHG
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Zoom Talk: “Vickers at Brooklands” by Richard Marks
·OnlineOnlineJoint DLHG/SIHG talk by Dr Richard Marks, who used to work at Vickers.
More on Richard at https://industrypast.co.uk/
"Doors" 7 to 7:15PM.
More details on talk to follow.
Zoom-register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zGyoicG5TRGlZeZ8EmOiww7 attendees
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