Month: November 2017
November 29, 2017|News
Summer Visit to Little Woodham
Wickham History Society joined with Wickham Society to enjoy a combined summer outing. We visited the Little Woodham Living History Experience, a 17th century village at Gosport. The villagers were pleased to tell us about their way of life and demonstrate their skills – the potter, blacksmith, weaver, lacemaker, herbalist, innkeeper, and the scribe. …
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“Once Upon a Time in Wickham” by David Warwick
Just under 60 members and visitors came to hear David Warwick share his boyhood memories of Wickham and its people. David, a retired author of 40+ academic books and just one novel (“Chorus Endings” partially based in Wickham but with a changed name), is a member of the well-known Wickham family. Dorothy, his mother, was…
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“SS London” by Simon Wills
51 members and visitors were treated to an well-researched and enthralling account of the loss of this Victorian ship, given by Simon Wills, a maritime genealogist. In 1866 the London was a modern ‘luxury’ vessel, travelling from London to Australia with 269 persons on board plus substantial cargo. The SS London was a “hybrid” at…
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