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We are an active and friendly Institute with a programme we feel offers something of interest for everyone. As well as having speakers on a wide variety of subjects, we enjoy social events such as a Summer Social Afternoon, February Birthday celebrations, Christmas Lunch at a local restaurant, theatre trips and other outings. Members regularly join other Hampshire Institutes at County meetings, as well as work actively and successfully to support local charities and organisations.
Founded in 1949, our meetings were originally held in Stroud village (hence our name) but we now meet in Petersfield at Herne Farm Leisure Centre, Crundles (off Moggs Mead) Petersfield, GU31 4PJ, on the third Thursday of each month starting at 2.15pm.
We have a full programme planned for the coming year, and if you would like to come along and get to know more about us, please contact us at stroudaftsec@hampshirewi.org.uk
Programme
19 May 2022
- Event – The Mayflower
- Speaker – Geoffrey Wheeler
- followed by – Annual Meeting and Resolutions
16 June 2022
- Event – Social Afternoon and Tea
- to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee
21 July 2022
- Event – Whitchurch Silk Mill
- Speaker – Deborah Wheeler
18 August 2022
- Event – Discovering Heathland : a habitat rarer than Rainforest
- Speaker – Olivia French (from South Downs National Park)
15 Sept 2022
- Event – Dylan’s Ice Cream
- Speaker – Ben Govier
20 October 2022
- Event – The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard
- Speaker – Alan Saunders
17 November 2022
- Event – Treasures of the Anglo Saxons
- Speaker – Kay Ainsworth
15 December 2022
- Event – Christmas Lunch at the Half Moon, Sheet
19 January 2023
- Event – Straw Work
- Speaker – Michael Gates
16 February 2023
- Event – 74th Birthday Meeting
16 March 2023
- Event – When 4000 Child Refugees came to Great Britain in One Day – “The Basque Children of’37”
- Speaker – Carmen Kilner
20 April 2023
- Event – British Alstroemeria & the Cut Flower Industry
- Speaker – Ben Cross
18 May 2023
- Event – Annual Meeting and Resolutions
15 June 2023
- Event – The History of Goodwood House
- Speaker – Hilly Sloan