Meetings
Meetings are held at The
Underground Theatre, in the basement of the Central
Public Library, starting at 7:30pm.
All members are welcome free of charge, and are asked to
bring their Membership Cards or to sign the Members
register on the way in if they do not have the card to
hand. Non members are cordially invites for a charge of
£2 per person.
Tuesday, January 8th - Changing Eastbourne's
Image?
Is it desirable, as people say, to change the 'Image of
Eastbourne'? What to? And how is it to be done?
Peter Austin, Group Editor of Beckett
Newspapers, will chair an enquiry into this important
topic, with contributions by local politicians and
marketing experts.
Tuesday, February 12th - The Extraordinary Albert
Hounsom
The first in a new series on The Makers of
Eastbourne. Professor John Pick,
Chairman of the Eastbourne Society, will give an
illustrated lecture on the life and times of Albert
Hounsom, Joiner, Hotel Proprietor, founder of the
Brittania Music Hall in Pevensey Road, and thorn in the
Establishment Flesh...
Tuesday, March 11th - Policing
Eastbourne
Kevin Gordon on the History of
Eastbourne's Police Service, introduced by Bob Gough,
Co-ordinator of the Eastbourne Crime Reduction
Partnership
Tuesday, March 20th - Executive Committee
Meeting
Held at the Heritage Centre, 2 Carlisle Road. Open to any
member of the Eastbourne Society
Tuesday, April 8th - AGM
Tuesday, May 13th - Multi-Cultural
Eastbourne?
The second forum of 2008. Speaker and facilitator -
Edward Thomas
Tuesday, June 10th - HOPE for Eastbourne
Martyn Relf will present the work of the Combined
Christian Churches
There is a free Evening Car Park at the Enterprise
Centre, directly opposite the Central Library. There will
be members of the Society ready to escort anyone who may
have difficulty with stairs into the auditorium.
Tea and coffee will be served as usual, following the
meeting, in the Refreshment Bar.