We regret that due to the current situation Ventnor Heritage Museum is now closed to the public until at least the end of June. and our Society meetings are also suspended until further notice.  However our usual Society work continues ‘behind the scenes’ and online and we can be contacted as usual on info@ventnorheritage.org.uk or via our Ventnor & District Heritage Facebook Group.

The speakers cover a wide range of topics and focus on the history of Ventnor, surrounding area and the Isle of Wight. Meetings are very well attended and are held at the Masonic Hall in Grove Road, Ventnor (just round the corner from the Heritage Centre.  Meetings start at 7.30 pm.  Entry is free to members of the Society, visitors are very welcome (visitor entrance fee £2.00).

Our final meeting of 2019 was on 29 November – we have no meeting at the end of December.  We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our past guest speakers for sharing their time and knowledge with us.

The speaker programme for 2020 is shown below.

Society Meetings and speakers for 2020:

31st January: Andy Butler – The 1950s and 60s – The Way Things Used to Be

28th February: Nick Minns – Michael Faraday and the IOW

27th March: No meeting – Annual General Meeting Postponed (see notice here)

24th April: Delian Backhouse-Fry – The Archaeology of the Undercliff

29th May: Rosemary Cooper – A Tour of the Island in Sand Pictures

26th June: John Hannam – Chatting Up the Stars

31st July: Sheila Caws – Descendants of Queen Victoria

25th September: Hazel Pullen and Sharon  Beddard – The Voluntary Aid Detachment on the Island 1914-18

30th October: Mark Earp – “Out of the darkness and into the light” Prince Albert on the Isle of Wight     

27th November: Brian Greening – Title to be confirmed

 

A Society Meeting