'A Canter Through Sittingbourne' Talk

When:
Wednesday, 12 February, 2020 - 19:00 to 20:00
Where:
St Michael's Church, High Street, Sittingbourne ME10 4PG

Description

++CHANGE OF VENUE++ 'A Canter through Sittingbourne - with Pilgrims, Paper and Princes' is an illustrated talk by Richard Emmett exploring the growth of Sittingbourne as a town through the ages, from the offering of hospitality to Pilgrims to visits by Royalty.  It will also look the town's agricultural and industrial growth in the modern era, particularly having had the largest paper mill in the world at the turn of the 19th century and stories that put the North Kent market town of Sittingbourne on the map. Entry is £3.00 per person and free for members of the Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne and the Sittingbourne Heritage Museum and £1 for members of the Sittingbourne Society - proof of membership will be required. (THIS WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE AT THE AVENUE THEATRE, BUT ROOF DAMAGE MEANS A CHANGE OF VENUE).

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