From September to May we offer a programme of talks in the cinema of the New Park Centre, New Park Road, Chichester on the fourth Wednesday of the month, given by leading archaeologists, authors and academics. Refreshments are available in the bar after the meeting, when there is a chance to chat. We welcome non-members at the lectures, which start at 7.30 pm and usually finish about 9 pm. An entry fee of £5 is payable by non-members at the door.
The bar will normally be open after the lecture for drinks (hot, soft or alcoholic). The bar is cash free, so payment by card only.
25th Feb – David Pearson. Conservation Manager, The Mary Rose Trust; The hull and wooden artefacts of the Mary Rose
The surviving remains of the hull of the Mary Rose were raised in 1982 to a worldwide
audience of 60 million. The conservation began as soon as she was out of the water and
continues to this day. The Mary Rose now sits as the centre piece of a museum surrounded
by some of the 19,000 artefacts. This talk will discuss the degradation of the wood, why so
much survives and the conservation methods used for both the hull and the artefacts.
25th Mar – Miles Russell on Iron Age cemetery of the Durotriges
22nd Apr - Simon Coleman and Rebacca Welshman. A new hypothesis concerning the location of the Norman invasion battlefield.
27th May - Members' contributions evening
23rd Sept - Francis Wenban-Smith - Giant handaxes and other recent Palaeolithic discoveries
28th Oct - Martyn Allen, Oxford Archaeology – Post-excavation of the discoveries at the Westhampnett Rolls Royce factory excavations
25th Nov - Helena Griffiths and Andy Bliss - Prehistoric hunters of the High Weald
9th Dec (tbc) - AGM at St Nicholas Hall, Bosham
