Island History Group

Group Leaders -
Sylvia Sillar - 883924 - email sylviasillar at gmail dot com;
David Baldwin - 290144 - email dashbaldwin at btinternet dot com;
Sally Hayes - 289805

Location - Cowes - St Mary's Church Hall - (parking free for 2 hours on one side of Church Road)

We meet on the first Friday of each month at 2.00 pm for 2.30 pm. When this falls on a bank holiday, the meeting is moved to the following Friday.

We have indoor meetings with a speaker (followed by tea/coffee and biscuits) except during August and we have two outside meetings a year in June and July, meeting at various historic venues. These meetings start at 2.30 pm on the first Friday of those months. Our winter/spring programme for 2011 meetings are:

Winter Programme

Friday 6th January 2012
"Tales from Wootton History"
Doreen Gazey, Wootton resident and local Historian

Friday 3rd February 2012
"The History of Red Funnel Line"
Hazel Nicholson, Archivist for Red Funnel

Friday 2nd March 2012
"The Sinking of HMS Royal George at Spithead in 1782"
Roger Whitby Smith, former Naval Officer

We are now averaging 40 to 49 people per meeting and have no waiting list. All enquiries welcome.