Brian returns with his Performance Talk - Clarkson Rose introduces '50 Years of Seaside Entertainment' Was any holiday complete without a visit to the summer show or concert party? The very names conjure up the period - Sandy Powell’s Startime; Cyril Fletcher’s Summer Masquerade; Hedley Claxton’s Gaytime; The Fol-de-Rols. And Clarkson Rose’s Twinkle. Clarkie and his partner Olive Fox presented their first Twinkle on Ryde Pier in 1921. Over the following 47 years Twinkle had resident summer seasons, with tours…

Christmas fun, food, refreshments and a gentle quiz, There will be various questions on Christmas, Local History, Miscellaneous, Kims Game, 'Heard this sound', Board Games and many more (ish). Usual on the door raffle. Prizes for the winners of the quiz, decided by a turkey and snowman race of a Christmas Cake and voucher. Toast and 'Auld Lang Syne'. £2 Entrance and £1 Wine Raffle. Refreshments and Cakes. Networking and Fellowship. All are Welcome. Let me know if lifts are…

At the Church Hall or on Zoom... Today we have Mike talking about the time he walked the Camini de Santiago pilgrimage walk. Be inspired... "I had the opportunity to walk the Camino de Santiago twice with folk from church.   We trod in the footsteps of Pilgrims along a 110-kilometer route ‘the English Way’ from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela. In January I’d like to share the experience with you and offer the talk about the possibility of a virtual…

Today we have Rev Laura - Join our curate Laura as she talks about her journey from the stage, through mental health campaigning and towards ordination- 'a God of Surprises' Rev Laura joined us last year in the midst of COVID, a challenging time for any new Curate. She has jumped in with both feet .. !! We understand the worry that the upsurgence of COVID and Omicron variant is real and should be treated with respect, so for those…

At the Church Hall and also on Zoom.. Billy will be illustrating with powerpoint pictures, showing some of the places he visited as part of his chaplaincy studies. Deliberately avoiding the well-known places like hospitals and prisons, He will focus on the places you might not expect to see a chaplain; football clubs, racecourses, exhibition centres, shopping malls, airports, docks and others. He will attempt to answer the questions about what the church thinks it is doing and what the…

Today we have snaffled Brian with his award winning talk on George Bernard Shaw. See Further details in Brians Web Page further details and references Seeing a production of Shaw’s play Man and Superman at the Bristol Old Vic during the early weeks of his National Service encouraged Brian to consider the theatre as a potential career: three weeks after demobilisation he started work at the London Palladium. Large chunks of the next twenty years were spent touring abroad, usually…

We welcome Julia who has just taken over the position of Curator of Littlehampton Museum from Charlotte Burford. Her talk will be about “From the Archives of Littlehampton Museum” concerning the history of the Museum and some of highlights from the collections? Slides and media taken from the collections past and present. In the Hall please use the sanitisers and usual social distancing. If you want to join by Zoom and you are new to Zoom please download Zoom from…

Yes I know an AGM is not the most exciting of meetings - so we have added Food and Live music from 'Rob and the Mikes'. They have kindly agreed to give us some happy music but no dancing ( sad) . The food will be of a barbeque variety, beefburgers, sausages, chicken, salads and cakes. Squashes, Tea and Coffee. Bring your own beer should you want some. Yum. Looking forward to some helpers 🙂 from 6pm please. No Zoom…