Saturday 9th August
10:00 am
Sussex Mills Group Tour
Meet at West Blatchington Windmill Holmes Avenue, Hove BN3 7LF
Also visiting High Salvington Windmill, Runcton Watermill and Coultershaw Heritage Site. Attendees to travel between mills using their own vehicles. There will be a charge of about £10 towards the upkeep of the mills visited.
If you wish to attend please register with Philip Hicks smgchairman@gmail.com
Saturday 9th August
2:00 pm
Unveiling of Blue Plaque
St Ann’s Well Gardens Somerhill Road
Two of the three Short Brothers started their aeronautical careers designing and building coal gas balloons and flying them from these Gardens between 1901 and 1903. They later produced Sunderland Flying Boats and Stirling Bombers at Rochester and Belfast. SIAS has funded this Blue Plaque in its mission of promoting Sussex’s industrial heritage.
Saturday 11th October
9:15 am
Saturday 25th October
2:00 pm
Autumn Meeting
Subject and speaker to be announced
Saturday 15th November
2:00 pm
AGM followed by presentation on Spa Valley Railway
West Blatchington Windmill, Holmes Avenue, Hove BN3 7LF.