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Exhibitions and events programme at MALSC

Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre (MALSC) has a number of exhibitions and events throughout the year. Entry to all exhibitions is free. Admission to talks and presentations costs £4 (£3 for Friends of Medway Archives (FOMA) members). For further information and to book tickets for the events, please contact the Studies Centre using the information at the foot of this page.

Unless otherwise stated, all exhibitions and events take place at the centre. You can visit the exhibitions during the centre's normal opening hours.

Events 2010/11

4 February - 30 March	Exhibition: Temple School, Strood: snapshots of school life 1936 - 1960.
3 March 17 March 21 April 28 April 2-4pm	Course: Family history course for beginners, run by the Medway branch of the Kent Family History Society. £7.50.
1 April - 1 June	Exhibition: Bricks, mortar and breeze blocks: how to research the history of your house.
20 April 7.30pm at Chatham Library	Talk: Family history and the media by Dr. Nick Barratt.

3 June - 3 August
Exhibition: History of Frindsbury Cricket Club: Centenary exhibition.

7 July 2.30pm
Talk: Presenting and representing the Lower Medway Valley by Dr. Andrew Hann.

5 August - 5 October
Exhibition: The Battle of Britain: 70th anniversary.

7 October - 30 November
Exhibition: Roll out the red carpet: Royal visits to Medway.

Photo of the Frindsbury Cricket Club team in 1909

Photo of King George VI inspecting troops in Medway

17 November 2.30pm
Talk: Royal visits to Medway, by Bob Ratcliffe.

13 October at 2.30pm
Talk: Passage to India: going and coming by Derek Moore and Bruce Aubry.

2 December - 11 January 2011
Exhibition: Dickensian Medway.

8 December at Eastgate House, times to be confirmed
Event: Dickens: 150th anniversary of Great Expectations and the launch of the Percy Fitzgerald Collection.

13 January - 22 February 2011
Exhibition: Sir Joseph Williamson - the man behind the name.

24 February - 12 April 2011
Exhibition: Wingets at work and play.

Poster of a Home Guard firewatching in the Second World War

For further information contact:
	Email :	malsc@medway.gov.uk
	Telephone :	01634 332714
	Write to :	Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre Civic Centre Strood Rochester Kent ME2 4AU
	Minicom :	01634 333111

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