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Archives and local studies

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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, although admission to talks and film evenings 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.

Dates Events 2008/2009
26 June-1 August 2008 Exhibition
The Bombing of the Drill Shed, by the Staff of the Drill Hall Library.
8 July 2008 at 7.30pm Talk
13 September 1917 - the bombing of the Drill Shed, in which over 100 people died, by the Drill Hall Library Staff.
4 August-14 September 2008 Exhibition
150th anniversary of the Strood - Canterbury Railway, by Bob Ratcliffe (FOMA exhibition).
6 August 2008 Talk
Railways of Rochester, by Bob Ratcliffe
16 September-24 October 2008 Exhibition
Ad Perpetuam Memoriam - 350th anniversary of Oliver Cromwell's death, by John Witheridge.
30 September at 7.30pm Talk
350th anniversary of Oliver Cromwell's death, by John Witheridge.
28 October-5 December 2008 Exhibition
Who? What? Where? When?  Unidentified photographs, by Tessa Towner (FOMA exhibition).
18 November at 7.30pm 2008 Talk
Reminiscence of an Immigrant - my life in Soviet Russia 1970-1990, by Irina Shub (MALSC).
9 December 2008 and 3 February 2009 Exhibition
Post-war housing development in Medway, by April Lambourne and Cindy O'Halloran (MALSC).
10 December 2008 10am-12noon Open Morning
Mince Pie Day with seasonal refreshments and book sale.
10 December 2008 at 2.30pm Talk
Seeing it Through Their Songs, by Michael Gandy.
6 February-31 March 2009 Exhibition
Life in the Workhouse, by Tessa Towner (KFHS).

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

01634 333111


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