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