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Faversham Society News – July 2026

Faversham Society News – July 2026

From the chair; Abbey Fields: the case against development; Night at the museum; 25 gardens to open; Gunpowder mill reopens after facelift; Tracing the Westbrook; Oyster fishery map talk ends our season; Society pioneer Dr Sheila Doak dies aged 97; Our explosive past; Summer strolling; Fleur stewards needed; That’s speedy enough: 20’s plenty in Ospringe Street; Are the beans in, Comrade? My adventures with postcards of the past; Autumn at the Alex
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Faversham Society News – December/January 2025/26

In true Regency style; Arthur's features uploaded; From the chair; Jane's Kent connections; Museum's big clean; Magna Carta talk; East Street, an Aladdin's cave of town treasures; How Victorian Favershamians celebrated Christmas; Remember: a book is not just for Christmas; Paul Moorbath, 1947-2025
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Faversham Society News – November 2025

We join the fight for Ham Farm; Path palaver shuffles on ...; Carnival challenge; Calendars then and now; What a year for walking with history; Austen book display; How to protect against witches; Faversham's treasures ... and where are they now.
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Faversham Society News – October 2025

From the chair: Full talks programme; Celebrating Jane; Fleur garden help; Fashion's history goes on the catwalk; Frightful Faversham; Calendars then and now; Faversham's lost treasure: Where is it?; What a good fortune we all have in Miss Austen's novels
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