At the Friends' Meeting House,
Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF
(Telephone: 01273 770258, Warden: Terry Byrne).
Tuesday afternoon talks for anyone, of any age. Time: 2:30 – 3:30.
Admission £2.50 No need to book – just turn up.
There is an induction loop for the hard of hearing.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be on sale in the adjoining cafe room after the talk (£1).
Summer series of illustrated talks 2026
April 14th: ‘A walk in the High Weald: woods and lanes’: with Dr Geoffrey Mead.
April 21st: ‘The impact of Brighton’s growth and spread as a resort on the villages
now within the City - part 1 1700-1840' with Dr Sue Berry.
April 28th: ‘The Magna Carta’ with James Simister.
May 5th: ‘More Brighton and Hove Photos from the Argus Archive’ with Andy Garth.
May 12th: ‘Amsterdam’ with Tilo Flache.
May 19th: ‘Island Trains & Trams’ with Ian Gledhill.
May 26th: ‘Local Pioneers of the Moving Image’ with Trevor Povey
June 2nd: ‘Evolution, not Extinction. How the Castle Survived the End of the Middle Age’ with Martin Jones
June 9th: ‘The Story of the Pavilion Gardens Café’ with David Sewell.
June 16th: ‘Brighton in the 20th Century - an illustrated record of events’ with Chris Horlock.
June 23rd: ‘The future of North Laine: Can community spirit survive in the 21st century?’ with North Laine Community Association.
June 30th: ‘Women Creatives of Brighton & Hove’s Past’ with Brighton Women’s History Group.
July 7th: ‘The World of Martha Gunn’ with John Wingham and Gaynor Wingham.
July 14th: ‘A Victorian School Teacher’ (reading from the logbook of Rottingdean
Infants School) with Sarah-Helen Snow.
More details of the talks in the leaflet available at reception.
If you would like to put forward yourself as a potential speaker, or know someone you would recommend, please let Terry know on 01273 770258, via brightonfriendsmeeting@gmail.com, or via the 'Contact' page on this website.
And please recommend our programme of talks to your friends - it takes time for 'word of mouth' to get round to all those who used to come along!
Organiser - Brighton Quakers