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Type Talks and tours
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Date and times Thursday 25 July 2024 | 7.30pm-8.30pm
Prices Free | Members only

Journalist and historian Robin Laurance shares evocative stories of his English Channel heroes and presents the history of the shipping area, which has been made rich by the minds of writers and poets, the skills of artists, the courage of men at war, the daring of adventurers, the spirit of swimmers and sailors, the ploys of politicians and the greed of smugglers.

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