Haslemere Festival - Talks & Walks

Tickets for Festival Activities (unless otherwise stated) are available from

Haslemere Hall Box Office, Bridge Road,
Haslemere  GU27 2AS

www.HaslemereHall.co.uk  01428 642161  boxoffice@haslemerehall.com

2.30

Rt. Hon Jeremy Hunt MP  The Coalition Government - One Year On!  Hot topics, bang on trend, from the heart of Westminster - with Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and Conservative MP for South West Surrey! Georgian House Hotel, £3

7.30

British Military Intelligence in East Germany during the Cold War  The British Military Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany – the untold exploits of Britain’s most daring Cold War spy mission..... (1946-1990).  British Agents, hand-picked and specially trained, were drawn from all three Services, together with the SAS and the Foreign Office and sent into the former East Germany, behind the Iron Curtain.  What really happened out there?  Our speaker, Mark Weldon, who served with BRIXMIS in the mid 80s has never before spoken about his time with this high specialised unit – not even his wife knows the real truth!  Join us for a thrilling evening as he unlocks the secrets of this little known, but highly skilled and daring unit! Haslemere Museum. Tickets £3

12 noon

Calendar Girls Lunch Calendar Girls is the heart-warming, true story of a Yorkshire WI group who produce a charity calendar with a difference and end up “revealing” more than they had bargained for, with hilarious results!. TRICIA STEWART, one of the original Calendar Girls will speak at a gala lunch hosted by Haslemere WI.  Tickets include a delicious three-course lunch with champagne served on arrival, plus a grand raffle. All are very welcome – fully clothed please! Haslemere Hall Tickets £30 available from 01428 607170

7.30

Letters from an Extreme Pilgrim with Peter Owen-Jones Anglican clergyman, author and television presenter who was recruited by the BBC to front a series of religious television programmes which would look at different aspects of Christian and other faiths where he has received critical acclaim from many quarters. St Bartholomew’s Church. Ticket £10 includes a glass of fizz and the opportunity to buy signed copies of his books.

11.00

Film & Talk: Gorilla School with Madeleine Farley Madeleine Farley directed and filmed The Gorilla School series, which charts the extraordinary journey of three young orphaned gorillas born into captivity and taken to Gabon to be released back into the wild. This is a thrilling chance to hear about the making of the film, the survival story of the gorillas and the enormous challenges they faced, plus extracts from key episodes. Prepare to be amazed. Haslemere Museum £3

2.30

The A3 Hindhead Tunnel Scheme - the Inside Story After four years of work the A3 Hindhead Tunnel is almost complete.  With the opening planned for later this summer now is your chance to hear Phil Clifton of Balfour Beatty give an account of the project from planning through to construction, the highlights and challenges, and finishing with where we are today.  Haslemere Museum. £3

7.30

How to get the best from your Digital Camera Digital cameras have made amazing advances in the last few years. Raymond Reid explains how they work and how to get the best results using them. Haslemere Museum. Tickets £3

2.15

Kevin Karney On ‘The Life And Times Of The Sundial’ Haslemere Decorative and Fine Arts Society Open Day . The sundial pre-dates the clock by at least two thousand years. This fascinating lecture charts the history of timekeeping as society and science progressed, interspersed with the thoughts of poets and philosophers and illustrations of how sundials have been depicted in art. Haslemere Hall. Members: free, Non-members: £5 on the door

1.45

Haslemere Flower Club presents Going Going with demonstrator Jean Plaskett. Haslemere Flower Club is in its 57th year and meets once a month at Haslemere Hall.  The members and visitors can watch a marvellous flower arranging demonstration from a qualified florist and all her arrangements and displays are raffled at the end of the demonstration.  Tea and biscuits are served to round off a lovely afternoon at Haslemere Hall. £4 on the door.

11.00

Improve your digital photographs - taken some pictures on your digital camera but don't know how to upload and tailor them on your computer? This talk shows you how to remove "red eye", crop, re-colour, straighten-up and other small adjustments using Picasa (free software). Speaker John Bounds Haslemere Museum £3

2.30

Make better use of the Internet - discover how to get more out of surfing and experience a whole new world, for example using Google Earth to check out your holiday destination and other fun sites. Speaker John Bounds Haslemere Museum £3

11.00

Facebook – have you wondered what it is all about? Here is a guide that tells you how to join, how to get your message across and how to get the most out of it. Speaker Kitty Aycinena Haslemere Museum £3

2.30

Skype - how to see and talk with friends and family over the Internet anywhere in the world for free - a great introduction to all the options. Speaker Aaron Goode Haslemere Museum £3