Our next talk will take a different format from usual because it will be held as part of our Annual General Meeting and the presentation of this year’s Steyning Bowl Awards.  This will take place at The Steyning Centre at 7.30 pm on Friday, 17th April 2026, with liquid refreshments being served from 7 pm.  The awards are intended to recognise and thank publicly those who have made significant contributions to Steyning and the surrounding area.  This year, they focus on those who have done this in  the musical field.  They will be presented by Neil Jenkins who is an internationally acclaimed tenor and now lives locally.  The presentation will be followed by a short talk by Drs Maddie Blackburn and Paul Dennison entitled “Discovering Steyning”, when they will tell us about their experiences of moving to the Town.

Our current programme of talks can be found by following this link 2025.26  Please note that, since the programme was published, we have had to reverse the order of the talks on 15 May and 19 June so that Dr Janet Pennington talks to us on 15 May about Celia Fiennes’ travels on horseback round England and Chris Hare talks to us on 19 June about folk song and folk song collectors.  As usual, both talks will be held at the Steyning Centre and will start at 7.30 pm.