For Kent & Sussex historical societies,
gardening clubs,
living & family history, WEA & folk clubs
topics:
All the Year Round - Seasonal Customs of Kent or Sussex or England
Folklore of Kent or Folklore of Sussex
A Kent Christmas or A Sussex Christmas or The Traditional Christmas
A Dickens of a Christmas (The Victorian Christmas)
Harvest Home
Hopping Down in Kent
Green Man in the Garden
Sussex & Kent Folksongs & Folksingers
Mummers & Morris - English Traditional Dance & Drama
Anti-Heroes - Outlaws, Highwaymen, Poachers & Smugglers
Robin Hood – Outlaw or Greenwood Myth?
Davy Jones's Locker - Nautical Lore & Songs of the Sea
Legendary & Ghostly Kent or Sussex or England
English Folksong – A Sampler
Legendary Heroes
Hallowe’en
The Kentish Hooden Horse & Related Horse Cults
Songs & Folklore in the Works of Thomas Hardy
Dr. Mick Lynn lectures on environmental science and is
a singer, mummer, publisher and gifted musician on accordion, concertina
& melodeon. In his wild youth he was a notable morris dancer with
the celebrated Mr Jorrocks.
Dr. Geoff Doel lectures on literature & cultural
studies for the Universities of Kent, & Sussex, co-organises Tonbridge
Mummers & Tonbridge Folk Club (Nellie’s) & is a singer
& guitarist and co-author with wife Fran of many folklore books
such as The Green Man in Britain, Folklore of Kent,
Christmas Past in Sussex,& A Kent Christmas.
Mick & Geoff have lectured to large, enthusiastic
audiences at many Kent & Sussex historical, family history &
gardening local societies at Bearsted, Bridge, Chatham Theatre, Danehill,
Eynsford, Folkestone, Goudhurst, Hove, Hurst Green, Lewes, Maidstone
Museum, Otford, Plaxtol, Shoreham, Smarden, Ticehurst, Tonbridge, University
of Kent Summer Schools, West Kent College & Wadhurst.
For bookings please contact:-
Geoff - Owl House, 3 Charlton Terrace,
Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1P; tel 01732-366857; GeoffDoel@btinternet.com
Mick - tel 01580-200503