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ZOOM talks as well as personal appearances. Talks & Walks by Christoph Bull, BA (Hons), MCLIP, ALA |
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Events 2024
Wednesday 17th July 2024 11am Historical guided walk of Dartford with visit to Hargobind Sahib Ji Gurdwara, Highfield Road Guide: Christoph Bull (Local Historian) Meet: 11am outside Holy Trinity Church, Dartford town centre Booking needed by texting 07702287147 with your name, number and number of people. If you cannot make it - please text and let me know, as places are limited. Donation: £10 per person. Enjoy discovering the great history that Dartford has to offer and meet the Sikhs for Lungar (blessed lunch) afterwards in the Gurdwara. Dartford is a town to be enjoyed, not by passed-I have lots of lovely stories to share with you.
Sunday 21st July 2024 2.30pm Cobham to Gold Street circular walk Meet: 2.30pm at Cobham Church, The Street, Cobham DA12 3DB Guide: Jenny Ellett 01474 361977 Event is free and part of Gravesend Historical Society’s Footpaths programme – open to everyone
Thursday 25th July 11.30am
Gravesend's Victorian Dream Meet 11.30am on corner of The Grove opposite Clock Tower Cost £6 per person - pay on the day- no need to book. Discover how Gravesend's future suddenly changed direction, as seen in this area of the town covering The Grove, Edwin, Peacock, Saddington and Wellington Streets. A fare opportunity to visit the wonderfully restored Zoar Chapel and hear about an obscure part of the town's heritage.
Sunday 4th August 2024 Higham Marshes circular walk Meet: 2.30pm Nuralite Industrial Estate, Canal Road, Higham ME3 7JA Guide: Liz Jeffery 07914099786 Gravesend Historical Society Footpaths walk open to all - free-no need to book. Look out for a repeat of the very successful guided tour of Dartford with visit to Guru Hargobind Sahib Gurdwara, Highfield Road afterwards. It will begin at 11am outside Holy Trinity Church, Dartford - Christoph Bull will be the guide - full details to follow once confirmed.
Shorne Parish walk Meet: 2.30pm Swillers Lane, Shorne DA12 3ED Guide: Nicholas Miskin 01474 832301
Monday 2nd September 2024 6.30 The Church, the princess & the pub (Short distance guided tour with supper afterwards) Guide: Christoph Bull Meet: 6.30pm at St George's church, Church Street, Gravesend Cost: £28 inclusive of guided tour, church donation and supper at The Three Daws Booking essential: Three Daws public house 01474 566869 Car parking is free after 6pm in Gravesham Borough Council car parks - but NOT St George's Shopping Centre. A tour of the church and churchyard of St George's will reveal many historical facts about Gravesend including Pocahontas, General Gordon, slums and an Irish invasion.
Monday 9th September 2024 11am From Upnor to Upper Halling-Medway valley adventures (illustrated talk with lunch) Speaker: Christoph Bull Meet: 11am, Gardeners Arms public house, Forge Lane, Higham Cost: £18 inclusive of talk and lunch Booking essential: Gardeners Arms 01474 823337 or email sarahluchgardenersarms@gmail.com History and folklore on your doorstep-in spade fulls-come and find out more.
Wednesday 11th September
2024
6.30pm Meet: after 6.30pm - outside Royal Terrace Pier, Gravesend Cost: Free-but donations welcomed Christoph Bull and the Port of London Authority are bringing you a chance to listen to a brand new talk about Gravesend and Europe in the 1860s-with a chance to visit the Royal Terrace Pier Booking essential - places limited - please text your name, contact number and number of people to 07702287147. Of course you are wondering who Vicky and Fritz are-and the role they played in local and European history-well come and find out.
Monday 16th September 2024 6pm Chalk Parish since 1945-the fight for identity –how Chalk has changed in recent history (Illustrated talk and supper) Speaker: Christoph Bull This brand new talk explores what has happened to Chalk in our lifetime and how it fights to survive as an independent place Begins: 6pm for supper-talk to follow At: Reliance Restaurant, Queen Street, Gravesend Cost: £22 for lively talk and award winning fish & chip supper Booking essential - places limited - Reliance Restaurant 01474 533593 or 07768 087036
Monday21st October 2024 6pm
Swanscombe
Peninsula-Cement, Paper & Poo –the history of this green lung of
land Begins: 6pm for supper-talk to follow At: Reliance Restaurant, Queen Street, Gravesend Cost: £22 for lively talk and award winning fish & chip supper Booking essential: Reliance Restaurant 01474 533593
Monday 2nd December 2024 6pm Dickens in Gravesham-how our area shaped Dickens and his world (Illustrated talk and supper) Speaker: Christoph Bull Begins: 6pm for supper-talk to follow At: Reliance Restaurant, Queen Street, Gravesend Cost: £22 for lively talk and award winning fish & chip supper
Booking essential: Reliance Restaurant
01474 533593
Tuesday 31st December 2024 10.30am Winter Warmer Walk- Guided historical circular walk of Chalk Marshes Meet: 10.30am corner of Lower Higham Road/Castle Lane, Chalk DA12 2NR Guide: Christoph Bull 07702287147. Donations welcome. Free but donations welcome and part of Gravesend Historical Society’s Footpaths programme – open to everyone
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Illustrated Talks * Who’s who in Hoo – a journey through the Hoo peninsula”
* “The only one that got away” – the story of
a German POW escape from Kent in 1915 and the .....amazing adventure which took him
from China via America to Gravesend.
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Charlie Gordon of Gravesend *Authors of Gravesham, Swanscombe & Cliffe - Famous & Forgotten * Meopham Parish history from A to Z * Northfleet Parish history from A to Z * Dartford’s history from A to Z * Dickens in Gravesham * Borley Rectory (the most haunted house in England)-Haunted or humbug? * Ifield & Singlewell –Separated & Isolated * Luddesdown Parish-the secrets of a remote parish * Swanscombe Peninsula – Cement, Paper, Park &Poo! * Swanscombe & Greenhithe’s Cultural Revolution in 1920s 1930s * Chalk Parish’s Social Revolution 1918-1939 * Dartford & The Tudors Gravesend the day before yesterday (the town’s transformation over the last 70 years) Northfleet the day before yesterday (the town’s transformation over the last 70 years) Dartford the day before yesterday (the town’s transformation over the last 70 years) The Griffin, horse & harp – the Earls of Darnley at Cobham Hall & their Irish connection. Myths & Legends of Gravesham & Dartford Dartford Rural Rides: Darent valley delights Dartford Rural Rides: West Kingsdown to Southfleet In Preparation * Higham Parish history from A to Z * Medway Valley Adventures: From Upnor to Upper Halling * Local Places names and the stories behind them Guided Walks
Chalk Village Cobham Village. Guided Walk Northfleet – historical tour and eye opening
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Ebbsfleet Citizens Archive is a community-led project capturing and preserving the varied stories and histories of the people and places of Ebbsfleet, Greenhithe, Swanscombe, and Northfleet, as the area goes through a significant moment of change. Co-created by artists, historians and residents, the dual digital and physical archive will bring local people together to explore Ebbsfleet’s unique historic and contemporary identity through objects, sounds, videos and photographs, collected by and from residents past, present and future. At the core of the project, a team of volunteer Citizen Archivists will work closely with artists, historians, and archivists to explore the people, stories and histories of the area and learn the practical and creative skills needed to create an archive for the whole community. Intro to Archives: Sat 16 September, Tue 19 September, Sat 30 September & 7 October Skills Sessions: Sat 7 October, Sat 14 October, Sat 21 October, Sat 2 December Local History Walks: Sun 17 September, Sun 24 September, Sun 1 October, Sun 15 October Ebbsfleet Handbook Workshops with Lu Williams: Sat 23 September, Thu 2 November, Sat 18 November
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Comments Hi Christoph, Many thanks for a great talk today (The only one that got away-Gunther Plueschow)…truly enthralling- great film in the making! Julie Flynn, Sidcup U3A June 2024 Thank you for making your way to the island again and for your most interesting and often amusing talk. As with all your talks, the feedback was 100% positive and was much enjoyed by all. May 2024 from Isle of Sheppey U3A Dear Christoph, It was really lovely to see you again last Tuesday. Thank you so much for the entertaining and historical tour of Cobham. It is lovely to stop for an hour or so and just listen and look at slides of the fascinating and rich tapestry of history of one of Kent’s beautiful little villages. You are an absolute fount of information. We all really enjoyed your presentation and the bonus is everyone is able to hear you! Hope to see you next year! Kind regards Gwen Dear Christoph
Thank you very much indeed for your wonderful talk this evening. Dear Christoph, A huge thank you for helping me organise the trip by our U3A group to Cobham Hall. The feedback I have received is nothing but complimentary and everyone had a most enjoyable afternoon. Please also pass on our thanks to the other two guides and to you for your time and your really informative and entertaining presentations. With all best wishes - I will be in touch at a later date regarding further trips. Isle of Sheppey U3A, July 2023 Just wanted to say a huge thanks for this morning’s talk at Hope Pop In. We really enjoyed both the content and your entertaining style. I’ve had so much positive feedback that I think I’ll have to be in touch soon to have you back!! Hope Church, Orpington April 2023 Many thanks again for all your help and professionalism. The members were very impressed with your talk, as was I. High Halstow Parish Council April 2023.
Just
a quick note to say how very much we appreciated your highly
entertaining presentation yesterday. You truly brought
Dickens to life and it would be very interesting to visit some of
Many thanks for your fascinating and entertaining talk last week to Tunbridge Wells u3a about Kent public libraries. I had no idea how haphazard and precarious their introductions were! March 2023 Thank you so much for your very informative and amusing talk yesterday on the subject of Dickens in Kent. It was, as with your previous talk, well received and had some of our members hysterical with laughter. The feedback I got was all very complimentary. Feb 2023-Isle of Sheppey U3A.
Thank you so much for your, as always,
entertaining and informative presentation on "Our Thames - Dartford
to Grain" yesterday. A wonderful selection of illustrations too
shows time and care you spend putting your presentations together.
Hoping you had a good journey home. Kind regards and many thanks
Christina Tyler Programme organiser on behalf of our commitee and
members. November 2022 Dear Christoph,
It was lovely to meet you again after so long. Hi Christoph, Thank you for the talk on Thursday evening. It was very well received by a much larger audience than we have been getting recently. You both educated and entertained us in your usual unique style and we learned lots of new facts about Dartford. I don’t know how you managed A to Z, you certainly used your lockdown time well! Also, thanks for helping us out and standing in at the last minute, it was much appreciated. Best wishes, David, SLHG Secretary. Dear Christoph, Thank you so much for your talk “Gravesend the day before yesterday” which you gave to the group last Thursday. It was very well received and as usual you both entertained and educated us in equal measure. I was at school in Gravesend in the 1950s and can recall something of what it was like then. As your talk demonstrated many of the changes have not been for the better! Anyway, thank you once again for an enjoyable and provocative evening, and as Secretary I hope we can rely on you to return with another talk next year. David Johnson Shorne Local History Group. November 2021
Dear Christoph, Once again, it is my pleasure on
behalf of the members and committee of SouthAra to thank you for
your talk at last Thursday meeting (On Libraries in Kent).
Your presentation was not only interesting in its content, but as
always was delivered with enthusiasm and humour which made an
enjoyable afternoon for all present. Geoff Till, I think that your reputation as a speaker proceeded you and I’m sure that helped us to get our largest audience to date. I’ve also heard members saying how much they enjoyed your talk with your enthusiastic, humorous delivery and of course that array of different voices/accents!Gravesend & Northfleet U3A.via Zoom, March 2021 Dear Christoph
I have been meaning to write and thank you for your talk on 14
December 2020 and apologise for being so late in fulfilling the
intention. It was very informative and entertaining. In the
circumstances, you went above and beyond. We certainly have
enjoyed all the talks we have heard and the guided walks around
Gravesend, there is always something new to learn about the area and
we particularly like the way you mix facts with humour. Excellent
evenings. Dear Christoph, Thank you for coming to share with us at The Friendship Club a couple of weeks ago. We thoroughly enjoyed your visit to our group. My colleague, Penny, delivered a quiz based on your talk last week which they enjoyed. Dartford YMCA Jan 2020 Thank you very for
last night's presentation. Again, a fascinating and enthusiastic
talk that "Thanking you for the wonderful talk on Pocahontas which the members thoroughly enjoyed”. Rainham Historical Society, Dec 2019 “Thank you for visiting us on 27th November 2019 to talk about Gravesend & important buildings. Thank you for your time in answering all of our questions and we hope you will come back in the near future”. Ifield School 6th Form students, North Kent College, Chalk, Dec 2019. Thanks and Frohe Weihnachten – Craciun Fericit – Happy Christmas.
"Soon we
arrived in Gravesend to be met by Christoph Bull, our guide. His
knowledge is astounding, and he gave us a comprehensive background
to the various sites we visited, all without notes, and corrected
any misconceptions we had on the origin of the name Gravesend."
"Thank you so much for your brilliant talk last evening (on Stone
the shrinking parish), you brought back so many memories for me,
some I have to admit I’d forgotten about!! "
"Thank
you so much Christoph for another enjoyable and informative
presentation and your jokes too! So sorry the microphone
was playing up .......just as well you do not need it!!
We always know we can rely on you to make our meetings go well
Many thanks Christina"
We've had some lovely feedback about your
talk. Our ladies found it very interesting.
“Christoph Bull gave an excellent, highly amusing, well-illustrated
and well-prepared talk on ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, to a
packed meeting of members of the Tonbridge Civic Society, on Tuesday
16th October 2018. Many members later said how much they
had enjoyed the talk.” “Another interesting and informative evening delivered with the usual enthusiasm and humour that always accompany these talks”. Paul Gay, Sept 2018 commenting on a talk about Northfleet. We hired Christoph’s services for the evening, to present and give a guided tour around Gravesend’s historic town centre. Being a locally renowned estate agents, it provided a different approach to our community and charity activities. 60 or so guests booked into the walk and it proved to be extremely successful. Christoph’s grasp of local history is second to none. It gave both clients and staff a real insight into the history that lies about us that often we dismiss on a daily basis. Christoph is funny, authoritative and very engaging. For a taster I would recommend that anyone joins his walking tours and talks and in the future – because of the fantastic feedback we got from the event we ran – we will be holding further history walks in the future under Christoph’s excellent leadership. Michael Alan Sears, Managing Director, Sealeys Estate Agents Ltd On behalf of our committee and members, thank you so much for your absorbing presentation, so entertainingly delivered, last Tuesday evening. There certainly was something for everyone and I personally want to go out and explore some of the places you mentioned - some very close to Swanley but not really widely known. Our great attendance was I am sure because of your fame as an excellent speaker! (Swanley History Group, March 2018) On behalf of the committee and members of SouthAra, I wish to express our thanks to you for yet another excellent presentation at yesterday meeting. As always, your talk contained interesting and in many cases not so obvious factual information on the principle Churches in and around the area we live; all of which was relayed with a sprinkling of humour for the enjoyment of the audience. Geoff Till, Feb 2018
“We all really enjoyed your very spirited and informative Gravesend
lecture”.
Talk Title: Our Thames: Dartford to the Grain
Saturday, 6 January 2018
Thank you for a thoroughly good talk enjoyed by all our members.
So much information brought to life the Thames side locally, and
with your good humour! We are looking forward to your
next talk. Personally I have a much loved copy of "Liquid History -
The Thames Through Time" by Stephen Croad so I enjoyed your talk
even more. Thank you once again for a very entertaining
talk. Best wishes
Hello Christoph
Hi Christoph - As I mentioned to you at the time, I got some very good comments from members as they left, and I hope you enjoyed talking to George and Margaret (our Africa correspondents) afterwards as much as they enjoyed chatting to you. Thank you again for an entertaining and informative evening on the amusing stories from Kent’s public libraries. Kind regards Mike Hyde, programme organiser of Oddfellows, Tunbridge Wells District. 9 November 2017.
We so much appreciated your coming to talk to us today. All you
had to say about the Kaiser's War was fascinating and it sounded
as though it was a subject close to your heart [and your family]
Comments from some of the audience afterwards showed that it
caused many of us to think about the War from a different angle
which I am sure is what you were hoping for.
Dear Christoph,
Thank you for coming to talk to Leytara on’ Dirty Dartford’ last
week, everyone I have spoken to said how much they had enjoyed
the subject and the way it was delivered. "We so much enjoyed your talk about Pocahontas. As I am sure you realised we found it entertaining and thought-provoking especially as it exploded so many of the myths that have grown up around her. Thank you very much for coming and I hope that some of us will be making our way to Gravesend to join one of your tours. Medway U3A Sept 2015 "Hi Christoph, thank you so much for the talk you gave yesterday. It was really interesting and entertaining. Our audience really seemed to enjoy it and everyone that I have spoken to was very complimentary". Dartford U3a, June 2015 "Hi Christoph I am sorry I should have been in touch before. I would like to thank you for your presentation that although we rushed, you came over in a very professional way on the 31st March 2015. We had a committee meeting yesterday and went through the feedback sheets. Everyone had a great day and thoroughly enjoyed your presentation". Dot Marshall Gravesham 50+ Forum “I am writing to thank you for a most interesting and informative talk at Loose last evening when many of us would have learned things we never knew before (about Germany in World War One). Your research is obviously extensive and your enthusiasm for the subject was clearly evident.” David Priestley, Chairman of Loose Area History Society Nov 2014. "Thank you for a wonderful presentation today, thoroughly enjoyed it. Can’t wait for the next one". Gravesham 50Plus Forum.
"Thank you so much for coming along to our
AGM and doing your history presentation on Northfleet. You were
brilliant with loads of great feedback from the audience". "Many thanks for a great tour of Gravesend. The children and us adults enjoyed it very much, and everyone liked you very much". BH Education, Harmer Street, Gravesend. Hi Chris. Just been to Strood Library to hear you give your talk on libraries. We both thought you presented your subject with superb wit and knowledge. You made the afternoon so interesting and we would like to be made aware of any future talks on any different subjects that you may offer. Thank you and hope to see you at Chalk Church sometime . Roy and Margaret Davis. Hi Chris, Thanks for your excellent talk at Strood last Saturday. It was very well received, and about as entertaining as the best comedian in the land! Norma Crowe, Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre, Strood. Had a brilliant morning with Sue’s English group and Derek and Lisa Baldwin and Andrea Dodd at the Mayor's parlour . Thanks to mayor and mayoress Derek and Pam Sales for tea and description of duties of the job. Extra special thanks to the entertaining and excellent Mace carrier Christoph Bull he made all the history fun to listen to. Eileen Baldwin, Gravesend |
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