The annual local history exhibition will take place in St Mary's Church, Buriton, between 11am and 4pm on Saturday 26th September
Displays will include information about:
? hop growing and picking - activities which transformed the parish at certain times of year
? the Buriton and Butser chalk quarries and lime works - another local industry of yesteryear
? our local school - how things have changed over the last 150 years
? changes in leisure activities - from rabbit and pheasant shoots to football and cricket teams
? how farming activity has changed - including the days of sheep rearing on the Downs
? the build-up to D-Day in the parish
? our natural history: local birds, flowers, fungi and nature reserves.
Copies of all our books about our local history and heritage will be available including the most recent publications:
? A History of Buriton (a reprint of the classic 1983 edition of the beautifully illustrated des Brisay booklet)
? From Chalk to Cheese (a history of the lime-burning set in and around Buriton)
? D-Day through local eyes (our 2014 publication to mark the 70th anniversary).
Extra First World War Focus
To commemorate the anniversary of the First World War, we are adding to the knowledge about all the people from the parish who took part in the conflict and about what life was like at home at this time.
Come and see what we have found out already - and please let us know if you have any information, old photographs or memorabilia about the First World War and its effects in this area.
Please contact Doug Jones on 01730 231326 or via the special website: www.buriton.org.uk
