{"id":2,"date":"2019-03-02T09:28:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T09:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-03-15T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T15:24:10","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Society was formed in March 2007 in response to&nbsp;an upsurge of interest in the history of Molesey following two events in 2006.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The first was the the reprint arranged by Molesey Residents Association of \u2018<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moleseyhistory.co.uk\/books\/molesey\/bom\/index.htm\" target=\"page\">The Book of Molesey<\/a>\u2019 by Rowland G. M. Baker, originally published in 1986.&nbsp; The book sold out in a matter of months and a second reprint has since been published. &nbsp;\u2018<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moleseyhistory.co.uk\/books\/molesey\/tm\/index.htm\" target=\"page\">Thameside Molesey<\/a>\u2019 by Rowland and Gwendoline Baker has also been reprinted. They are an essential starting point for anyone with an interest in the fascinating history of Molesey.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The second event was an exhibition of the history of Molesey in the last 150 years held at&nbsp;St Paul\u2019s Church,&nbsp;East Molesey, in October\/November 2006 to mark the 150<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary of the church.&nbsp; During the two weeks that it was open the exhibition attracted almost 3,500 visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">OBJECTIVES<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Society\u2019s objectives are:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span lang=\"EN-US\">To awaken and foster an informed interest in the history of Molesey and surrounding areas<\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-US\">To provide a forum for the exchange of information on the history of Molesey<\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-US\">To encourage and undertake research into the history of Molesey and to record and publish findings from such research<\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-US\">To arrange meetings and lectures on subjects related to the history of Molesey and to arrange visits to places of historical, literary, archaeological or architectural interest<\/span><\/li><li><span lang=\"EN-US\">To collaborate with and support any other organisation which has similar interests to those mentioned above<\/span>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">COMMITTEE<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The activities of the Society are coordinated by a Committee of up to nine people, all of whom are volunteers. The Committee currently comprises:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jenny Wood \u2013 Chairman<\/li><li>Paula Day \u2013 Secretary<\/li><li>Dave Jupp &#8211; Treasurer<\/li><li>vacant &#8211; Membership Secretary<\/li><li>Claire Annable<\/li><li>Lynda McCarter<\/li><li>Anthony Barnes \u2013 People &amp; Buildings<\/li><li>Norma Millard<\/li><li>Roger Hoad<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Society was formed in March 2007 in response to&nbsp;an upsurge of interest in the history of Molesey following two events in 2006.&nbsp; The first was the the reprint arranged by Molesey Residents Association of \u2018The Book of Molesey\u2019 by Rowland G. M. Baker, originally published in 1986.&nbsp; The book sold out in a matter &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaW5Ip-2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2081,"href":"https:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/2081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moleseyhistorysociety.org\/mlhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}