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Important Notice: Unless the minimum number of people required for a course to run (12 this year) have expressed interest in joining it, a course will not be started.

So if a course interests you IT IS ESSENTIAL that you telephone committee members Pauline Nelson (01293 784059) or Michael Lane (01342 842197) by the date given in the course information below. This does not commit you to joining it but it will tell us whether or not a course can be opened.

IF YOU JUST 'TURN UP' FOR THE OPENING MEETING OF A COURSE WITHOUT TELEPHONING BEFOREHAND YOU MAY FIND THAT IT HAS ALREADY BEEN CANCELLED.

Each course will need 12 enrolled members for it to run.

America from Civil War to Roaring Twenties

Tutor : Jim Chrystie

10 meetings, on Tuesdays from 2.00pm to 4.00pm

From 17 January 2012, at the Archway Theatre Function Room, The Drive, Horley

Fee : £79

This is a story of dynamism and change and features a host of fascinating individuals. Issues we will look at include: Civil War, Populism, 'Robber Barons', 'Wild West', the politics behind The Wizard of Oz, female suffrage, the First World War, Hollywood and 1920s Boom and Bust. Phone by 3 January
 

1918 and All That

Tutor : Stephen Smith

10 meetings, on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm

From 18 January 2012, at the Centenary Hall, Wheelers Lane, Smallfield

Fee : £79

This course will seek to discover and investigate a range of French, German and English literature written or published in the closing year of the Great War, assessing its relationship to the conflict or its independence from it. Phone by 4 January

The Later Stuarts 1650-1714 : Art, Culture and Society

Tutor : Anne Milton Worssell

10 meetings, on Wednesdays from 10.00am to 12.00noon

From 18 January 2012, at the Archway Theatre Function Room, The Drive, Horley

Fee : £79

With the death of Charles I England experienced, first, a republic and then a return to the monarchy. Using the art, architecture and writing of the period we will explore the history of the time. A visit to Hampton Court may be arranged. Phone by 4 January
 

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