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Shepway & District

Members' Meeting — November 2026

Event type: Meeting
Date: 11 November 2026
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Tin Tabernacle, Hythe
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Cost: £2.00

Kent’s Strangest tales

Martin Latham makes a return visit to talk about his book of the above title. One can’t do better than quote from the publicity:

Kent is a county with more strangeness than you can shake a strange-shaped stick at.

From Chaucer’s legendary tales of debauchery and naughtiness to Mick and Keef’s very first meeting on a rocking ’n’ rolling Dartford train, Kent has it all – coast, ghosts, castles, treasures, pirates, Britain’s oldest highway and, lest we forget, the old lady who tricked the Luftwaffe.

All the stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true.

Perfect for Kent-dwellers and tourists alike, Kent’s Strangest Tales is a treasure trove of the hilarious, the odd and the baffling – an alternative travel guide to some of the county’s best-kept secrets that date back many thousands of years.