Events - Winter 2025

Two talks are scheduled before the end of the year. These talks are open to non-members. To book, email info@friendsofguildfordmuseum.org.uk

                                                                                                                         Victorian Pharmacists' Flasks

For those unable to afford a physician, chemists and druggists emerged at the end of the 18th century offering over the counter medicines, including patent medicines. As we shall hear, not all the miracle cures claimed were effective in practice as there was little understanding of diseases. Judy Hill is a lecturer and researcher one of whose interests is life in Surrey in the 19^th Century. 

. St Catherine’s Village Hall, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HF at 2.30 pm           Entry £7  

Thursday 11 December 2025

“Oh No It Isn’t: A History of Pantomime” by Pete Allen

                                                                                Peter Gordon and Matt Pinches in Jack & the Beanstalk at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

 

What is it about Pantomime that attracts us to this strange concoction of fairy tales, dance, jokes, songs and cross-dressing? And what is it really like to play the back end of a Pantomime Cow? All this, and the answer to whether something really is behind you will be answered in this festive Talk about what has become one of the great British Christmas traditions.

St Catherine’s Village Hall, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HF at 2.30 pm                      Entry £7