Jane Austen makes an appearance during her 250th birthday celebration year at the next meeting of the Feldon Valley Military and Naval History Society on Wednesday December 17th at The Hall at 20.00

Sarah Gray will be speaking about Jane Austen and her familial ties with the military and naval establishments during the Napoleonic Wars.

See poster below.

Tickets will also be on sale to members for the play ‘Mettle‘ which is being presented at The Hall on 15th January 2026 at a discounted price of £10. Nicholas Collett presents and performs a play about his father, Gordon Collett, who served on the destroyer HMS Vanessa during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War,

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