Members Privileges

Activities

• Outings - The practice is to arrange 4 trips to places of historic/floral/particular interest, for members of the Trust, 

• Talks -  on subjects of interest are held during the autumn & winter evenings including video presentations, 

• Competitions - An example is a Treasure Hunt around Emsworth during the Summer, clues being set by the previous years winners 

Special Exhibitions

• These are planned a year in advance .and there is  a new one each month while the Museum is open - from Easter Saturday until the last weekend in October. 

• The exhibitions are held in the Rudkin room, named after our founder member. 

• Activities to interest children during school holidays are arranged. 

Education Programs

• Special visits are made to local schools to give talks and demonstrations on a range of subjects or ones requested by the school. 

• Demonstrations are also given in the Museum using local exhibits to illustrate the subject. 

THE FASCINATING VILLAGE OF EMSWORTH was, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the principal port of Chichester Harbour, By 1900 the Emsworth shipbuilder and shipowner J.D. Foster (1858-1940) had a fleet of 13 large oyster smacks at sea; his ship, The ECHO, which forms the logo of our Trust, was the largest sailing fishing vessel ever to work out of any English port. Although still a fishing port, Emsworth is now better known as a popular sailing centre. .
 

The News Letter

• The Trust's newsletter is circulated to each member's household quarterly. Each newsletter lists the diary of coming events, articles on a variety of historic subjects, forms where appropriate, for interested members to sign on for outings, etc.  There is also an annual [publication called "The Echo" containing articles of local interest

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Social

• Various lunches/dinners are arranged for members and their friends throughout the year. 

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