Rev. Dr. Thomas Hooker of Rottingdean: Clergyman, Schoolmaster, Smuggler. What was he really like?
| Day |
Saturday |
| Date | 1st April 2023 |
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| Time |
10:30 - 12:30 |
| Presenter |
Mike Laslett |
| Cost |
£12.00 |
| Room |
Main Hall |
| THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED |
| Availability |
15/40 Places
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| Event Description |
| The name of Rev. Dr. Thomas Hooker is well known in Rottingdean. Not only a well-educated parson, he was a schoolmaster, a smuggler, a Country Gentleman and Master of the Hunt. Using many slides and artefacts this event provides us with sufficient time to examine his family background and to explore some of his Rottingdean pupils who became famous men. There should also be time to discover some of his forebears and successors as Vicar of Rottingdean who have their own stories to tell. |
| Presenter |
Mike Laslett was frightened away from history by American and European political history at school, so he became a Geography teacher instead. However, his field trips always seem to lead to a priory, castle or monument of historic significance, thus his first series of rural rambles for West and East Sussex County Councils tended to be to places like Lewes, Lindfield, Bramber and Steyning. On moving to central Brighton his interests took him to guiding at churches, Brighton Festival walks, Brighton Greeter tours and The Old Cells Police Museum.
On moving to Saltdean a monthly local history article in the Deans magazine led to an offer to become Archivist at Rottingdean Heritage and sort out the archives, then residing in a large number of boxes and carrier bags! Having sorted them to some degree it was then possible to create a local history display in the south room at The Grange together with associated talks and tours. Two scrapbooks containing the best of the Dean’s articles and a guide to the Churchyard have been published.
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Rottingdean Whiteway Centre
Mike Laslett was frightened away from history by American and European political history at school, so he became a Geography teacher instead. However, his field trips always seem to lead to a priory, castle or monument of historic significance, thus his first series of rural rambles for West and East Sussex County Councils tended to be to places like Lewes, Lindfield, Bramber and Steyning. On moving to central Brighton his interests took him to guiding at churches, Brighton Festival walks, Brighton Greeter tours and The Old Cells Police Museum.