A Blue Plaque honouring the famous local lady engineer Beatrice "Tilly" Shilling was unveiled at her former home in Farnborough on May 25th 2019. More details of the event can be found here
The society was entertained by a knowledgeable and informative speaker, Margaret Arnott, the Surrey organiser of the National Garden Scheme. She provided a history of the scheme and mentioned some of the gardens that will be open in 2019. An...
Tim Mills, Director of Economy, Housing Strategy and Planning at Rushmoor BC, recently spoke to the Farnborough Society about the plans for the development of Farnborough. You can find a report of his talk here.
In the past the Farnborough Society have organised tours of Farnborough Hill which have been popular and often oversubscribed. We would like to draw your attention to the History Tour of Farnborough Hill being organised by the Farnborough 6th Form...
Len Amos, the chair of the TFS Planning Group, has kindly provided a summary of the key planning activities around the area, including those where TFS has had an active role. The report is here.
Several members of the Farnborough Society joined Peter Hurst, Chairman, in congratulating Kate and Paul on winning the Extra Mile Award. Read the full account here.
Following the cancellation of his scheduled presentation in November, Paul stepped in at very short notice to present to Farnborough Society members on Rushmoor Borough Council's plans for Farnborough. You can read a full report on the talk here.
