St Mary and St Gabriel
Sharing the love of God
The aims of the Society are to provide a social forum for the Harting community and to encourage an appreciation of the local environment, its heritage and its history.
There is an annual programme of talks covering a wide range of interests during the months of October to April, and occasional outings to places of interest during the summer months.
All meetings are held in the Village Hall, South Harting at 7.30 pm and the bar is open from 7.00. The annual subscription for members is £8, or £12 for joint membership. Visitors are most welcome and invited to contribute £3 per head.
Membership enquiries to Sarah Wilcox at swilco149@yahoo.co.uk or on 07963-909889
Next Meeting
Thursday 7th March 2024 ‘The man who caught a million criminals’ presented by Dr Ian Goodall
"The Man who caught a Million Criminals" - Dr Ian Goodall relates the history of DNA fingerprinting, invented in 1985 at Leicester University by geneticist Dr Alec Jeffreys (now Sir Alec Jeffreys CH) and used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve paternity and immigration disputes. It was first employed in 1987 to catch and convict Colin Pitchfork - a serial rapist and child murderer - who tried to evade capture by faking his identity. It has since been used to confirm the identity of the remains of the last Russian Royal family following the fall of the Soviet Union; and also King Richard III, found more recently buried under a car park in Leicester! Ian will explain how these cases unfolded, and how the fingerprinting technique works.