Notice: Events and Talks at Surrey History Centre This October

Published on: 30 Sep, 2025
Updated on: 30 Sep, 2025

Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6ND Woking, offers the following events and talks this October.

Surrey History Centre in Woking.

Picturing the Patient: Photography in Surrey Hospitals, 1850-1960

Wednesday, October 8, 5.30pm to 6.45pm on Zoom.

Discover Surrey’s psychiatric hospital archives, with powerful patient portraits and case notes that reveal personal stories, changing treatments, and the social history of mental health over more than a century.

Tickets: £6.

Conservation of Archives

Saturday, October 11, 10.30am to 3.30pm.

Join the Surrey Local History Committee for a programme on archive conservation, featuring talks on preservation, digital-age collecting, behind-the-scenes tours of Surrey History Centre, and an exhibition on conserved archives.

Tickets: £15.

This Side of the Looking Glass: Archives from the Real Life of Lewis Carroll

Wednesday, October 15, 5.30pm to 6.45pm on Zoom.

Celebrate 160 years of Alice with Surrey History Centre’s growing Lewis Carroll collections, including newly received Dodgson family items, in a display and virtual curator’s tour.

Tickets: £6.

Alice in Wonderland – Free Drop-in Family Activities

Tuesday to Thursday, October 28 to 30, during normal opening hours at Surrey History Centre.

Activities are for ages three years to 12, with parents / guardians supervising.

Celebrate 160 years of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and create a mask, top hat, card soldier and more all perfect for a Mad Hatter’s tea party.

Free parking, buggy-friendly access and baby changing rooms available.

Donations welcome.

Schools of Thought: Education Records for Family Historians

Wednesday, October 29, 10.30am to 11.45am on Zoom.

Find out more about the records of schools, universities, colleges and other educational institutions, the information they contain and what these sources and resources available can tell us more about our ancestors.

To book, click here for the events page on Surrey History Centre’s website.