| Event type: | Meeting |
| Date: | 16th July 2026 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Venue: | Crowborough Community Centre |
| Organiser: |
Speakers Secretary
Tel: 01892 662816
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2026 is the centenary year of the publication of the Pooh books.
Gilly Halcrow’s talk will give us a glimpse of English life from the 1920s through the eyes of A.A. Milne and his son and, of course, Winnie-the-Pooh.
Gilly will tell us about the life and times of Christopher Robin as he grew up in London and then in Hartfield on the Ashdown Forest. Was he a happy child and adult or did that small English teddy bear overshadow his life? Did Christopher Robin feel that his father had climbed upon his infant shoulders leaving him with nothing but the empty fame of being his son and did he ever find happiness?
All proceeds from this talk will go to The Friends of Ashdown Forest.