Wednesday 4th September 2024

South Lawn Hotel. Milford Road, Milford on Sea, SO41 0RF

Monthly Meeting

Our speaker today is Jane Glennie.

Jane is an actress and historian with 30 years' experience of bringing history to life in museums, theatres and heritage sites. She is a recognised speaker for the WI and has been presenting popular and entertaining theatrical talks for the past 12 years in Hampshire. 

Jane is joint partner in the company “Pedlars and Petticoats” which offers living history and storytelling activities to museums and schools.

In today's theatrical talk based on original letters by Jane Austen, Martha Lloyd, “experimental housekeeper” and Jane Austen’s best friend, gossips with her neighbours as she packs up their house in Castle Square, Southampton.