The 1996 Gathering and Second Annual General Meeting was held in London on Sunday September 8th at the House of the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington Gore. 65 members and guests attended. The Gathering and the Annual General Meeting were structured along the lines of the 1995 Bookham meeting. The meeting opened with a welcome […]
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1995 Balchin Family Gathering – Bookham
A regional Gathering was held on Sunday 17th September 1995 at the Bookham Grange Hotel, Little Bookham Common, Leatherhead, Surrey. Bookham and nearby Effingham have strong Balchin links, as both localities were homes to a family of wheelwrights who descended from Henry Balchin and Mary Thompson of Alfold, whose uncles founded the West Chiltington and […]
1994 Balchin Family Gathering – Guidford
The inaugural Balchin Family Gathering was held on the campus of the University of Surrey in Guildford between the 2nd and 5th September 1994. Friday 2nd September saw the arrival of overseas and long distance members and the setting up of exhibitions by members of the Committee. Formal registration of participants began on Friday 2nd […]
