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Local history drop-in
Saturday 26th September – 10am to 12:30
Astor Community Theatre
Come along to the bar area of the theatre to chat about local and family history with local historians.
Museum Quiz Night
Wednesday 30th September – Starts 7:30pm
It’s The Real Deal, 15A South Court
Bring your A-game, and support Deal Museum!
Grab your team, bring the banter, and battle it out — all while helping support the Deal Museum Hub Completion.
£5pp • Food served 6–9pm • Teams of up to 6
Get your team together. Book your table. Support your community.
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The Importance of Deal Parish in History
Friday 2nd October – 7:30pm
St Leonard’s Church
Enjoy a fascinating and informative illustrated talk by local Historian Alan Buckman and learn more about this Grade II listed parish church, dating back to at least 1180.
Tickets £8, click the image for more details
White Cliffs Walking Festival
Saturday 3rd to Saturday 10 October
Deal, Dover and Sandwich
A week of fantastic guided walks in beautiful East Kent, many of them offering insights into the history of the area.
Meet a Miner
Sunday 4th October – Noon to 2pm
The Kent Mining Museum
Drop in and hear hidden histories. Meet one of our miners and find out more about his life below ground.
Film Club
Friday 9th October – 10am to Noon
The Kent Mining Museum
Their first-ever film club will show the film ‘The General Strike: A Revolution Betrayed?‘ – a 1974 documentary produced about the 1926 General Strike.
Emmeline Pankhurst – Anarchist or Angel
Thursday 15th October – 7:30pm
Astor Community Theatre
Emmeline Pankhurst is one of the most influential and well-known British women to have ever lived, but was highly controversial.
Written by Chris Jaeger and starring Liz Grand.
Local history drop-in
Saturday 31st October – 10am to 12:30
Astor Community Theatre
Come along to the bar area of the theatre to chat about local and family history with local historians.
Meet a Miner
Sunday 1st November – Noon to 2pm
The Kent Mining Museum
Drop in and hear hidden histories. Meet one of our miners and find out more about his life below ground.
Women of Deal – A community play
Saturday 7th November – 3:00pm & 7:00pm
Astor Community Theatre
In an original collaborative production, the Women of Deal are bringing a drama to the Astor Theatre that tells the forgotten stories behind the lives of the women of Deal. Part drawn from letters and journals and part imagined – this will be their story.
Local history drop-in
Saturday 28th November – 10am to 12:30
Astor Community Theatre
Come along to the bar area of the theatre to chat about local and family history with local historians.
Meet a Miner
Sunday 6th December – Noon to 2pm
The Kent Mining Museum
Drop in and hear hidden histories. Meet one of our miners and find out more about his life below ground.
Sister Queens – Two Queens One Nation
Thursday 4th March 2027 – 7:30pm
Astor Community Theatre
The dynamic journey of two amazing women; The royal queens of the Tudor and Stuart dynasties – Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots.