The search for Great Grandmother’s Farm by Brian Margetson

This moving presentation follows Brian’s personal journey to seek out any remains of his great grandmother’s farm. Spurred on by his mother’s many amusing stories of her childhood summers at the farm, a plan was hatched to travel deep into the former state of East Germany in the summer 2017 and search for remnants of those happy days.

He will tell us more about the Russian occupation of eastern Germany, its subsequent partition and the eventual re-unification of Germany. Hear about his Mother’s last days at the farm which were far removed from the joys of those carefree summer holidays.

Is the farm is still there? There’s only one way to find out – join us for this fascinating talk!