About Us - The Committee

Rosemary Clark and her husband have lived in Petersfield for many years and have brought up their two sons there. She is involved with many activities in the town including Petersfield Physic Garden and Petersfield Heritage. She has been a committee member of the Petersfield Society for over 20 years and currently works in the town as a pharmacist.

David Scurfield is a bald glass engraver of pensionable age who assembles the newsletter from the sheaves of articles he is constantly under bombardment from (ie: he would welcome more!). He moved to Petersfield at the tender age of 1 . He worked for various publishers typographically before setting up as a printer himself.

I am now retired having previously been the Director of Development Services and Deputy Chief Executive, City of Salford between 1984 and 2000. I was responsible for planning, highways, transportation, architecture, estates and landscape services and undertook major regeneration projects in the City. This included the redevelopment of Manchester Docks into Salford Quays; the development of the Lowry Centre and a range of housing, economic and environmental projects. My previous posts included - Deputy County Planner, West Midlands County Council; Assistant County Planning Officer, Merseyside County Council and Assistant County Planning Officer and Research Officer, Hampshire County Council. I was President, Royal Town Planning Institute 1997-8 and awarded the O.B.E. for services to regeneration of Salford in 1999. Since retirement, I have been Chairman,Petersfield Society 2003 - 7; Chairman, Community First East Hampshire 2006- and Home-Start Butser 2006- ; Governor, Alton College since 2003 and am currently a member of the East Hampshire Local Strategic Partnership.

David Jeffery left London for Hampshire in 1983, when he was appointed to Bedales School as Head of Modern Languages. Moved to West Sussex (1986-1997), then returned to Petersfield and became involved in many local societies: he has served on the committees of Petersfield Museum, Petersfield Twinning Association and Woodbury Avenue Residents’ Association (the last two as Chairman). He has also been an active member of the Operatic Society, the Choral Society and the Historical Society. Since joining The Petersfield Society in 2003, he has been the Lectures organiser, helped with Petersfield Tomorrow and served on the committee of Petersfield Heritage (responsible for the town’s blue plaques). He has published Petersfield at War (2004), Postwar Petersfield (2006) and The History of Petersfield and Sheet Scouts and Guides (2007), and co-produced four video films on local themes, all on sale at the Museum.