All talks take place in the Parish Hall, Church Street, Bathford, at 8.00 pm. Coffee is available from 7.30pm, and visitors and new members are welcome. One pound charge for non-members at the door.
Date |
Talk |
| 28th September 2009 | "An Armchair Journey on the GWR from Swindon to Bath" - by railways author Colin Maggs.Relax and enjoy the scenery. |
| 26th October 2009 | "The Remarkable Story of a Robbery at Shockerwick in 1842 by scoundrels from Batheaston" - by Batheaston resident Rob Mimmack. |
| 30th November 2009 | 34th Annual General Meeting, followed by the Society's Christmas party. |
| 25th January 2010 | "All you ever wanted to know about Dry Stone Walls – Morphology, Geology, Chronology and Ecology" - by Professor Chris Stephens OBE of the SW England Dry Stone Walling Association. |
| 22nd February 2010 | "Enigmatic Chimneys – Georgian and Older" - by John R Taylor, Chartered Engineer and local resident.How do they work and sometimes not work ? |
| 29th March 2010 | "Early Developments of the North Somerset Coalfield" - by Dennis Chedgy, Founder Member and Trustee of the Radstock Museum of Mines.- containing snippets of social history and reference to prominent families and individuals. |
| 26th April 2010 | "Rocks, Landscapes and Possible Evolution of the Bristol River Avon" - by Elizabeth Devon, Chairman of the Bath Geological Society and the Wiltshire Geology Group.The extraordinary route of the river from the Cotswold Hills, through the clay vale and then through three gorges to eventually reach the Severn Estuary. |
