CURRENT PROGRAMME
OF TALKS: 2010-2011
- Tuesday
28 September: Welcome
back to Elizabeth White who this time tells the tale of
‘Mrs Louise Lowe - Escape from the Madhouse
1870’.
- Tuesday
26 October: John
Penny puts us in the picture with his slides and talk on
‘The History of TV’.
- Tuesday
23 November: ‘Some
Secret Underground Cities’ - commentary and slides
by Nick McCamley.
- *
Wednesday 8 December: Enjoy ‘An Edwardian
Christmas’ with guest speaker Yvonne Bell, complete
with mince pies and other goodies. *
- Tuesday
25 January: ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING, followed by a talk and slides by the
authors of ‘A Small Corner of Bristol’, John
Holland and others.
- Tuesday
22 February: David
Cheesley fills us in on ‘Up the Feeder’ - The
History of the Feeder Canal and Floating Harbour.
- Tuesday
22 March: The
story of the ‘Fairy Village which became an
Industrial Mecca’ - Portishead, by Sandy Tebbitt.
- Tuesday
26 April: David
Hooper recounts the story of ‘Bristol’s Postage
History from 1750’ - an evening for everyone to
enjoy, and for stamp collectors to envy!
- Tuesday
24 May: Anton
Bantock and Mike Hooper share the programme to tell the
story of ‘The Manor of Bedminster - Clancy’s
Farm’.
All talks start at 7.45pm at St
Peter’s Rooms (side of St Peter’s Church), Church Road,
Bishopsworth.
ALL WELCOME (£1.00 visitor's fee)
* Please
note the change of day from our normal Tuesday!
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