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Visitors
and new members are very welcome to come along to our monthly
Friday meetings in the Baptist Church School Room at 7.30pm
Annual subscription £3-50. Admission for Members £1, Visitors
£2-00
The programme of events
for this year is as follows:-
Programme 2019 - 2020
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13th September
2019 |
AGM, Quiz and light
refreshments |
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11th October |
The Vale of Berkeley
Railway – Rob Carruthers |
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8th November |
S.S. Great Britain
Launch to re-Launch – Ian Caskie |
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12th December
(Thursday) |
Christmas Lunch at The
Swan, Tytherington |
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10th January
2020 |
Land Girls of World War
2 – Fiona Warin |
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14th February |
Salmon Fishing on the
Severn – Christabel Timko |
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13th March |
St. James Church,
Tytherington 850+ years old – event to be held in the
Church |
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10th April |
Port to Port a historic
journey along the Sharpness to Gloucester Canal – Paul
Barnett |
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8th May |
A visit to the National
Waterways Museum Gloucester and a trip on the canal |
Programme 2018 -2019
12th October
Virtual Tour of Bristol with Bristol Open Top Bus Tour Guide
Louise Ingsley
9th November
Heraldry and Symbols at Thornbury Castle - MegWise (Thornbury
Museum)
13th December
(this is a Thursday) Christmas Lunch at the Swan Inn,
Tytherington
2019
11th January
The Apprentice and the Sorcerer. The life of Edward Jenner -
Professor Garetn Williams
8th February
The Newport Medieval Ship - Rob Kenny
8th March
Lost Houses of Tytherington - Roger Howell
12th April
The Abbey Camp, Alveston
10th May
Visit to the Royal Hunting Lodge, Old Down, Archaelogical Dig
14th June
Trip to the Newport Ship Museum
Previous Programmes
Programme 2017-2018
October 13th
Yate-Tytherington-Thornbury Railway - George Ford
November 10th
The Severn Flood of 1607 – Rose Hewlett
December 14th
Christmas Lunch at the Swan Inn (this date is a Thursday)
January 12th
Tytherington Utilities – Bob Jenkins
February 9th Tytherington School
– Roger Howell
March 9th The King Family in
Tytherington – Reg King
April 13th Walk around Rockhampton
May 18th Visit to the Concorde
Museum (This is the third Friday of the month)
June 8th Trip to
Croome (National Trust) near High Green, Worcestershire
(This is a change from the original
programme venue)
Programme 2016 - 2017
September 9th - AGM with light refreshments
October 14th - Tytherington and the First World War -
Taff Huxtable (Chair of Tytherington British Legion)
November 11th - Listed Buildings in the Severn Vale
including Tytherington - Anne Strong
December 15th - Christmas Lunch at the Swan Inn,
Tytherington (This date is a Thursday)
January
13th - Crimes and Celebrities in Tytherington - Bob
Jenkins
February 10th - Mary Bruton - local artist and major
contributor to the artefacts at Thornbury Museum -
Roger Howell
March
10th - Tytherington Quarries - Roger Howell & Bob
Jenkins
April
21st - The Severn Railway Bridge Disaster -
Paul Barnett (This
date is the third Friday of the month)
May
12th - A
guided walk through the village
June
9th - Visit to Woodchester Mansion
Programme 2015 – 2016
September
11th AGM with light refreshments!
October 9th Arnos Vale and other Victorian Cemeteries – Bob Jenkins
November
13th Role of Women during the First World War – Joan Flower
December
10th Thurs) Christmas Lunch at the Royal Oak, Cromhall,
12.30pm
January 8th Squire Hardwicke of Tytherington – Roger Howell
& Bob Jenkins
February
12th
Excavation of the Royal Hunting Lodge at Lower Hazel – Roger Howell
March 11th Kingswood Abbey – Russell Weston
April 8th
The
Cotswold Olympic Games
– Roger Howell
May Visit to Cotswold Olympic Games at Chipping Camden
June Visit to Arnos Vale and Beckford Tower
Programme
2014-15
October 10th
- THE THORNBURY QUILT Jane Marks & Pauline Montgomery
November 14th
- THE ROYAL FOREST OF ALVESTON
John Adnams
December 11th
- CHRISTMAS LUNCH
The Swan, Tytherington
January 9th
- TYTHERINGTON CHURCH
Roger Howell
February 13th
- UNBUILT BRISTOL
Bob Jenkins
March 13th
- THE NORMANS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Roger Howell
April tba
- VISIT TO WITHINGTON ROMAN VILLA
May tba
- VISIT TO DEWSTOW HIDDEN GARDENS AND GROTTOES
June 12th
- THE GRAND TOUR - EARLY PACKAGE HOLIDAYS! Helen Roberts
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