Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society
Previous Events of the Associated Societies Joint programme 2007
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JANUARY 2007
Sat 6
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Fixtures & Fittings - Dating your House
Linda Hall
Tickets £3
Wyndham Hall 2.00pm
Tue 9
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History Society
Hunky Punks
Peter Poyntz-Wright
Wed 10
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Victorian Magic Lantern Show
Wed 10
Watchet Market House Museum
The Social History of West Somerset in the latter half
of the 19th Century
John Parsons
Thu 11
Bath & Camerton Archaeological Society
Looking Beyond the Castle Walls: the Weobley Castle Project
Dr George Nash
Thu 11
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
2007 Archaeology Course:
Monastic Landscapes in the West of England
Course Tutor James Bond
6 meetings finishing on March 1
Cost: £25
Fri 12
Wells Natural History & Archaeological Society
Old Places, a New Life: the Landmark Trust in Somerset
& further afield
John Bucknall
Fri 12
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Before the Lake: Memories of Chew Valley
Lesley Ross
Fri 12
Nynehead & District Local History Society
New Year Party:
A light hearted history of recorded sound
Philip Knighton 7.30
Sat 13
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
An Outline of Invertebrate Evolution
Graham Rix
Mon 15
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
The Slave Trade
Miss P M E Jones
Tue 16
West Somerset Village History Society
Horse Tracks, Drove Roads & Lost Lanes
Duncan Taylor
Tue 16
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
Recent Archaeological Developments in Somerset
Bob Croft
Wed 17
North Curry Society
Subject to be confirmed
Wed 17
Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society
Somerset Archive Treasures
Dr Janet Tall
Great Hall, County Museum 7.30
Wed 24
South Petherton Local History Group
Portable Antiquities in Somerset
Naomi Payne
Thu 25
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Archaeology in the Forest of Dean
Jan Wills
FEBRUARY 2007
Wed 7
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Somerset Mosaics - piecing together the picture of Roman
Somerset
Bob Croft
Great Hall, County Museum 7.30
Thu 8
Axbridge Archaeological & Local History Society
Carthusians at Charterhouse & Witham
Andy Littlejones
Thu 8
Bath & Camerton Archaeological Society
Excavations at Upper Row Farm and updates on Projects
by the Society
Jayne Lawes
followed by Annual General Meeting
Thu 8
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
The Crandon Bridge Excavation Project
Dr Stephen Rippon
Wembdon Parish Centre, 7.30
Fri 9
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Secret Hiding Places: Priest Holes & Secret Passages
Anne Bowring
Fri 9
Nynehead & District Local History Society
A Brief History of English
Rivers Barry
Sat 10
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
The Mating Game - sexual reproduction throughout the animal
kingdom
Dr Pat Hill-Cottingham
Tue 13
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
Somerset Tsunami
Professor Simon Haslett
Wed 14
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Somerset & Dorset Railway
Wed 14
Watchet
Market House Museum
The History, Structure & Renovation of Arden Cottage
Williton
Paul Upton
Fri 16
Wells Natural History & Archaeological Society
What is the city but the people? - Wells Old Almshouses
Jean Imray & Frances Neale
Sat 17
Wells Natural History & Archaeological Society
Wells Old Almshouses: the Documents
Anne Crawford
Archive Dept Wells Cathedral
10.30 & 11.30
Mon 19
Keynsham
& Saltford Local History Society
Family History
Shirley Hodgson
Tue 20
West Somerset Village History Society
A Geographer Looks at Local History
Paul Pickering
Tue 20
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
History of the Coast of West Somerset
Bob Corns
Wed 21
North Curry Society
Experiences of Working on Remote Islands
Michael Owen
Thu 22
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Hunting Rock Art of Northern Scandinavia
Dr George Nash
Sat 24
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Halswell Park
Russell Lillford
Wed 28
South Petherton Local History Group
The Conservation & Management of a Reserve on the
Somerset Levels
Dr Pat Hill-Cottingham
MARCH 2007
Thu 8
Bath & Camerton Archaeological Society
Deconstructing the Durotriges
Martin Papworth
Fri 9
Wells Natural History & Archaeological Society
Annual General Meeting with lecture:
Joseph Armitage Robinson, Scholar & Eccentric
Very Rev Patrick Mitchell
Fri 9
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Windmills & Millers of Somerset
Sarah Harris
Fri 9
Chard History Group
Honiton Lace - Ancient & Modern
Pat Perryman Honiton Museum
Fri 9
Nynehead & District Local History Society
James Gillingham: Chard's pioneer of medical photography
& artificial limbs
Derrick Warren
Sat 10
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
The Archaeology of Westbury-on-Trim Parish Church
James Russell
Preceded by the AGM - starts at 2.30pm
Sat 10
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Putting Plants on the Map
Simon Leach
Tue 13
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
The Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum
Professor Robert Fowler
Wed 14
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
Welcome to Arnos Vale Cemetery
Richard Smith
Wed 14
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Chairman's choice/members' evening
Wed 14
Norton Sub Hamdon Local History Society
Old Somerset films - the Trillith Collection
Wed 14
Somerset Heraldry Society
John Hanning Speke the Explorer
Tom Mayberry
Grammar House Langport 7.30pm
Wed 14
Watchet Market House Museum Society
Annual General Meeting
Thu 15
Axbridge Archaeological & Local History Society
How the Reads built Burnham
Pat Hase
Thu 15
Blagdon Local History Society
My Life on a Mendip Farm
Mary Smith
Mon 19
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
Inside the Bristol Wall
Bryan Amesbury
Tue 20
Burnham-on-Sea Archaeological & Natural History Society
Archaeology of Uphill
Mrs Jane Hill
Tue 20
Friends of Somerset County Museum
The History of the Theatre
Bunty Gulliford & Vivian Spence
Tue 20
West Somerset Village History Society
Taunton Priory Excavations
Steve Membery
Tue 20
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
Footpaths & Bridleways
Sally Vickery
Wed 21
North Curry Society
The Work of the Peat Moors Centre
Eddie Wills
Wed 21
Somerset Vernacular Buildings Research Group
The Buildings of England
Andrew Foyle who is revising Pevsner's guide to North Somerset & Bristol
Wed 28
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
The Archaeology of Uphill
Jane Hill
Wed 28
South Petherton Local History Group
When Weston was a Village
Pat Hase
Wed 28
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Somerset and Slavery
Sue Berry
Great Hall, County Museum 7.30
Thu 29
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Annual General Meeting
Sat 31
West Somerset Archaeological & Local History Society
St Audries Estate - an amble through the history of St
Audries
Duncan Stafford
Preceded by the AGM
APRIL 2007
Sat 7
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Biodiversity: can you plan for wildlife?
Tony Serjeant
Tue 10
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
Kurt Adam - Finds Liaison Officer
Wed 11
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
Bristol's Electricity History
Peter Lamb
Wed 11
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Glastonbury Canal
Roy Gallop
Fri 13
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Army Records & The Somerset Light Infantry
Liz Grant
Fri 13
Chard History Group
A History of the County Stores
Tony Osmond
Fri 13
Nynehead & District Local History Society
Textiles in Somerset
Estelle Gilbert
Mon 16
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
National Monuments Record
Dennis Hill
Preceded by the AGM
Tue 17
Burnham-on-Sea
Archaeological & Natural History Society
Whales
Tony Winterburn
Tue 17
Friends of Somerset County Museum
Wallis & the Abdication
Mollie Bond
Tue 17
West Somerset Village History Society
The Course of the West Somerset Railway (Watchet to Minehead)
John Dixon
Tue 17
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
The Romans at Wiveliscombe
John Smith
Wed 18
North Curry Society
Climate Change & how it will affect our gardens
Capt Alex Morrice
Wed 18
Somerset Vernacular Buildings Research Group
Wessex Archaeology & building recording in Somerset
Bob Hill
Thu 19
Blagdon Local History Society
The BLHS Photographic Archive
Fri 20
Wells Natural History & Archaeological Society
Wars of the Wild Roses
Linda Carter
Wed 25
Somerset Heraldry Society
Visit to Gloucester Cathedral & Elmore Court
Leader: Richard Cann
Booking essential, cost £10
Wed 25
South Petherton Local History Group
Treasures of the Somerset County Museum
Steve Minnitt
Thu 26
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Guided visit to Kewstoke Church
By car from Community Centre at 6.45pm (petrol contribution £1) or meet
at church at 7.30. Donation to church £1.
Sat 28
West Somerset Archaeological & Local History Society
East Quantoxhead to Kilve - History & Houses
Chris Sidaway
MAY 2007
Tue 8
Weston-super-Mare
Archaeological & Natural History Society
A Journey up the Amazon
Liz Green
Preceded by AGM 7.00pm start
Wed 9
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Chairman's Choice
Thu 10
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Robert Blake & Taunton
Tom Mayberry
Great Hall, County Museum 7.30
Prior booking essential
Fri 11
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Anniversary Night
Fri 11
Nynehead & District Local History Society
Recent Archaeological Work in Somerset
Bob Croft
Preceded by the AGM
Tue 15
Burnham-on-Sea Archaeological & Natural History Society
Conservation in Burnham-on-Sea
James White
Tue 15
Friends of Somerset County Museum
The Pleasure Gardens of Bath
David Young
Note start time 8.00pm
Tue 15
West
Somerset Village History Society
3MX: Today's Exmoor compared to the past in pictures
Michael Ireland
Preceded by the AGM
Wed 16
North Curry Society
Antiques Road Show
Wed 16
Somerset Heraldry Society
The Tournament
Ron Gadd
Grammar House Langport 7.30pm
Wed 16
Somerset Vernacular Buildings Research Group
To be arranged
Wed 16
Wiveliscombe Historical Society
Guided Tour of the Brick & Tile Museum at Bridgwater
Meet Croft Way car park 1.00pm for car sharing
Thu 17
Blagdon Local History Society
Bristol Water & the Mendips
Paul Hodge
Fri 18
Chard History Group
Annual Dinner
Guest speaker Robin Bush:
Life & laughter in Old Somerset
Lordleaze Hotel 6.45 for 7.15pm
Fri 18
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Visit to Mapperton House, Church & Gardens
Leader Nigel Pearce
Prior booking essential. Charge.
Sat 19
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Annual General Meeting
Sat 19
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Visit to Devizes Museum
followed by guided walk round the town at 3pm. By car from Community Centre
at 11.00am.
Cost for petrol, museum and walk £10.50.
Wed 23
South Petherton Local History Group
Walking Historical Petherton
Liz Randall
Preceded by the AGM
JUNE 2007
Fri 8
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Living with the Boss
Mrs Adams
Preceded by the AGM
Fri 8
Chard History Group
Images of Dartmoor
Tony Burgess
Sat 9
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Garden Party
at 15 Albert Road Clevedon, 3.30 to 6.00pm. No charge for members & guests.
Prior booking by 31 May with Margaret Whittington on 01275 875308
Sat 9
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Visit to Nettlecombe Court & St Mary's Church
Booking essential - charge.
Wed 13
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Video of Grinling Gibbons marble altar piece
Sat 16
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Dragonflies on Mendip
Leader: Dr Philip Radford
Meet at roadside car park by Waldegrave Pool near Priddy (ST549513) at 10.30am
Sat 16
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Tour of Watchet's Industrial Past
Leader: Ian Coleby, WSR
Prior booking essential.
Tue 19
Burnham-on-Sea Archaeological & Natural History Society
Agriculture in the 20th Century
Campbell Main
and members' meeting
Wed 20
North Curry Society
Pig Tales
Mrs Winifred Thynne
Wed 20
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
In Praise of Henry Fielding
Tom Mayberry
Great Hall, County Museum 7.30
Prior booking essential
Thu 21
Blagdon Local History Society
Bristol Conned - famous frauds
William Evans
JULY 2007
Wed 4
Chard
History Group
Coach Outing to Portland Castle & Weymouth
Booking essential
Thu 5 to Mon 9
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Study visit to Montgomery
Prior booking essential. Details from Christine Anderson on 01275 794258
Sat 7
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Birds in the Landscape
Leader: David Ballance
Meet at North Hill, Minehead (SS953476) at 10.30am
Wed 11
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
Slide Show
Mrs June Thomas
Fri 13
Banwell Society of Archaeology
The Kennet & Avon Canal: an Armchair Journey
Mr Horseman
Wed 18
North Curry Society
Village Footpath Walk
Sat 28
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Visit to St Decuman's Watchet & town walkabout
Booking essential
AUGUST 2007
Sun 5
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
Day outing to Dorchester & Athelhampton
By coach leaving at 8.30am
Wed 8
Chard History Group
Coach Outing to the Historic Town of Dorchester
Booking essential
Sat 18
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Geological Diversity & Landscapes of North Somerset
Leader: Derek Briggs
Meet inside Sanders World car park (ST344501) at 10.30am
SEPTEMBER 2007
Tue 4
Radstock Museum
An Exhibition of Patchwork & Quilting
Until 30 November
Tue 11
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
Old Snuff Mills of Stapleton
John Bartlett
Wed 12
North Sedgemoor Local History Group
The Local Floods of 1981
Preceded by the AGM
Fri 14
Banwell Society of Archaeology
Grand Pier Ltd
Robert Tinker
Fri 14
Chard History Group
John Hanning Speke and the search for the source of the
Nile
Tom Mayberry
Sat 15
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Visit to St Lawrence's East Harptree & St Mary's Yatton
Meet at Yatton Church at 11.30am
Sat 15
Bridgwater & District Archaeological Society
Visit to Farleigh Hungerford Castle
led by Chris Sidaway - 2pm
Contact Aubrey Knowles for details - 01278 733874
Mon 17
Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society
Tudor Bath
Dr John Wroughton
Tue 18
Burnham-on-Sea Archaeological & Natural History Society
Flora & Fauna of the Svalbard Islands
Val Bannister
Tue 18
West Somerset Village History Society
The Archaeology & History of Lundy
Chris Webster
Wed 19
Bristol & Avon Archaeological Society
Life & Death in the Neolithic Cotswolds
Dr Nicola Snashall
Wed 19
North Curry Society
Heraldry
Dr Philip Hickman
Thu 20
Blagdon Local History Society
The Wheelwrights Work
Mike Horler
Thu 20
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Fire Insurance Records for Local & Family Historians
David Hawkings
Great Hall, County Museum 7.30
Sat 22
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
Fungus Foray
Leaders: Dr Philip Radford & Graham Rix
Meet at Webber's Post car park (SS902439) at 10.30am
Sat 22
Weston-super-Mare Archaeological & Natural History
Society
Guided Tour of Woodspring Priory
Led by Chris Crook
2.00pm
Wed 26
South Petherton Local History Group
Churches of Devon
Patrick Moule
Thu 27
Clevedon & District Archaeological Society
The Archaeology of the North Somerset Levels
Dr Stephen Rippon
Fri 28
Friends of North Somerset Museum
Another Close look at Costume
Carolyn Hollands
Sat 29
Somerset
Archaeological & Natural History Society
SANHS Open Day
Starts at 11.00am at Taunton Castle
Sat 29
West Somerset Archaeological & Local History Society
The changing fortunes of towns in West Somerset
Tony Scrase
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