Meetings are on Wednesday evenings in the Clarence Hall and start at 7.30. The event on 25 June will take place at Mr Gibbs home at Dan y Wern Farm, Llangynidr. The time will be confirmed nearer the date.
January – No Meeting
16 February
Annual General Meeting folllowed by Ryland Wallace on ‘Churchmen, Sportsmen and Women Musicians’
A story about the Rev Thomas Jones and his family of Llanbedr.
23 March
Eliane Wigzell: ‘Crickhowell 1881, True Stories of Crickhowell and its people’
N.B. This talk has been deferred. Dr. Firth has brought forward his talk scheduled in April.
13 April
Dr Naylor Firth:’ A History of the Crossings of the Severn Estuary’
18 May
Brian Davies: ’Islands in the Channel, Flat Holme, Steep Holme,Caldy and Lundy’
15 June
William Gibbs: ’The Trial of George Watkins’
In 1876 a gamekeeper on the Glanusk Estate, a Mr King, was shot and killed. Members of the Society will re-enact his trial by reading extracts from the transcript of it.
July & August – No Meetings
21 September
Dr Robert Gant: ’Human Memory and Local History’
19 October
Mark Davies: ‘Heiptrw Ho! Droving in the Brecon Beacons’
The talk will explore the history and practices of droving and the drovers’ legacy in our landscape
16 November
Dr Mike Williams: ‘The History of Brecon Cathedral’
For further information please contact harrietharden@hotmail.com or telephone 01873-830259.
Annual membership of the Society is £7. Entry to talks is £3 for members and £4 for non-members.
December – No Meeting
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