Meeting records

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Reports and supporting material are available for most of our monthly meetings going back to January 2017.

A file of all meeting records prior to 2017 is also available.
View meetings archive 2010-16

8th April 2024

Rocking Horses: their history, construction and care

Rachel Palmer BA AMA

Covering numerous examples of these traditional and historic toys with guidance on their care and preservation.

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11th March 2024

A New Chapter – an interview with author Kathy Biggs

Kathy Biggs interviewed by Lynzie Fitzpatrick

Local author Kathy tells the story of how she started writing in her 60s and talks about her novels.

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12th February 2024

Co-op: The People’s Business

David Smith

Robert Owen is little known in Wales, the land of his birth, yet the Co-operative movement which he founded has global reach and impact.

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8th January 2024

The London Dams that Never Came to Wales

Richard Rees

Plans in 1899 to supply London with Welsh water were apparently at an advanced stage. Had it gone ahead, much of Mid Wales as we know it today would ...

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11th December 2023

‘The King’s Writ does not run here’ – The Welsh Marcher Lordships

Philip Hume

Exploring the origins and development of the Marcher Lordships.

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13th November 2023

Getting to Net Zero – is hydrogen the answer?

Professor Averil Macdonald OBE, Professor Alun Vaughan

There's a lot of talk about getting to net zero. This talk will show that electrifying the UK is fraught with problems but that there are solutions.

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9th October 2023

Fascinating Fungi

Ray Woods

Local expert and author Ray Woods returns to give us another insight into the world of nature, this time with a focus on fungi.

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11th September 2023

A Grammar School Girl

Gina Maddison

Gina returns to continue her story of life in Birmingham in the 1970s.

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14th August 2023

A Century of Popular Songs: 1860s to 1960s

Richard Churchley

Richard, a historian and a musician, takes the audience on a journey through the decades singing largely familiar songs and putting them in their context. Educational, but the emphasis is ...

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10th July 2023

Barrow to Baghdad and back again

Philip Caine

The author of the Jack Castle and Shackleton Blister series of adventure novels tells his life story.

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12th June 2023

DNA Fingerprinting

Rhian Morgan

Rhian will tell us about DNA fingerprinting and in particular how it is used in forensic investigations, illustrated with examples of cases and stories.

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15th May 2023

The Hereford Hoard

Tim Hoverd

The Herefordshire Hoard was discovered in 2015 by two metal detectorists who failed to get the landowners permission and only reported a small proportion of what was found. This talk ...

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