WINCANTON HISTORY SOCIETY
Lecture Programme 2017
All lectures start at 7. 30 in the Memorial Hall
Please note there are no lectures in August and December
Summer Time Easter to end of October. 10 -1pm Wed and Fri, Sat 10 -12. Winter Times Sat 10-12
27th January Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance Service By John Crew
24th February Preparing for the worst World Wars by Terry Stanford
31st March Somerset and Dorset Railway around Wincanton by Mike Beale
28th April Sailing as a junior deck hand on a Brixham sailing trawler from Cape Town to Acapulco, at the age of 17 by Dr Derek Hudson.
26th May My life in Wincanton (final part) by Gill D’Arcy
30th June Wincanton Soldiers at Passchendaele by Tony Goddard
28th July Old Coaching Inns of Wincanton by Chris Forester
29th September The Glorious Revolution of 1688 and William of Orange by John Baxter
27th October Old Wincanton: Memories by John Sansom
24th November “Power to Piracy”- Kingston Lacy by Judith Teasdale
Lectures Given in 2016
- 29th January – Criminal Justice – Terry Stanford
- 26th February – “The Black & Tans” – Chris Forester
- 18th March – The River Cale – Gary Hunt
- 29th April – History of Palestine– Brigadier J Deverell
- 27th May – The Roman Army of Somerset – John Smith
- 24th June – Evacuation in War – John Hollands
- 29th July – Life as an historical researcher – Susan Maltin
- 23rd September Nathaniel Ireson – Peter Fitzgerald
- 28th Oct – Thomas hardy Theme (tbc) Charles Buckler
- 25th November. A.D. 43. The Roman Invasion of Britannia. David Glossop.
NB All lectures are at the WINCANTON MEMORIAL HALL starting at 1930
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