LECTURE PROGRAMME 2009 - 2010

	2009
17 September	AGM, followed by: The Beauties and Heritage of the Neath Valley	Revd Basil Jenkyns
22 October NB this is the fourth Thursday in October	Roots to Restoration: The power-house building of Glamorgan Colliery, Llwynypia	Mr. David Maddox
19 November NB amendment	Dr. Richard Griffiths and his Tramroad This year is the bicentenary of the tramroad that was a prime mover in developing the Rhondda Valley's coal industry. (The previously advertised lecture, ‘Four Mountain Ash Monuments’ cannot be delivered at the present time.)	Mr. Brian Davies
17 December	Members Night and Chairman’s Christmas Reception
	2010
21 January	Adelina Patti and Craig-y-Nos	Mr. Len Ley
18 February	How Aberaman Invented Cycle Racing: the Linton Brothers and Jimmy Michael Résumé: Illustrated account of the triumphs of three local heroes in the last years of the 19th century	Mr. Stuart Stanton
18 March	Written in Blood and Fire: the Diary of Richard Burton	Prof. Chris Williams
15 April	The History of Cardiff Docks	Mr. Jeffery Morgan
20 May	Four Days Walking the Krkonose Mountain Range between the Czech Republic and Poland, returning to Lidice,  the Czech village destroyed by the Nazis in WWII	Mr. Arwel Michael
17 June	Swansea Pottery	Mrs. Garethe El Tawab

 

All meetings will take place in the vestry of Green Street Methodist Church, Aberdare. (opposite the main entrance to Aberdare Central Library)
unless otherwise announced and start at 7.15 p.m.

There is ample car parking at the church.