LECTURE PROGRAMME 2009 - 2010
2009 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.