Events

Unless otherwise stated, meetings start at 7.30pm in the Churchill Building of the Bristol Veterinary School.  Enter from Stock Lane.  The Churchill Building is the large block to the north of the site.  For a map, please use the link Langford House

  • Thu, Sep 13th '12
    Another opportunity for a guided tour of this remarkable collection.

    Details to be confirmed but Alex & Debbie Kolombus have kindly offered to entertain the Group to afternoon tea and members may wish to complete the visit by attending Choral Evensong.
     
    Wells Cathedral Library 
  • Thu, Jul 12th '12
    The history and background of this successful local enterprise.
     
    Yeo Valley Farms 
  • Thu, Jun 14th '12
     
    Details to be announced 
  • Thu, May 10th '12
    The Rev. T. S. Whalley and his cousin Penelope: linking Mendip Lodge and Hotwells

    The talk explores some of the remarkable characters in the local social scene at the end of the 18th century.

     
     
    Chris Stephens 
  • Thu, Apr 12th '12
    AGM

    followed by: Memories of Langford
     
    Ruth Weaver 
  • Thu, Mar 8th '12
    Trenches to Trams - the life of a Bristol tommy
     
    Clive Burlton 
  • Thu, Feb 9th '12
    Bristol Children's Help Society
     
    Richard Hyde 
  • Thu, Jan 12th '12
    500 years of local maps, a homage to John Rocque
     
    John Gowar and Alex Kolombos 
  • Thu, Dec 8th '11
    Artisan cheesemaking and tasting
     
    Trethowan Dairy 
  • Thu, Nov 10th '11
    Medieval Somerset Villages
     
    James Bond 
  • Thu, Oct 13th '11
    Over an hour of old cine film shot by Sidney Hill of Langford and Churchill from the 1920s, 30s and 40s. A wonderful glimpse of Langford and its characters.
     
    Sidney Hill Films 
  • Thu, Sep 8th '11
    Historic Somerset Gardens including Langford House
     
    Marion Mako  
  • Thu, Jul 7th '11
    Visit to Wells Cathedral Library, to start at 6.30pm
     
    Kevin Spears 
  • Thu, Jun 9th '11
    British Piers, fun and frivolity.
     
    Bob Tinker 
  • Thu, May 12th '11
    Ballooning in the Bristol Area, 1784 to 2000
     
    John Penny 
  • Thu, Apr 14th '11
    AGM followed by "Bloody Assizes, the Langford Connection?"
     
    Alex Kolombos 
  • Thu, Mar 10th '11
    Hannah More
     
    Echo Irving 
  • Thu, Feb 10th '11
    Farming in the Wrington Vale
     
    John Alvis 
  • Thu, Jan 13th '11
    Paule Vezelay, a remarkable Bristol Artist
     
    David Cuthbert 
  • Thu, Dec 9th '10
    My life with Shirehorses
     
    Mike Horler 
  • Thu, Nov 11th '10
    "A penny to go to School, a Victorian education"
     
    Jo Fryer 
  • Thu, Oct 14th '10
    The Somerset Assizes in the 19th Century
     
    David Pugsley 
  • Thu, Sep 9th '10
    Wells Cathedral Library
     
    Kevin Spears 
  • Sat, Jul 17th '10
    Burrington Fete to be held at Burrington House
     
    Burrington House 
  • Thu, Jul 8th '10
    Exploring Local Landscapes Using Old Maps
     
    Sue Shaw 
  • Thu, Jun 10th '10
    Visit to Gatcombe Court followed by wine and cheese party,  £7 for members, and £9 for non members. Meet at Gatcombe Court, Long Ashton at 7pm.
     
    Stella Clarke 
  • Thu, May 13th '10
    "When Weston was a village"
     
    Pat Hase 
  • Thu, Apr 8th '10
    AGM to be followed by a talk from Nicholas Hooper entitled  "Village Medicine in the Wrington Vale"  (Please note this is a change to the programme, Richard Storey's documentary drama on Annie Kenney has been moved to December 2010)
     
    Nicholas Hooper 
  • Thu, Mar 11th '10
    Metal Detecting, including the bronze age axe heads recently found in Lower Langford
     
    Bob and Dave Whalley 
  • Thu, Feb 11th '10
    England's last crime scene execution, Kenn, Somerset 1830
     
    Steve Poole 
  • Thu, Jan 14th '10
    "Landscape Archaeology in North Somerset"
     
    James Bond 
  • Thu, Dec 10th '09
    Christmas Special
     
    Colin Chapman 
  • Thu, Nov 12th '09
    My life as a wheelwright
     
    Mike Horler 
  • Thu, Oct 8th '09
    Bristol Curiosities
     
    Glynn Duggan 
  • Thu, Sep 10th '09
    Bronze Age Burial Sites ( to be confirmed)
     
    Dr Joshua Pollard 
  • Thu, Jul 9th '09
    Grandma's Garden, The Edwardian Garden.
     
    Yvonne Bell 
  • Thu, Jun 11th '09
    Visit to Churchill Court
     
    John Murray 
  • Thu, May 14th '09
    AGM
    and An evacuee at Tyntesfield 1941/1942
     
    Phillipa Perks 
  • Thu, Apr 9th '09
    Supper at the Langford Inn with talk
    at Langford Inn 
    Alex Kolombos 
  • Thu, Mar 12th '09
    A History of Mendip Lead Mining 1600-1900
     
    Colin Budge 
  • Thu, Feb 12th '09
    Trials and tribulations of restoring Crowcombe Court, a Grade 1 Listed Somerset Georgian Country House
     
    Dr Patricia Smith 
  • Thu, Dec 11th '08
    100 years of Cider Making at Thatchers
     
    John Thatcher 
  • Thu, Nov 13th '08
    History of Bee Keeping
     
    Ivor Davis 
  • Thu, Oct 9th '08
    Chasing the tail of the hunter-gatherers in South West England
     
    Paula Goddard 
  • Thu, Sep 11th '08
    Postal history
     
    Cedric Prys-Roberts 
  • Thu, Jul 10th '08
    Visit to Banwell Caves
     
    Jo and team 
  • Thu, Jun 12th '08
    Sidney Hill Centenary
     
    Langford House 
  • Thu, May 8th '08
    Bone Caves of Banwell
     
    John Chapman 
  • Thu, Apr 10th '08
    Reminiscences of Langford life between the Wars
     
    Alex Kolombos and residents 
  • Fri, Apr 4th '08
    Inaugural meeting of LANCET ( Langford Community Archaeology project). Meet 10am at the Blagdon Water Garden Centre.
    at Blagdon Water Garden Centre 
    Vince Russett 
  • Thu, Mar 13th '08
    Community Archaeology and a possible "Langford Dig"
     
    Vince Russett 
  • Thu, Feb 14th '08
    A most appropriate subject for St. Valentines Day, Love and Marriage, Edwardian Style
     
    Yvonne Bell 
  • Thu, Jan 10th '08
    The history and tradition of Wassailing with figgy pudding and wassail to follow!
     
    Eric Holdaway 
  • Thu, Dec 13th '07
    The history of campanology – a talk and demonstration on the history of bell ringing
     
    Michael Horseman 
  • Thu, Nov 29th '07
    The Shapwick Project, a study of a Somerset village.
     
    Prof. Mick Aston 
  • Thu, Nov 8th '07
    The history of Winscombe
     
    Maria Forbes 
  • Thu, Oct 11th '07
    Sidney Hill - Langford's benefactor
     
    Peter Archer 
  • Thu, Sep 13th '07
    Restoring the stained glass of the Victorian summer House at Langford House
     
    Rita Hinton 
  • Thu, Jul 12th '07
    The history of Burrington church and village
     
    Christopher Marsden-Smedley 
  • Thu, Jun 14th '07
    Langford trail - a tractor and trailer ride to the houses featured in LHG's book 'Every House Tells a Story' to look at their exteriors and hear a potted history of each
     
    Jo and team 
  • Thu, May 10th '07
    A holiday diary from 1836 (includes visits to Weston-super-Mare)
     
    Pat Hase 
  • Thu, Apr 12th '07
    2 course meal at the Langford Inn
    at Langford Inn 
    Social 
  • Thu, Mar 8th '07
    Dr Whalley at Mendip Lodge
     
    Chris Stevens 
  • Thu, Feb 8th '07
    Memories and memorabilia of the 50’s, to include the Golden Jubilee of Churchill Community School
     
    Jo and team 
  • Thu, Jan 11th '07
    John Vane, Rector of Wrington and Vicar of Burrington (1828-1870), the quest for his family, social and political connections.
     
    John Gowar