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, Dec 12th '13
  North Somerset in Anglo-Saxon Times
   
  Michael Costen 
• Thu, Nov 14th '13
  Learning Local History from Maps
   
  Veronica Bowerman 
• Thu, Oct 10th '13
   
  To be arranged 
• Thu, Sep 12th '13
  Some findings of YCCCART
   
  Chris Short 
• Thu, Jul 11th '13
   
  To be arranged 
• Thu, Jun 13th '13
   
  To be arranged 
• Thu, May 9th '13
  The City of Wells
   
  Tony Scrase 
• Thu, Apr 11th '13
  AGM  followed by
  
  William Beckford
   
  Dr Amy Frost 
• Thu, Mar 14th '13
  The Architect of Weston - Hans Fowler Price
   
  John Crockford-Hawley 
• Thu, Feb 14th '13
  Monastic Houses: local effects of Dissolution
   
  James Bond 
• Thu, Jan 10th '13
  Family history evening
   
  Members 
• Thu, Dec 13th '12
  A West Gallery Christmas
  
  A musical entertainment with seasonal refreshments.
   
  Bristol Harmony 
• Thu, Nov 8th '12
  Family History Evening
   
  Members 
• Thu, Oct 11th '12
  Annie Kenny
   
  June Hannam 
• Thu, Sep 13th '12
  Wells Cathedral Library
  Another opportunity for a guided tour of this remarkable collection.
  
  Alex & Debbie Kolombos have kindly offered to entertain the Group to afternoon tea and members may wish to complete the visit by attending Choral Evensong.  Please note that this is an afternoon visit.
   
  Kevin Spears 
• Thu, Jul 12th '12
  "Yeo Valley"
  
  The history and background of this successful local enterprise.
   
  Les Davies, MBE 
• Thu, Jun 14th '12
  "The Bridge that killed"
  
  The story of a Bristol tragedy of 1855
  
   
   
  Mark Bullen 
• 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