Programme for 2024
All meetings will be held in the Dyffryn Clydach Memorial Hall, The Drive, Longford at 6.30pm.
18th April Jeff Childs - Farms and Families of Pontardawe, Alltwen and Cilybebyll
16 May John Richards - Anne Hathaway's Cottage
20th June Rhian Rees - The Status of Women in Medieval Wales
18th July Peter Rees - Swansea Cape Horners
19th September Ray Savage - Swansea Castle
17th October Rhian Rees - Mabinogi Magical /Other Worldish
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Programme of talks in 2023
9th FEBRUARY - THE SWANSEA WORKHOUSE BY BERNARD LEWIS
2nd March - THE ROMANS IN NEATH BY HARRIET EATON
6th APRIL - THE GENTRY FAMILIES OF LLANGYFELACH AND THEIR ESTATES inc. DYFFRYN BY JEFF CHILDS
MAY 11th - NEATH WORKHOUSE BY JONATHAN DAVIES
JUNE 1st - SWANSEA AND VALE RAILWAY BY KERI THOMAS
JULY 6th - SWANSEA BAD GIRLS: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT BY ELIZABETH BELCHAM
AUGUST - NO MEETING
SEPTEMBER 7th - NEATH ABBEY IRONWORKS AND THE COPPER INDUSTRY BY PETER RICHARDS
OCTOBER 5th - GHOSTS AND FOLKLORE OF WALES BY MARK REES
NOVEMBER 2nd - SWANSEA POTTERY BY HELEN HALLESEY
DECEMBER - NO MEETING
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THIS WAS THE 2022 LECTURE PROGRAMME
MARCH 22nd LONGFORD HALL 2PM
BERNARD LEWIS ON HENRY COOMBE-TENNANT
APRIL 5TH LONGFORD HALL 2PM A.G.M
AND CANON BRIAN LODWICK ON ROCKFIELD HOUSE, NEATH ABBEY
MAY 12th BRYNCOCH SCOUT HALL 6.30PM
JOHN RICHARDS ON THE DEATH OF KINGS
JUNE 21st LONGFORD HALL 2PM
DEBRA JOHN “WHAT LERKS BE-NEATH” A MONOLOGUE ON FOLK TALES SET IN & AROUND THE CAVES AND MOUNTAINS OF THE NEATH VALLEY
JULY 14th BRYNCOCH SCOUT HALL 6.30PM
GERIANT JONES ON THE LAST INVASION OF BRITAIN
AUGUST NO MEETING
SEPTEMBER 20th LONGFORD HALL 2PM
BILL ZAJAC ON LAY BROTHERS IN CISTERCIAN MONASTIC LIFE
OCTOBER 13th DYFFRYN CLYDACH MEMORIAL HALL, The Drive, Longford, 6.30pm
JOHN RICHARDS ON RICHARD III
NOVEMBER TBA
DECEMBER NO MEETING
Meetings are normally held monthly other than on the exceptions indicated.
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