Programme (provisional)
2026
23 September
The Mayflower: the 20-year journey of those who were to become known as The Pilgrim Fathers.
Denny Robbins
28 October AGM
The German Occupation of the Channel Islands.
Lt Col James Porter. TBC
25 November David Sutcliffe.
Collecting Folk songs
Cecil Sharpe.
9 December
Pilgrimages – combining one he did in Japan with the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Both have similarities.
Ian Williamson and Denny Robbins
2027
27 January
‘Legacies of Slavery’
Two hundred years ago there were growing calls to abolish slavery. When it was formally abolished in 1833, owners were financially compensated by the UK Government for their loss of ‘property’ (slaves were of course ‘property’). The re-discovery of the records of the Government’s slavery compensation payments re-wrote the history of slave ownership. Slave owners were identified throughout the UK including Somerset. Some owners were high-born, some ordinary and others surprising. Chris’ talk is about a number of local slave owners he has researched and their connections to the plantations of the Caribbean.
Chris Dickinson
24 February
No details of the actual talk yet
David Maclean
24 March
One of these options
Tintinhull Houses
Ilchester town/ prison
The Turbulent C10th & C11th when England was ruled by Saxons, Danes and Normans.
Denny Robbins.
28 April
On the Parish: Life in the Victorian Workhouse. The post 1834 Union workhouse system. This will include pre 1834 provisions including those in Tintinhull.
Luke Morland
Events start at 7.30 pm and are held in Tintinhull Village Hall.
Doors open 7:15 pm when coffee and biscuits will be available.
Entry per meeting : Members £1, Visitors £3 including light refreshments.