Cowbridge History Society Events

Events

Talks will be on the first Friday of each month (except April) and in person in the Maindy Hall at Cowbridge United Free Church on The Broad Shoard CF71 7DA
(depending on Covid-19 rules, if any) or by

Zoom (Jan and Feb), for which a link will be emailed to members.

Talks start at 7.30 pm save for the AGM at 7.00 pm.

See below for our programme of events.

2022 Meetings

Friday 7th October at 7:30 pm

Truth is stranger than Fiction: Writing Accessible History

Speakers: DEB FISHER and PHIL CARRADICE

Friday 4th November at 7:30 pm

The View from the Rocking Stone – some Idiosyncrasies of Pontypridd History

Speaker: BRIAN DAVIES

Friday 2nd December at 7:30 pm

RAF St Athan and the Local Community

Speaker: SUE PATTINSON

Followed by mince pies and wine (if meeting in person)

2023 Meetings

Friday 6th January at 7:30 pm - via ZOOM

Edging the City – a Journey around the Border of Cardiff

Speaker: PETER FINCH

Friday 3rd February at 7:30 pm - via ZOOM

The Welsh Not, Education and the Anglicisation of 19th Century Wales

Speaker: MARTIN JOHNES

Friday 3rd March at 7:30 pm

Fannie Margaret Thomas and the Women's Suffrage Movement in South Wales

Speaker: RYLAND WALLACE

Monday 13th March

Charter Day Celebrations

Talk and guided tour with refreshments and lunch at Nantgarw China Works

Friday 14th April at 7:30 pm

Glamorgan's Greatest Generation. Memories of WW2 Wartime Life in South Wales

Speaker: MALCOLM COWPER

Friday 5th May at 7:00 pm

AGM

Followed at 7:30 pm by:

Railways and Society: A Vale Perspective up to 1900

Speaker: CHRIS TURNER

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