Gordano Civic Society
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Founded 1956
Fri 12 September 2014 |
'The Avon Gorge Area’ |
An illustrated talk by Dan Evans |
Fri 10 October 2014 |
ALHA Annual General Meeting followed by the Jo Bettey Lecture on the ‘Bristol Region in the Late Middle Ages’ |
By Prof. Peter Fleming of UWE |
Fri 07 November 2014 |
‘Songs by the Poet of Portishead’ Details … |
A special presentation by The Weatherly Club. Folk Hall. Admission £5 |
Fri 14 November 2014 |
‘Port to Port’ a pictorial journey along the Sharpness to Gloucester Canal |
An illustrated talk by Paul Barnett |
Fri 5 December 2014 |
'The Musical Ones’ from Clevedon will sing some Gilbert & Sullivan songs as well as Christmas songs. |
Followed by mince pies |
Fri 9 January 2015 |
'Civil War in Bristol and its Region’ |
An illustrated talk by Prof. R Hutton |
Fri 13 February 2015 |
The ‘Prisoner’ of Woodhill. The 37 years asylum of Owen Blayney Cole |
An illustrated talk by Christopher Price |
Fri 13 March 2015 |
"Clifton… The Handsomest suburb in England" |
An illustrated talk by Mike Rowland N.B. Change to programme |
Fri 10 April 2015 |
‘Great Houses of the Gordano Valley’ |
An illustrated talk by Sandy Tebbutt |
Note: All Friday meetings were held at the Methodist Church, High Street, Portishead. |
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Summer events: |
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Mon 8 June 2015 |
ALHA walk around Kingsweston Estate |
Led by David Martyn. Meet at Folk Hall car park at 6.15 pm for shared lifts. |
Sat 20/Sun 21 June 2015 |
A special weekend trip by coach to two superb steam railways, the Kent & East Sussex and the Bluebell Railway staying in 4 star Spa hotel. |
Organised by WC&P Railway Group but open to all. |
Mon 13 July 2015 |
'Secret sites of Henleaze'. ALHA walk around a small part of this interesting suburb, hopefully to include visit to Henleaze Lake. |
Led by Veronica Bowerman, local historian and author. Meet at Folk Hall car park at 6.15 pm for shared lifts. |
Sat 25/ Sun 26 July 2015 |
Portishead Flower Show |
Visit our stand at the show |
Mon 10 August 2015 |
A easy walk around Portishead. This Victorian town has much to offer any historian or casual tourist. |
Led by Sandy Tebbutt, local historian and author. Meet at the Lakeside Cafe at south end of Esplanade. |
Programme of events 2014/2015 for reference
Mhome |
Interpretation |
Weatherly |
PS gates |
Posset Pieces |
Posset Pieces2 |
Posset Pieces3 |
Other publications - Gordano Civic Society |
Portishead history |
Power Stations |
Phosphorus |
Petroleum |
B details |