Gordano Civic Society

Founded 1956

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All meetings are now held on Tuesdays at the Folk Hall, High Street, Portishead, BS20 6PR at 7.30 pm.

Free car parking opposite.

Visitors welcome – cost £5 inc refreshments (members £2)

Tues 1 September 2026

Celebrating 50 years of Concorde

Lindsey Henniker-Heaton, volunteer from Aerospace Bristol Museum

Tues 6 October 2026

The History of Shepton Mallet Prison

Gervase  O’Donohoe

Tues 3 November 2026

Yanks in Bristol – when the U.S. Military came to Bristol in WW2

Oliver Davey

Tues 1 December 2026

The women who built Bristol

Author and Journalist Jane Duffus

Tues 5 January 2027

Slides of Portishead and Area from the Gordano Civic Society collection

Mike Johnston, Chair of The Gordano Civic Society

Tues 2 February 2027

The life of Hannah More 1745-1833

Dr. Jo Edwards

Tues 2 March 2027

Newport Medieval Ship – Conservation of a fifteenth Century Merchant Vessel

Dr. Toby Jones – Curator of Newport Medieval Ship

Tues 6 April 2027

Ghost Stories of North Somerset + short AGM

Jane Hill – Weston Museum Heritage Community Officer

Summer 2027 events:


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