COWBRIDGE U3A HISTORY GROUP PROGRAMME IN 2018
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January:"The Irish Famine" by Thelma Jeeves
February: AGM followed by the members’ “Show and Tell”
February 2018 Minutes of the AGM
March: "The Balloon Girl" by Rosemary Chaloner (guest speaker)
April: "Freedoms" by Rev. Norman Williams - a short history of the Borough of Cowbridge and the tale of the Ebsworth casket, made to hold the scroll granting Mr Ebsworth the Freedom of Cowbridge.
May: "The Sinking of the RMS Laconia" by Helen Charles (guest speaker)
May 2018 Sinking of the RMS Laconia
June: "The Bayeux Tapestry" by Sally Mabey (guest speaker)
July: "The Court Martial of Edwin Dyett" by Gavin Davies
July 2018 Court Martial of Edwin Dyett
August: "The History of Llantrisant" by Dean Powell (guest speaker)
September: "Cardiff Churches through Time" by Jean Rose (guest speaker)
Sept 2018 Cardiff Churches through Time
October: "Are You Being Served?" (a history of Welsh and Welsh-owned departmental stores) by Gwerfyl Gardner
October 2018 Are You Being Served?
November: Two short talks and a Quiz
i) "Old Cardiff in Photographs" by Roger Bradshaw (guest). A selection of about 50 historic photographs, mainly of Cardiff and Penarth.
ii) "The Cowbridge History Society digital archive" by Betty Alden (guest). An insight into the wealth of archive material on Cowbridge and nearby districts available at the press of a few keys.
iii) A quiz by Dafydd Evans (member). Photographs of five houses in the Vale of Glamorgan within 10 miles of Cowbridge, asking "Name?", "Where?" and "Dating from what period?".
December: "The View from the Rocking Stone" by Brian Davies (guest speaker), followed by the Christmas buffet