Breconshire Montgomeryshire Radnorshire

Breconshire Group Meetings

All meetings are held at the Watergate Welsh Baptist Chapel, Brecon at 7-30pm, unless otherwise stated.

Sunday 29 January 2012
Annual Lunch. - Bishops Meadow, Brecon.
Afterwards there will be a illustrated talk on the River Gwesyn by Liz Fleming-Williams
Details and menu from Brecon Secretary Jo Crabtree

Monday 27 February 2012
Speaker: Martin Eve - Thomas Hardy and Captain Thomas Hardy
Talk about the research done by the speaker over a number of years, recording it using Family Tree Maker and other internet resources,
and his possible connection with Thomas Hardy and Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy. (Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Nelson)
Venue: Watergate Welsh Baptist Chapel, Brecon. 7-30pm

Monday 26 March 2012
Heirlooms Night.
Bring along an item special to you and talk about it.
Venue: Watergate Welsh Baptist Chapel, Brecon. 7-30pm.

Monday 30 April 2012
Speaker: Derek Price - Illustrated talk on the succession of bridges over the wye at Glasbury.
Venue: Kensington Baptist Chapel, Brecon. 7-30pm

Monday 28 May 2012
Speaker: Harley Simpson from Devon - Housing the People, Post War Conditions in Brecon.
Venue: Kensington Baptist Chapel, Brecon. 7-30pm

Monday 25 June 2012
Brecon Group AGM, followed by Research Evening.
Venue: Kensington Baptist Chapel, Brecon. 7-30pm

Monday 30 July 2012
A trip along the Canal on the Dragonfly with buffet supper as part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal.
Venue: Theatre Bryncheiniog Basin, Brecon. 5-45pm

Montgomeryshire Group Meetings

Saturday April 16th 2011 - 2 pm

"The Post Office Travelling Community".

An illustrated talk by John Andrews.

United Reformed Church Schoolroom, New Church Street, Newtown.

Please note this is a week earlier than usual.

Radnorshire Group Meetings

All meetings are held at Llanddewi Ystradenny Village Hall at 7-00pm, Free parking on-site

NO Meetings in July and August.

Thursday 16th February 2012 - Talk by Lloyd Lewis (Former Editor of Cronicl)

A walk through the Elan and Claerwen valleys, to find the farms affected by the flooding in 1904.
Together with a large number of photographs prior to 1900 and more recent ones showing the exposed foundations when the water levels dropped.
Each farm has been researched and their details recorded from the mid 1500s.

All meetings are held on the last Thursday in the month

NO Meeting in December

Breconshire Montgomeryshire Radnorshire