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Events and Projects
To begin the New Year of 2026 We welcome everybody with an illustrated talk by Historian and researcher, Anne Falloon. Titled “Celebrity Georgians Come To Wales” – 18th Century Visitors and Where They Stayed.” This promises to be a fascinating and revealing presentation with the focus on Dr Johnson and Mrs Thralle, Percy Bysshe Shelley…
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Our March Training – Church Archaeology
Workshop 1: Monuments Within Churches – The Biographies of the Past To be held in Llangollen Church start at 10.00am prompt, light refreshments available. Monday 10th March Objective:To explore the significance of funerary monuments in churches, focusing on medieval examples, their historical context, material evidence, and scholarly interpretations. Lesson Plan Module Objective Activities Time 1.…
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Our March Meeting – “The Welsh in North Staffordshire”
11th March 2025 – On Tuesday March 11th we welcome Stuart Haywood, Chair of Stoke-on-Trent Welsh Society. To coincide with the release of his book of the same name Stuart will be recounting the movement of large numbers of native Welsh people from Denbighshire and Flintshire to North Staffordshire; to seek new opportunities during the…
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Our December Meeting – “A Carrog Christmas Ghost Story”
11th December 2024 – NOTE WEDNESDAY and not our traditional Tuesday. On Wednesday December 11th we will be welcoming our good friend and most excellent raconteur, Andy Harrop-Smith. Andy will be entertaining us with “A Carrog Christmas Ghost Story” which is a melting pot of ancient myths, legends and tales about the Carrog area revolving…
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Samhain Event 2024
Samhain Book Fayre Oriel Corwen Gallery, Saturday 2nd November 10.00am to 3.00pm pre-loved books, prints, jewellery, glassware, cards….and more
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Our October Meeting
For our next meeting on Tuesday 8th October we are delighted to welcome Catherine Rees and Mathew Jones. Their fascinating presentation will feature an illustrated talk entitled “Tracing The Lost Defences of Beaumaris”. Catherine and Mathew, aka CR Archaeology, are a partnership who have significant experience in archaeological exploration e.g. pre-development of land usage such…