Date

Speaker

Subject

Jan 5th

Richard Jordan

Route 66 ‘With over 250 photographs, a fast moving journey brimming over with music, song, & packed with historical facts anecdotes,& interesting & useless information!

Jan 19th

Ralph Diaper

A History of Diapers Coach company    Who took their first trip on a Diapers coach?

Feb 2nd

Roger Morgan

Maximus Festus Severus The life & times of a roman surgeon/barber

Feb 16th

Linda Hall

A history of the ‘Privvie’ A discourse on the development of the ‘Privvie’ interspersed  with humorous anecdotes

Mar 2nd

Martin Wade

A history of the S.W.Argus   Self explanatory.

Mar 16th

Malcolm Johnson

The Victorian internet  Was there such a thing?

Mar 30th

Alan Ware.

The Battle of Britain What led up to this vital battle & what of it’s consequences

April 13th

Bob Trett

A tour round historic Newport   Updated talk including medieval recently unearthed information

April 27th

Graham Jarvis

Newport a 100 years ago  One of our most popular & regular speakers, continuing his series of talks about our city at various times in the past

May 11th

John Evans

The miners life, down the pit, and around the town  An illustrated talk with rare photographs of a colliers life in late 19th & early 20th centuries above & below ground

Sep 7th

Brian Davis

6 Mountain ash monuments  Further revelations from a ’star speaker’

Sep 21st

Chris Barber

In search of King Arthur  Based on  more than 20 years of research, a fascinating work of historical detection, possibly the most convincing account of King Arthur’s story.

Oct 5th

Graham Smith

History of pub tokens How to drink beer without passing cash over the bar

Oct 19th

Rosemary Scadden

Bringing home the bacon Recalling how we shopped in a bygone age.

Nov 2nd

Richard Frame

John Frost after leaving the country  His life after deportation

Nov 16th

Mark Lewis

The origins & customs of the Roman Christians.   Self explanatory