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PROGRAMME 2008
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| January 8th | Dr. Margaret Worthington, archaeologist | The Anglo-Saxon Pilgrim Route to Rome |
| January 15th | Dr. Dawn Milner, retired GP | The Tobacco Epidemic |
| January 22nd | Neil Graham, Councillor and retired miner. | History of Ifton Colliery |
| January 29th | Geoff Moore | Survival - The Story Behind the Book |
| February 5th | Brenda Rose (internationally renowned expert) | Antique Axminster Carpets |
| February 12th | Business meeting | |
| February 19th | Andrew Heaton, Department for the Environment | WaterAid |
| February 26th | Members morning : Maureen Beard | U3A Trip to Cuba 2007 |
| March 4th | Lynne Munden (has travelled extensively in China) | Lakes, Mountains and Ming Townships (Travel and Arts & Crafts near the Tibetan side of China) |
| March 11th | Ben Osborne, BBC Blue Planet photographer | Wildlife in Botswana – by ticket only |
| March 18th | Kate Cadman, Coalport China Museum, Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust | Coalport China |
| March 25th | Members morning : Barrie Thornton | Zimbabwe |
| April 1st | Tony Vettise, Art Historian | Georges Seurat |
| April 8th | Dr. Stan Moore, NEWI | Global Warming |
| April 15th | Members morning : Vivienne Stokes | Tanzanian Experience |
| April 22nd | Mrs Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive Officer, Shropshire County Council | Shropshire as a Unitary Authority |
| April 29th | Bob Gilston | Isle of Man Coastal Walk |
| May 6th | Business meeting | |
| May 13th | Roger Hulme | Cycling Across America (?) |
| May 20th | John Hainsworth | Y Dolydd (Llanfyllin Workhouse) |
| May 27th | Members morning : Robert Lumsden | Canals |
| June 3rd | Helen Haynes | Oswestry Archives (Local History Day: 26/04/08) |
| June 10th | Chris Wallace, Wildlife Photographer | The Art of Nature Photography (see www.chriswallace.co.uk) |
| June 17th | Charolotte Hollins, Organic Farmer | The Ford Hall Organic Farm Project (see www.fordhallfarm.com |
| June 24th | Colin Hooper (ex Oswestry School) | Three Men in a Continent (Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez & Evo Morales) |
| July 1st | Group Presentations | |
| July 8th | Maggie Ellis (who is much recommended by the Canals & Waterways Group) | The Montgomery Canal |
| July 15th | Ros MacCarthy, Head of Learning Support at Ellesmere College and Crested Inspector | Supporting children with specific learning difficulties |
| July 22nd | Leo Smith, Ornithological Consultant | Ravens in Shropshire |
| July 29th | No Meeting | |
| August 5th | John Tucker, wildlife conservationist and ornithologist | Hay Meadows - Who Remembers Them? |
| August 12th | Business meeting | |
| August 19th | t.b.a | |
| August 26th | Members' Morning: Raymond Platts | Spitsbergen |
| September 2nd | Alistair Donkin | My Life in Gilbert & Sullivan, including recordings of performances (see www.alistairdonkin.info) |
| September 9th | t.b.a | |
| September 16th | Yvonne Tucker, farmer | Wildlife Biodiversity - Running a Hill Farm under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme |
| September 23rd | Peter Dunhill, Llanymynech Limeworks Community Project Officer | Conservation and Interpretation - the Heritage Minefield |
| September 30th | Members' Morning: Don Roberts | Vienna And The Cold War |
| October 7th | Mike Parry, Adventurer | Newfoundland |
| October 14th | Madhukesh Loomba (runs Indian cookery courses at Walford & N Shrops College) | Demonstration of Indian Cookery |
| October 21st | Keith Cattell, RIBA | Light Fantastic' - One Thousand Years of Stained Glass |