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PROGRAMME  2008

2008

   
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