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1 July 2006
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by kind invitation of Brigadier & Mrs Hugh Pye Meet at Spaxton Village Hall at 2-15 pm |
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2 Sept 2006
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Derek Briggs of the Royal Society for the Protection of
Birds, has made a close study of our feathered friends of the fens and
farmlands. He calls his illustrated talk
"LIFE ON THE EDGE" -- and you'll soon see why. |
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7 Oct 2006
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Philip Smeed was given Lottery funding
to study the "ANCIENT BULIDINGS OF BRIDGWATER". Tonight he comes along to talk about some of the stories behind the old facades we know so well.
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4 Nov 2006
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Dr Chris Smith, a regular contributor
to the Spaxton Community News magazine, extols on the fascinating
"QUANTOCK WILDLIFE AND FARMING" in the area. |
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2 Dec 2006
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Don Bishop.
"WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY" It used
to be called "The Minehead Flier" during the war, because of its slow
and measured pace to get West Somerset folk and loads of evacuee school
kids up to Taunton for school holiday trips to their homes in London.
Then Dr Beeching used his notorious axe and for years the railway line
between the county town and the Exmoor hinterland stood derelict. Along
came a band of enthusiasts and railway buffs who struggled to get a
viable steam service up and running, while the rest of the rail network
was going diesel. Their success story is told tonight by Don Bishop, of
West Huntspill. |
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6 Jan 2007 |
"PRESIDENT'S PARTY". Members get together to join in
a bit of festive fun. |
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3 Feb 2007 |
"THE PYES" Brigadier Hugh Pye
talks about his family's distinguished history, including an ancestor's part in the
Siege of Taunton during the Civil War.
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3 Mar 2007
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"JOINT APPROACH FOR FLOOD
MANAGEMENT" Philip Ham, our Vice-Chairman, has been on a
high-powered and intellectually demanding trip to the Netherlands as
part of a Somerset team of experts looking at C. Where are the similarities and what lessons are to be learnt? |
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14 Apr 2007
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"A.G.M." We finish our winter session with the annual general meeting. There is very little blood letting and the necessary work is dispensed quite rapidly. The business is followed by a social of sorts, often a shortish talk by a guest speaker. (NOT the first Saturday of April) |
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14 July 2007
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"Summer Outing" A second visit to Clerk's Cottage |
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