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TALKS

October 10th      Shackleton's Amazing Antarctic Adventure

John Dike recounts the story of an amazing rescue against the odds.

November 14th                      Harry Stoke Colliery

50 years after its closure, Steve Grudgings tells the story of the last coal mine in the Bristol coalfield.

January 9th 2014                Village Witchcraft

Historian Prof. Ronald Hutton talks about this previously unresearched aspect of everyday life, traces of which can still be found round us today.

February 13th        The Sex Life of Norborne Berkeley

Bill Evans tells the extraordinary story of a member of the Berkeley family who lived locally in Stoke Park.

March 13th               Frenchay Hospital

Dr. James Briggs marks the closure of our hospital by retelling its story.

(The Sawyer Memorial Lecture)