Month: March 2024

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Programme for the next few months

All talks are held at the Combe Down Primary School Hall in Summer Lane, BA2 5JX.   Events start at 7.30pm. CDHS Members £1, Visitors £3. All tickets on the door.

MonthDateSpeakerTopic
January––(There is no talk in January.)
February21stEdward Bayntun-CowardThe George Bayntun Bookshop and bindery
March13thSally HelveyBeau Nash, legendary Georgian bon viveur
April17thStuart BurroughsAGM + Local History Alphabet
May8thDavid CarrHistory of Combe Down Surgery
June26thKate WerranBlack Yanks: Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain
July––(There is no talk this month.)
August––(There is no talk this month.)
September18thAmy FrostBeckford’s Tower

The Leroy Henry talk is our last before the Summer break. There are no talks in July or August; we start again in September.

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Next Wednesday evening talk

On Wed 8th May we will have the next in our popular series of local history talks. Dr David Carr (retd.) will speak about The History of Combe Down Surgery.

Many of you will remember Dr Carr’s amusing account at our Christmas Wassail of incidents occurring during his long period as a Combe Down Doctor. One Wednesday, David will talk about the Surgery building’s heritage, and the roles of the doctors who kept our village healthy.

The talk will take place as usual in the Combe Down Primary School Hall in Summer Lane, BA2 5JX. The talk itself starts at 7.30pm, and the doors are open from 7.00pm. CDHS Members £2. Non-members are very welcome at the talk; entrance is £4. All tickets on the door.