Open Meetings will be held at 7.00 p.m. at Worle Community Centre in Lawrence Road at the dates below:

New members welcome. Annual subscriptions £5.  Members pay £1 per meeting.

We would also ask visitors to contribute £2 at each meeting to cover the cost of the hall.

Dates for 2010 - 2011  Open Meetings - all on the first Thursday of the month at 7.00 p.m - except January, which will be in the afternoon.

                           

September 2nd     Annual General Meeting.  Election of officers and committee
                          summary of the last year and adoption of constitution.
                          Subscriptions for 2010 -2011, £5 each.
                                   
                          Peter Johnson will be speaking about his researches into Worle's
                          tithe map.     
                          Calendars will be available to purchase [£5.50p] and there will be a
                          stall with all our publications on display.                     

October 7th         History of Fussell's Rubber Company.   Julian Fussell, together with
                          his brother and Hugh Champion have all agreed to be guests and to
                          bring along their memorabilia as well as their memories.

November 4th      Gillian Moore [now Jones], who wrote 'The Good Earth', a book
                          about market gardens in the area, will be our speaker for the
                          evening.  See picture lower down.

December 2nd     Brian Austin will be our speaker for this festive season.
                          Topic: 'In Their Own Words' - history in letters and
                          correspondence.       

January 6th        An AFTERNOON MEMBERS' MEETING for Twelfth Night.
                         2.00 p.m. until 4.00 p.m.  You are invited to bring along your
                         precious photos, documents and artefacts for us all to share and
                         admire.  We shall also have a look at ideas for the layout and content
                         of the 2010 Scrapbook and there will be a chance to see photographs 
                         which record our doings in the past year.                            
                         We thought that, after last winter's snow, it would be good to have
                         an early meeting for mid winter this year.  
     

 February 3rd      Back to our normal time, 7.00 p.m.                                          
                         David Hart [below left]  is going to talk to us  about Worle's Lanes
                         and Byways, which he has been researching for some time.  I'm sure
                         maps and  pictures will feature.  This should be fascinating and with
                         luck we can persuade David to lead a couple of walks this summer

 Dave Hart considering           Market gardening in Worle from Gillian Moore's                       Sharon Poole          the lanes and byways                              'The Good Earth'                                                     Local Author       See February meeting                      November meeting, above                                             June Meeting

March 3rd           An evening in 1940s Worle, with music and food from the era of
                         rationing.  There will be pictures and information based on Raye
                         Green's research into World War 11 in the village.  With luck
                         Nadine Kilvington will be cooking the austerity food - just a tasting,
                         not a supper!                                                                                                    We shall be trying to identify all our ARP wardens, so come prepared
                         to help.

April 7th            Schools evening.  Three ex-headmasters of our local schools have
                         been invited to join us for a Question Time session on the theme of  
                         Education in Worle, Past and not quite Present.  Hopefully we shall
                         be able to overcome their natural diffidence and name names
                         shortly.    Any of our members who have retired from teaching in the
                         locality, beware - you may be co-opted.      
                         We shall also be displaying our collection of photographs and 
                         memorabilia from school days past.  Gifts of apples for the teachers
                         will be gratefully received.

May 5th              Quiz Evening is upon us again and I am hoping someone else will
                          volunteer to be Quiz Master this year - it is exhausting!  Prizes will
                          be discussed nearer the time, but will be imaginative and
                          inexpensive.   Ideas for themes for 5 rounds of questions would be
                          very welcome.  Of course, there will be a picture round, so bring
                          your specs.

June 2nd             This evening we welcome Sharon Poole as our guest speaker.  You
                          will all be aware of the books of photographs that Sharon has
                          published on Weston and its environs.  Tonight, Sharon
                          has agreed to speak about the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead
                          Light Railway.                           

July 7th              Calendar night is here.  Please bring your wonderful photos for
                          consideration.  We are desperate to keep up the standard set last
                          year for 2011.  Ideas for design always helpful.

August 4th          Annual Evening Walk.  6.30 p.m. from St. Martin's unless we change
                         this later.  I'm working on ideas for an expert leader.

Speakers and activities will be added as they are confirmed.