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Programme 2024
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| Thu 26th September 2024 An evening remembering The Avon Rubber Company in Melksham (note 4th Thursday) |
| Thu 17th October 2024 Atworth – The Romans to the 3rd Millennium Presented by Gervase O’Donohoe |
| Thu 21st November 2024 AGM & Social Evening
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Recent Events
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| Thu 18th July 2024 Proposed Coach to Tiverton with Horse Drawn Barge Trip Limited to 50, so Members have priority. Please book your tickets from February more details... |
| Tue 11th June 2024 Town Walk led by Paul Carter Meet at Rachel Fowler Centre at 7pm more details... |
| Thu 16th May 2024 Further display of our local Artefacts & Social Evening (7pm – 9pm) more details... |
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The Somerset Coal Canal – Past & Present - Thu 16th April 2015 An illustrated presentation by Derrick Hunt
The Somersetshire Coal Canal was built to carry coal from the Paulton and Radstock coal fields to the Kennet and Avon Canal. Although the coal was relatively plentiful and there were markets for it across the South of England, sales had been small and prices high because the roads of the area were exceptionally poor. The SCC was built to connect the mines with the major towns and was a very profitable venture. It comprised two branches, one from Paulton and one from Radstock, which converged at Midford and then connected to the K&A at Dundas.
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