South Petherton Local History Group
The group meets throughout the winter and spring with visiting speakers
offering a varied menu for those with a taste for local history. In addition
to meetings we hold a Christmas dinner and organise a coach outing in June.
We are affiliated to the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society
(SANHS).
Annual membership costs £5. Visitors are welcome, £2 on the door. Meetings
are held at the Methodist Church Hall in South Petherton on the fourth
Wednesday of the month starting at 7.30pm.
Enquiries 01460 240252
2009-10 Programme
23rd Sept 2009
Humphrey Hamlin will show “Victorian Magic Lantern Slides dating 1850-1910”
28th Oct 2009
“The History of Turnpikes” by Alan Rosevear
25th Nov 2009 –
A celebration of “Somerset Xmas” with Joan Farris, a choir and festive
fare.
27th Jan 2010
Tom Mayberry will talk about “Creating a New Museum & Archive for Somerset”
24th Feb 2010
Leon Ford will describe what he found, researching the South Petherton “Snakepit”
24th March 2010
Author of the book of this title, Roger Evans on Somerset dialect in “Don't Tell I, … Tell 'Ee”
28th April 2010
John England will talk about “The use of oak in buildings, artefacts, etc”
26th May 2010
AGM, then architectural archaeologist Jerry Sampson describes evidence for Churchyard Fives in “To the Disgrace of Religion”
June 2010 - Coach outing tba
The Local History Group has two publications which are on sale in the Post Office and N&D News: “South Petherton in the Twentieth Century - A Village Album” and “Explore South Petherton’s Past”.