| Wednesday 17th October | Derek Bissel | SAMUEL JOHNSON AND HIS DICTIONARY | Celebrating its 250th anniversary. The most important, interesting and exciting contribution to English Language. Find out how it is still relevant today. (Not for the prudish.) |
| Wednesday 21st November | Anne Rainsbury | THE PIERCEFIELD PEOPLE - A Bitter Sweet Legacy | Learn more of The Caribbean Connections. An amazing story from slavery to society. (Anne is Curator at Chepstow Museum.) |
| Wednesday 19th December | Elizabeth Baker | THE ROMANS ---- AND THEIR FOOD | They brought us roads and used the network to introduce produce from Italy. Find out more about the original "Pizza Hut" and how our cuisine improved thanks to the Romans. Refreshment tasting session to follow the talk. |
| Wednesday 16th January | David Rimmer | THE CORONERS INQUEST | A mystery to many - here is your chance to learn more about the system. (David is the County Archivist.) |
| Wednesday 20th February | Brian Davies | WILLIAM EDWARDS ---- BRIDGE BUILDER | (In this world and the next) Learn about the Bridge Building Minister, his tenacity, passion and possible connection to Usk. (Brian is Curator, Pontypridd Museum.) |
| Wednesday 19th March | Marion Davies and Graham Ward | MARCHER STUARTS ---- AND THEIR APPAREL | This is your chance to meet a 17th Century Musketeer, and his lady, to learn more about him, and her lot. |
| Wednesday 18th October | Stuart Wilson | The Lost City of Trellech | Stuart is the leader of the major new excavations being done in a field near Trellech village centre. |
| Wednesday 15th November | Mark Lewis | How we know what we know about Roman Caerleon | Mark is from the National Roman Legion Museum at Caerleon. |
| Tuesday 19th December | Frank Olding | The archaeology of the Black Mountains | Frank is the presenter of the BBC Wales TV programme 'Reading the Ruins', which has recently been re-shown. |
| Wednesday 17th January | Peter Strong | Workers, Warriors & Waywards; women in WWII | Peter is Head of History at Caldicot Comprehensive and will be talking about the role of women in WWII. |
| Wednesday 21st February | Ian McFarlane | The Prehistory of Two Local Hills | Ian is a founder of the Shirenewton Local History Group and will be talking about Gray Hill and Llanishen Hill Fort. |
| Wednesday 21st March | Major Keith Down | History of the Royal MonmouthshireRoyal Engineers (Militia) | The base of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers is at the castle in Monmouth. |
| Saturday 12th May | Guide - Mark Lewis | Walking Tour of Roman Caerwent | Afternoon visit. Meet at 2 p.m. |
| Wednesday 19th October | Keith James | Life of a common soldier in the Civil War |
| Wednesday 16th November | Bob Trett | History of Caerleon (and AGM) |
| Thursday 15th December | John Grove | The Mortimer Dynasty - Marcher Lords with connections to Usk |
| Wednesday 18th January | Peter Strong | The Muddle Puddle: Water supply to Newport in the 19th century |
| Wednesday 15th February | David Rimmer | Archives and the Family Historian from the earliest times to 1837 |
| Wednesday 5th March | Daphne Pearson | William Walters of Skenfrith: some Aspects of 16th century Law |
| May (date to be arranged) | Guide - Sir Richard Hanbury-Tennison | Tour of Clytha House and grounds |
| October 20 | Anne Rainsbury | ‘How the River Wye shaped the growth of Chepstow: Part Two (using material from the Chepstow Museum collection)’ |
| November 17 | Philip Hughes | ‘The History of the MonmouthshireBrecon & Abergavenny Canals’ |
| December 15 | Simon Haslett | ‘Olway Valley: Ice Age and Beyond’ |
| January 19 | Liz Pitman | ‘Gilded Angels: the Brute Stone Masons of Llanbedr’ |
| February 16 | Geoff Mein | ‘We know what the Normans did for us but where were the locals when they did it? - an insight into lost mediaeval villages’ |
| March 16 | Annette Burton | ‘Clergy of the Church of England in 18thC Monmouthshire: Saints or Sinners?’ |
| April (date to be decided: a weekday afternoon) | Spitalfields Trust | Guided visit to Allt-y-Bela |
| Thursday
16th October |
Dr Derek Bissel: 'Old Roads - History, Landscape and Furniture' |
| Wednesday
19th November |
Francesca Kay: ‘Medieval Pleasure Gardens, Folklore and Magic' |
| Wednesday
17th December |
Steve Ryan: ‘History of the Severn Ferry’ |
| Wednesday
21st January |
Richard Keen: ‘Dr Johnson got it wrong: the Landscape and Culture of Wales’ |
| Wednesday
18th February |
Lisa Drewett: ‘Children of the Parish: the logbook and admissions register of Llangwm School’ |
| Wednesday
17th March |
Anne Rainsbury: ‘How the River Wye shaped the growth of Chepstow - using material from the Chepstow Museum collection’ |
| Wednesday
12th May |
Llangwm Local History Group - Resource Centre Open Evening. Displays and short talks. |
| 16th October | Peter Strong: '2000 Years of Christianity in Caerwent' |
| 20th November | Madeleine Gray: ‘St Jerome's Church and the significance of its rood screen’ (cancelled due to illness, this talk is to be rescheduled) |
| 18th December | Martin Culliford: ‘Trade in Southern Monmouthshire in the 17th and 18th centuries’ |
| 15th January | Frank Olding: ‘Castles, hillforts and other monuments’ |
| 19th February | Bob Trett: Newport’s medieval ship’ |
| 19th March | Madeleine Gray: ‘St Jerome's Church and the significance of its rood screen’ |
| 29th April | Reminiscences: 'Local people recalling the past’ |
| 3rd October | Keith Backhouse (the Manager at Coleg
Gwent, Usk) :
Understanding our Landscape |
| 21st November | Annual General Meeting
Annette Burton and colleagues: Future Historical Directions |
| 12th December | Ray Billington: Is History True? |
| 16th January | Anne Wareham: The Veddw Settlement |
| 20th February | Paul Ronald and colleagues: Recent historical discoveries in Llangwm |
| 20th March | Recalling the past: an evening of reminiscences |
| 16th April | Colin Titcombe: The Natural History of Sacred Places |
| 18th October | Bill Lloyd
Local history; books and documents |
| 15th November | Geoff Mein
A new light on some of the more interesting buildings of Usk |
| 20th December | Keith Underwood
Tintern Abbey (presented in period costume) |
| 17th January | David Rimmer
The Martyrdom of David Lewis |
| 21st February | Geoff Mathews
Local Steam |
| 21st March | Andrew Helme
Guided visit to Monmouth Museum |
| 26th October | Dr. Roy Williams
Gwent Rural Life Museum |
| 23rd November | Helen Marshall / Belinda Easton
Off the Map - Historic Maps |
| 15th December | John Evans
Blaenavon and the Ironworks |
| 25th January | Steve Clarke
Monmouth - An Adventure in Archaeology |
| 22nd February | Keith Underwood
Chepstow and the Civil War (in period costume) |
| 28th March | Julie McGowan
The Sessions House, Usk (meeting held at the Sessions House) |
| 15th September | Colin Titcombe
Local history 'Around and About in Gwent' |
| 27th October | Dr. Ray Howell
The local history research carried out by the Lower Wye Valley History Society |
| 24th November | David Rimmer (County Archivist)
The Work of the Gwent Record Office and Records of Llangwm |
| 15th December | Rev. Glyn Aston
Christmas Traditions |
| 26th January | Geoff Mein
Archaeology from the Air |
| 23rd February | Mrs. Annette Burton
Writing a Village History |
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