Glamorgan History Society
Society Programme
Autumn Day, Sat. 14th Nov 2009
52nd Volume of Morgannwg, the Glamorgan History Society Journal.
Each year the Society holds two events -
The AGM is held in May and the business meeting is followed by a talk given by a guest speaker. Arrangements for the venue and speaker are made in alternate years by the Secretary of Glamorgan History Society and the Secretary of the South Wales Record Society, the two
Societies sharing the venue for their AGMs and their members joining together for the talk.
The Autumn Day School is held annually on the second Saturday in November at The Orangery, Margam Park. The whole day is devoted to a particular theme with relevance to Glamorgan. Talks are given by three or four guest speakers and the day's programme includes time for discussion. Members are advised to book well in advance for this very popular annual event, the cost of which is kept as low as possible.
Recent Day Schools have focused upon the following topics:
Emigration and immigration; Historians of Glamorgan; Glamorgan’s musical tradition; Cardiff, 50 years a city.
Bookstalls enable those present at the Day School to see (and purchase) a wide range of local history publications.
The annual Autumn Day will be held on Saturday 14 November 2009 at the Orangery, Margam Abbey. The theme of the day school will be
Historic Houses of Glamorgan
Three distinguished speakers have agreed to contribute:
Members will receive further details and booking forms about 5 or 6 weeks in advance.
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Gentry Houses |
Mr Tom Lloyd |
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Industrial Housing |
Mr Stephen Hughes |
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Garden Cities |
Mr Michael Simpson |