A small number of us gathered to enjoy a quiz or two, some excellent food and exchange Christmas news. No more meetings until January - see the Forthcoming Meetings page for details.
News/Reviews
A good number of us shared our memories of Christmas past. We heard about a red pedal car, too much chocolate, historic photographs marking the end of an era and the smell of a fire freshly lit. A good morning!
Our annual post-Christmas meal is planned for the Oaks golf course just outside Bubwith. If you haven't already chosen your courses off the menu, please contact the Secretary soon.
This morning's gathering enjoyed some conversation, shared family history news and organised their pieces of paper!
Dr. Grace Chapman visited us to explain about the project to collect oral history from local residents, about special events, market days, shops from bygone times, etc. I'm sure our members could share many stories!
A small number of members met to discuss progress on family trees and check on our ability to host a Zoom meeting by a remote speaker. It worked!
This meeting produced some interesting objects and stories to accompany them - we had barometers with a plaque, a poison bottle, cushions made by native Americans in Victorian times, a spokeshave and paintings.
This talk was very interesting to those who attended. Tony took us through a range of special items and explained their significance. The audience were enthralled!
The usual research meeting took place, providing some solutions and more questions for next time!
Janet Patrick explained the history of the church and some of the unusual features it contains. She also told us about the dig taking place across the road at the site of a moated manor house. A truly fascinating morning. Mark was unavoidably detained but did arrive before the end of the talk.
The Annual General Meeting was quite well attended and reports from the Chairman and Treasurer were delivered. A fuller account of the AGM will be emailed out to members in due course.
This morning was a quiet start, possibly due to the poor weather, but the committee met and discussed the way forward in preparation for our AGM next week. A useful morning. We also suggested that, as the AGM may be short, perhaps members could bring an object or a memory that prompted them to begin their journey into family history research.
