Burton Bradstock Village Society Programme 2008-2009

Date	Subject	Speaker
Friday 19th September, 2008	Spanish Evening. Roger will entertain us with a programme of Flamenco guitar music. Roger has performed in national and international venues and will give a brief background to the music. Tapas and Spanish wine will be available	Roger Smith
Friday 17th October, 2008	Ancient stones of Dorset. Peter has written several well illustrated books on Dorset, most of them focusing on the mystery of standing stones, stone circles and other Stone Age monuments of Dorset	Peter Knight
Friday 14th November 2008	Butterfly World - The owner of several butterfly houses, Clive is constructing the largest Butterfly house in the world near London. This exciting project was launched last year by David Attenborough and has aroused considerable media interest.	Clive Farrell
Friday 5th December 2008	The first human-powered circumnavigation of the world. Jason set off from Askerswell 13 years ago and completed a 46000 mile journey in 2007, having narrowly escaped death several times.	Jason Lewis
Friday 16th January, 2009	The St. Lawrence Seaway. John, who knows Canada well, will talk on this 2000 mile seaway that links Lake Superior to the Montreal Docks.	John Ivall
Friday 20th February 2009	The Naming of Names: the search for order in the world of plants: The gardening correspondent of The Independant, and author of several books including her internationally acclaimed "The Tulip" will tell the fascinating story of how plants came to be important to us and is based on extensive research in libraries and herbaria overseas	Anna Pavord
Friday 13th March 2009	Dorset Country Houses. An illustrated talk by Patrick who is acknowledged as an expert on the history of art and architecture and who has an unrivalled knowledge of historic houses in Dorset.	Patrick Morrissey
Friday 17th April 2009	The Search for the wreck of HMS Wager (lost 1741) off the coast of Patagonian Chile. This is a truly fascinating show, and apparently the survival of a handful of men is amongst the most incredible stories in the records. Shirley is a retired schoolteacher who was a member of the Chilean/British expedition organised by John Blashford Snell that identified the wreck of the warship off Chile and explored glaciers at the tip of the Continent.	Shirley Critchley.
Friday May 2009	Annual General Meeting Date to be agreed
Saturday May 2009	Coffee Morning 10.15am - 12noon Date to be agreed
Saturday July 2009	Annual Flower and Produce Show Date to be agreed

ALL MEETINGS ARE HELD IN THE VILLAGE HALL

And normally start at 7.30p.m., apart from the Coffee morning and the Flower Produce Show

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