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Newport
History Society
We welcome anyone
who is interested in the history of our town or neighbouring districts and
any particular area of historic interest.
We meet at the
Baptist Church, Water Lane, Newport on the 3rd Monday of each month at
7.30pm
We have Annual
Subscription Fees of £6.00 per individual, £3.00 for Students & Postal
Members and £14.00 for Family Membership (2 Adults & 2 Children).
All members receive regular newsletters. We make a small charge of
£1.00 per meeting (£2.00 for visitors) which includes tea or coffee and
biscuits plus a free raffle ticket.
We just like to
listen to the talks and go along on our visits. You may be
interested in doing your own piece of research about the people, buildings
and trades of Newport. Whatever it is, we will welcome you to our
society.
If you would like
more information please contact:
Tavia MacLean on
01952 404755
Bryan Lloyd on
01952 820256
Gill Watkins on
01952 810419
Speakers for 2008/2009
| Saturday 14th June 2008 |
Displays at Newport Carnival |
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| 16th June 2008 |
Tour of Little Wenlock |
Neil Clarke's (Excellent local
knowledge) |
| Saturday 26th July 2008 |
Day Trip to Whitchurch Heritage
Centre & Museum |
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| 8th September 2008 |
Planning Meeting |
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| Saturday 13th September 2008 |
Heritage Day at Newport Guildhall |
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| 15th September 2008 |
Dating The Hedgerow & Reading The
Landscape |
David Plannet |
| 20th October 2008 |
Recent Finds in The Area |
Peter Reavill (Finds Liaison
Officer, Ludlow Museum) |
| 17th November 2008 |
Wrekin Hill |
Alan Frost |
| 20th December 2008 |
Food & Entertainment |
Members of the Newport History
Society |
| 19th January 2009 |
Newport Postal History |
David Tarry of NHS |
| 16th February 2009 |
Postcards From Newport |
Don Langford of NHS |
| 16th March 2009 |
Annual General Meeting & Detail
on History Society Research |
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| 20th April 2009 |
Roman People in Shropshire |
Shelagh Lewis |
| 18th May 2009 |
Newport Manor |
Vernacular Architecture Group,
NHS |
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Contact: Tavia MacLean on 01952
404755 or Gill Watkins on 01952 810419
All meetings held on Monday
evenings, at the Baptist Church, Water Lane, Newport at 7:30pm. |
NEWPORT HISTORY SOCIETY'S SNAP PROJECT
The SNAP project aims to digitise and preserve our History Society's photographs and those of local people.
In 2005 Newport History Society re-organised their Archives and a great deal of thought was given to deciding what to do with our slides and photos. They were inaccessible to members of the public and we wished the public to have access to them.
As a result of a Local Heritage Initiative lottery grant in 2005, we embarked on a three year project to scan in all our photographs and slides, scan in other local people's photos, and add them all to a web site called 'Discover Shropshire's History'. You can look at our photo albums by using this link: newportsnapproject.org.uk
If you wish us to scan in any of your photos - they could be very old or quite recent, but they should depict the life of the town or villages nearby and local people - please contact the SNAP team on: snap.project@hotmail.co.uk
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