Village Society

Frampton Village Society

Frampton Village Society is open to anyone who agrees with its aims:

To protect, maintain and improve the Village environment for the good of the community at large and in co-operation with other organisations
To offer members a range of suitable events and activities which are consistent and complementary to this.

Meetings are normally held on the fourth Friday of the month at Frampton Village Hall starting at 7.30 pm.

For any further information, please contact:

Officers

Chairman	Kelvin Broad	01452 740775 kelvinsbroad@btinternet.com
Vice Chairman	Keith Roberts	01452 740498 keith_roberts_uk@yahoo.co.uk
Treasurer	Paul Bradly	01452 742184 paulbradly@hotmail.com
Secretary	Keith Roberts	01452 740498 keith_roberts_uk@yahoo.com

FRAMPTON VILLAGE SOCIETY – PROGRAMME 2019

Normally on the fourth Friday of the month at Frampton Village Hall starting at 7.30 pm

25th January

Rose Hewlett

1607 The Great Severn Estuary Flood

-a look at the likely causes and effectof the most devastating flood ever recorded on the Severn Estuary

22nd February

Jean & David Speed

Time of Change

Frampton on Severn in the Victorian Period

22nd March

Tony Condor

The Lock Keeper, the Distributionist and the Night Walker

F W Harvey and Ivor Gurney`s friendship around the First World War and Framilodes part in it.

26th April

Bill Church & Dan Everett

The Severn Stories and Songs by the Two Severn Bores

- A journet along the Severn with Stories from Bill Church and Songs from Dan Everett

17th May

Ian Mackintosh

Men Behaving Badly

Highlighting social and individual discontent in the Stroud Valley and beyond

28th June

Barry Simon

The History of Aviation in Gloucestershire

An industry of significance importance to the UKs aerospace heritage

Mid August

Visitl

To be Confirmed

27th September

Peter Berry

Around the World in 80 Images

- A circumnavigation of the Globe highlighting unusual locations or different viewpoints of well known tourist attractions

25th October

AGM

AGM and Bill Wood Memorial Presentation

23rd November

Gareth Williams

A Monstrous Commotion

- The mysteries of Loch Ness

7th December

At 7.00 pm

Christmas Dinner

Village Society Christmas Dinner -

another festive evening with, hopefully all the usual joviality

A.G.M. 2018

The Village Society Annual General Meeting was held on the 26^th October. The Meeting, which was well attended, took a brief look back at the activities and successes of the past year as well as looking forward to the coming year’s Programme, which was formally published on the evening.

Records from the Treasurer highlighted a healthy and thriving Society with a steady membership of around 97.

All of the 2018 Committee members were returned for another year with an open invitation from the Chairman for others to join at any time. The Chairman expressed his appreciation to all of the Committee members who had, over the past year, made significant and active contributions to the running of the Society and its events. A special appreciation was also expressed for all the ‘behind the scenes’ people who have quietly made things happen.

The Bill Wood Memorial Shield Presentation (which followed the V.S. A.G.M.)

The Bill Wood Memorial shield is awarded to ‘an individual or couple who have made a significant contribution to the Community’. This year the event was hosted by the Village Society with the judging panel being Chaired by the Congregational Church. The shield was presented by Shirley Hunter on behalf of the panel, to Maureen Griffiths. The award was made in recognition of all the work that Maureen has put into the village over very many years; she is well known for her input to village life but particularly for her creation and driving of the Sunnyside Daycentre activities.

Maureen was presented on the evening with a personal commemorative Certificate and the Bill Wood shield which will remain on permanent display in the Village Hall.

Scarecrow Display 2018