Westbury Branch Zoom meetings
Please join us between 7.15 and 7.25pm on the 24th. (you may not be admitted if you try to be admitted before then).
Please contact the branch Chairman, Lynne Vercoe on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (by Tuesday 20th July) if you wish to attend the Zoom meeting.
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Recent meetings
On Thursday 24th June at 7:30 Helen Bagott, a freelance editor and writer shared her love of social history. Using genealogy resources she has researched hundreds of postcards sent during the early years of the 20th century. She has published her first collection of some of the true stories in "Posted in the Past". Drawing on the research from her collection of more than 300 postcards, she shared some of the stories in an illustrated talk.
On Thursday 27th May at 7:30, Mr David R Cuffley, from Kent talked about "Brickmaking". The talk was originally presented to try to give family historians an idea of the work their brickmaker ancestors were doing and their working conditions. It’s has been extended to give local historians an idea of the work on the brick-field with some sources for further information. It covered the period from 1700s to WW1 with an emphasis on the 19th century, and how the workforce acts as teams, their wages and social conditions.
Meetings: Methodist Church, Station Road, Westbury BA13 3HA, (Click for map) fourth Thursday each month 7.15pm
Contact - Mrs Lynne Vercoe 01373 823590
