North Somerset Decorative & and Fine
Arts Society
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The bar is open for drinks prior to all the meetings and also after the evening meetings ************************* Wednesday 1st April 2009 2.00 for 2.30pm Lunch available at 1.00pm - book with Charlotte Brooks KING GE Illustrated talk by Janusz Karczewski Slowikowski, freelance lecturer and researcher in English furniture history. Antique dealer ************************* Friday 24th April 2009 7.30pm Enmore
Golf Cub SPRING EVENT Supper and Quiz - see Bronwen Wright ************************* Wednesday 6th May 2009 BLAST FROM THE PAST, PART 2 - HORNS AND STRINGS Illustrated talk and performance by Jonathon Weeks - a favourite lecturer who gave us the first part of his talk on medieval musical instruments in February 2008 ************************* Wednesday 20th May 2009 9.00am returning ca 5.30pm VISIT - WELSH FOLK MUSEUM - ST FAGAN'S, SOUTH WALES Leaving 37 club at 9.00am returning ca 5.30pm - £15.00pp - See John Glauert for tickets ************************* Wednesday 3rd June 2009 6.30 for 7.00pm Bar open before and after lecture HORSES, WOMEN AND ARCHITECTURE. THE LIFE AND LOVES OF WILLIAM CAVENDISH 1ST DUKE OF NEWCASTLE 1593 - 1676 Illustrated talk by Lucy Worsley - an author and is also Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces. She lectures on the Queen Mary 2nd and has lectured at the Tate Gallery, Princeton and Oxford Universities ************************* Friday 26th June 2009 VISIT - COTHAY MANOR GARDENS - TOUR OF HOUSE Leaving 37 club see Bronwen Wright for details ************************* Wednesday 8thJuly 2009 2.30 for 3.00pm SUMMER EVENT AT HESTERCOMBE HOUSE Afternoon tea and garden visit - £14.50 pp - see Sandy Weatherhead for tickets ************************* Wednesday 3rd September 2009 6.30 for 7.00pm Bar open before and after lecture THE GREAT TWELVE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SENIOR LIVERY COMPANIES IN THE CITY OF LONDON, THEIR MEDIEVAL ORIGINS AND THEIR ROLE IN MODERN SOCIETY Illustrated talk by Fenella Billington, who came to talk to us about Francis 1 in 2004 ************************* Wednesday 7th October 2009 2.00 for 2.30pm Lunch available at 1.00pm - book with Charlotte Brooks THE GLASGOW BOYS, THE GLASGOW GIRLS: THE SCOTTISH COLOURISTS AND THE FRENCH CONNECTION Illustrated talk by Harry Fletcher, an artist and freelance lecturer. He also leads art appreciation holidays in the UK, France and Spain ************************* Wednesday 4th November 2009 2.00 for 2.30pm Lunch available at 1.00pm - book with Charlotte Brooks TRIBAL RUGS: TREASURES OF THE BLACK TENT Illustrated talk by Brian MacDonald, dealer in antique rugs and carpets. He has lived and worked with tribal groups in remote areas of Iran and Afghanistan ************************* Wednesday 2nd December 2009 2.00 for 2.30pm Lunch available at 1.00pm - book with Charlotte Brooks THE DRAMA BEHIND THE TAJ MAHAL. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE INDIAN MUGHAL EMPEROR, SHAH JAHAN Illustrated talk by Oliver Everett, librarian emeritus at the Royal Library, Windsor returns by popular demand ************************* JANUARY 2010 ANNUAL LUNCHEON AND ENTERTAINMENT date to be advised- NO LECTURE ************************* Wednesday 3rd February 2010 2.00 for 2.30pm Lunch available at 1.00pm - book with Charlotte Brooks THE LEGENDARY LEE MILLER Illustrated talk by Antony Penrose, lecturer and author.He runs the Lee MIller Archives and the Penrose Collection at Farley Farmhouse, Sussex THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE LECTURE ON WEDNESDAY 3th FEBRUARY 2009
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