TALKS GIVEN TO THE KENFIG SOCIETY 1989 — 2020 (A companion list shows the Trips and Outings of the Kenfig Society). Compiled by Conall Boyle Jan 2017-present
————————————————-000000—————FIRST YEAR 1989 – 1990 ————————————- Sep 1989 The History of the Dyffryn, Llynfi & Porthcawl Railway Brynmor James Nov 1989 History in the Sands Gerrard Lahive Jan 1990 Kenfig; National Nature Reserve at Last Presentation Steve Moon, Warden, KNNR Feb 1990 Glamorgan Shipwrecks John David Mar 1990 The Evolution of Kenfig Keith Morgan Editor of the Society Apr 1990 Exhibition of Kenfig Charters, Relics, etc. Apr 1990 AGM followed by Kenfig Titbits A.Leslie Evans President of the Society Items of Interest found during Research into the History of Kenfig Mrs.Yvonne Carr ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWO ————— 1990 — 1991 —————————- Sep. 1990 Origins of Local Place Names Mr .Neville Granville Oct. 1990 The Talbots of Margam John Adams . Nov. 1990 Looking up at History Brynmor James (d. Oct 1990) Cosmeston Medieval Village Project C.Hill, Cosmeston Medieval Village Project Jan 1991. The Galapagos Islands John Blundell Feb. 1991 Public Gardens Patricia Moore, Glamorgan Archives Mar 1991 Kenfig and the Legacy of the Vikings Keith Morgan Apr 1991 AGM followed by THE FOUNDATION OF KENFIG Barrie Griffiths ————————————————-000000———YEAR THREE ————— 1991 — 1992 —————————- May 1991 Medieval Women and the Law Nicholas Cole July 1991 Walk to Kenfig Castle. Conducted by Peter Jones, Kenfig National Nature Reserve Sep 1991 The Sands of Kenfig Peter Jones, Kenfig NNR Oct 1991 Nottage and Other Places Haydn David, Cefn Cribwr Nov 1991 The Cefn Museum and the Bedfords ohn Mason, Y Cefn Gwyrdd Jan 1992 On a Visit to China and Tibet John Blundell, Nottage Court Feb 1992 Stories of the Glamorgan Shipwrecks Yvonne Carr Mar 1992 Topic of Interest Neville Granville, Cefn Cribwr Apr 1992 AGM followed by Kenfig; an Industrial Enclave Keith Morgan
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MAY 1992 Jen Wilson Back of the Front Line - Womens1 War Work11 JUN1992 Interest Film Search for the Battleship Bismark JUL 1992 Steve Moon Ringing Birds not Bells at Kenfig SEP 1992 Ray Cotterell Hostile Sky OCT 1992 Interest Film Twilight of the Dream Time NOV1992 Barrie Griffiths A Spy for Wellington. DEC1992 Dr J.H.Thomas Ty Maen House JAN 1993 Interest Film - Kenfig Tales FEB 1993 Mrs Griffiths Family History MAR 1993 Gerald Lahive Finding History ————————————————-000000———YEAR FIVE ————— 1993 — 1994 —————————- JAN 1994 The Via Julia Maritima, Glamorgan's Roman Road KEITH MORGAN ————————————————-000000———YEAR SIX ————— 1994 — 1995 —————————- Jan 1995 Wildlife Photography Howard Nicholls ————————————————-000000———YEAR SEVEN ————— 1995 — 1996 —————————- JUN-1995 Wales and the Sea Dr.David Jenkins NWM JUL-1995 The Titanic Mr,John Collier AUG-1995 To be announced —-— Tony Stradling SEP-1995 Wandering Continents Mr,Haydn David 0CT-1995 History from Little Things Allen Jennings NOV-1995 The National Trust for Ever and Everyone NationalTrust DEC-1995 The Southern Andes - a look at Birds, Botany and Glaciers JOHN BLUNDELL JAN~~1996 The Kenfig I Love Ted Davies , CBE JP FEB-1996 The Archaeology and History of Jersey Keith Morgan MAR-1996 A Decade in the 19th. Century Gazette Dennis Jones ————————————————-000000———YEAR EIGHT ————— 1996 — 1997 —————————- MAY-1996 Tutunkhamun John Collier JUN-1996 Llyfnwy's History of Kenfig John Lyons JUL-1996 The Porthcawl Coastline: It's Natural History & Conservation Dr.Peter Jones KNNR AUG-1996 The History of Porthcawl Gwyn Petty SEP-1996 Kenfig and the Sands BARRIE GRIFFITHS 0CT-1996 The Industrial History of the Swansea Valley Paul Jenkins N0V-1996 The Parc Slip Explosion Neville Granville JAN-1997 Ewenny Priory Haydn David FEB-1997 The Bayeux Tapestry: History Book Extraordinaire Keith E Morgan MAR-1997 The National Trust in Wales ————————————————-000000———YEAR NINE ————— 1997 — 1998 —————————- May-1997 Archaeology of Norman Castles in Britain Dr. Charles Hill Jun-1997 Costume at St. Fagans Ms. Christine Stevens Jul-1997 The Samtampa John David Aug-1997 Dinosaurs Tom Sharpe Sep-1997 Antartic Journey John Blundell Oct-1997 The Neath Canal Peter Ricketts Nov-1997 The Pyramids John Collier Jan-1998 Digging-up Kenfig Members of the Dig Feb-1998 Caribbean Calypso Keith Morgan ————————————————-000000———YEAR TEN ————— 1998 — 1999 —————————- May 1998 The South Wales Copper Industry Paul Jenkins ————————————————-000000———YEAR ELEVEN ————— 1999 — 2000 —————————- June 1999 Sources of Local History Margaret Griffiths July 1999 S. S. Great Britain R. W. Sellick August 1999 Archaeological Conservation Phil Parkes Sep 1999 Some Atlantic Islands John Blundell Oct 1999 The 2nd. Legion at Caerleon Byron Doel Nov 1999 Samuel Jones - 1697 Dr. Lyn Jones Jan 2000 Family and Community Neville Granville Feb 2000 How Our Grandparents Lived: Every Picture Tells a Story Keith E. Morgan Mar 2000 Medieval Coinage Ed Besley ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWELVE ————— 2000 — 2001 —————————- June 2000 The Settlement of the Vale Viv Kelly, July 2000 Archaeological Conservation. Phil Parkes Archaeology Dept. of Cardiff University Aug 2000 Men, Mud & Memorials Andrew Voilens, Sep 2000 Historical Ecology Nigel Lewis, Glamorgan Wildlife Trust Sep 2000 SKER HOUSE Mrs Gaynor Morgan Oct 2000 Margam Estate; its power, wealth and people, Steven George, who works at Margam Park Nov 2000 Fields and Hedges Dr Terry Robbins FEB 2001 Trostre and its Tinplate Museum Keith E Morgan Mar 2001 The Castles of The Lords of Afan (or Avene) Keith E. Morgan ————————————————-000000———YEAR THIRTEEN ————— 2001 — 2002 ————————--- Mar 2001 The Bayeux Tapestry revisited Dennis Jones May 2001 Roman Settlement in the Vale Edith Evans Jun 2001 Waverley Steamers Donald Anderson Sep 2001 Iron working in the Heads of Valleys Mike Anthony Oct 2001 Kenfig Pottery David Shillaker Nov 2001 Islands of the Bristol Channel Jan 2002 West Glam Archive Service Susan Beckley Feb 2002 The Legacy of the Crystal Palace 1851 - 2001 Keith Morgan Mar 2002 Kenfig Hill and WWI Andrew Vollens
May 2002 Topic of interest Dr. Charles Hill, Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust Sep. 2002 Welsh Emigration to the USA Dr. Bill Jones Oct 2002 Postal History Neil Prior Nov 2002 The Cymmer Disaster Richard Watson Jan 2003 Glamorgan a Millennium Ago Brian Davies Feb 2003 Amazon Adventure Malvina & Keith Morgan Mar 2003 The Old Post Road Neil Prior ————————————————-000000———YEAR FIFTEEN ————— 2003 — 2004 —————————- July 2003 The Railways of Pyle Dick Hunt Sep 2003 William Thomas; Tydraw & Penybryn chapel Eirian Edwards ————————————————-000000———YEAR SIXTEEN ————— 2004 — 2005 —————————- Jul 2004 Tramping the World Jack Mitchell ————————————————-000000———YEAR SEVENTEEN ————— 2005 — 2006 —————————- May 2005 Welsh Drovers Peter Davies July 2005 History of Sker House & its Surroundings John Blundell August 2005 The Formation of Welsh Surnames Barry Davies Sep 2005 Castles of Gower Charles Hill Oct 2005 The Panama Canal and Beyond Keith E. Morgan Jan 2006 The Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl Keith E. Morgan Feb 2006 The Klondike Gold Rush Neil Prior ————————————————-000000———YEAR EIGHTEEN ————— 2006 — 2007 —————————- May 2006 A History Of Newton Dil Taylor July 2006 The Beautiful Bridge Brian Davies Sept 2006 16th Century Wreck on Margam Beach Dr Mark Redknap Oct. 2006 The Mansel -Talbots of Margam and Penrice John Adams Jan 2007 Porthcawl Pavilion Keith Morgan Feb 2007 The Glamorgan Portway Barrie Griffiths Mar 2007 The Royal Ordinance Factory, Bridgend Joe Ludlow ————————————————-000000———YEAR NINETEEN ————— 2007 — 2008 —————————- May 2007 Where there’s a will Lilian Charles Jul 2007 Land of my fathers Brian Davies Sep 2007 Lotteries in Welsh History Conall Boyle Nov 2007 Global Warming; Fact or fiction? Bruce Hawkins Jan 2008 Kenfig before the Normans Barrie Griffiths Feb 2008 The Acton Tin Huts Keith Morgan ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWENTY ————— 2008 — 2009 —————————- May 2008 History of the Aberdulais Falls Roger Sellick Jul 2008 Christopher Williams Maesteg Painter Gwyn Petty Sep 2008 Ralph Hancock; Wales’s Garden Genius Bob Priddle Nov 2008 Water, water everywhere Bruce Hawkins Jan 2009 The Normans in Kenfig Barrie Griffiths Feb 2009 The secret of the sands Keith Morgan Mar 2009 Ted Davies Memorial Lecture: The Welsh Nation Huw Thomas If they were not inseparable they would be insupererable ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWENTY-ONE ————— 2009 — 2010 —————————- May2009 Dic Penderyn Sally RobertsJones Jun 2009 Historic Churches of Glamorgan Dr. Edith Evans Sep 2009 Iolo Morgannwg Brian Davies Oct 2009 The Romans In South Wales Andrew Marvell Nov 2009 Welsh Domestic Architecture Walter Jones Jan 2010 The Porthcawl Lifeboat Phil Misson Feb 2010 The buried city of Kenfig;its origins and decline Keith Morgan Mar 2010 The Cynffig Chronicles; A walk through old Kenfig Ken Maund ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWENTY-TWO ————— 2010 — 2011 ————————-- May 2010 After Mabinogion What next for Lady Charlotte Guest? Ann Rogers June 2010 Admiral Lord Nelson Gwyn Petty Sep 2010 Where’s This ? Who’s That? Society Photo Archive Dr. Terry Robbins Oct 2010 Life and Work of Paul Robeson Howard Mortimore Nov 2010 History of Capel Y Pil Eirian Edwards Jan 2011 The Brogdens In Porthcawl Terry Robbins Feb 2011 The Life & Times of the Kenfig Society Keith E Morgan Mar 2011 Industrial South Wales In Art Brian Davies ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWENTY-THREE ————— 2011 — 2012 ———————-- June 2011 Ruperra Castle Pat Jones-Jenkins July 2011 Swansea’s Industrial Past Dr Edith Evans GGAT Sep 2011 Ben’s Kingdom John Mason Oct 2011 Wicked Women Bruce Hawkins Nov 2011 The Swansea and Mumbles Railway Dick Hunt Jan 2012 Restoration of St Teilo’s Church Sara Hughes, St Fagans Feb 2012 The Angel Story - an exercise in family history Keith Morgan Mar 2012 History Through Everyday Artefacts Walter Jones ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWENTY-FOUR ————— 2012 — 2013 ———————-- MAY 2012 BRIAN DAVIES Cardiff’s Lost Castle JUN 2012 DAVID MADDOX The Tonypandy Riots SEP 2012 SARAH HUGHES St Teilo’s Church OCT 2012 CONALL BOYLE The Round Chapel at Groes An Architectural Mystery NOV 2012 CHRIS JONES-JENKINS Reconstructing The Past JAN 2013 DEAN POWELL Dr Richard Price - Eccentric FEB 2013 KEITH MORGAN More History of the Angells MAR 2013 NEVILLE GRANVILLE Some Glamorgan Funerary Customs ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWENTY-FIVE———— 2013 — 2014 ———————-- Sep 2013 Education in Wales in 18th Century Walter T Jones Oct 2013 Brunel in Wales Part 1 Steven T Jones Nov 2013 Hidden History of Nursery Rhymes Lilian Charles Jan 2014 The Churches of Ewenny Ven Phillip Morris Feb 2014 The Welsh Tinplate Industry Keith Morgan Mar 2014 St Johns House, Bridgend Ken Hinton ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWENTY-SIX ————— 2014 — 2015 ———————-- May 2014 The Great German P.O.W. Escape, Island Farm. Mike Clubb June 2014 Laleston Stones Trail Project. Dr. Madeleine Gray July 2014 Brunel in South Wales (Part 2) Stephen K Jones. Sep 2014 Russian Pioneer of Early Colour Photography. Brian Davies Oct 2014 Mawdlam Excavations. Kenfig Archaeological Trust Nov 2014 Newton and William Weston Young. Dilwyn Taylor Jan 2015 The 1607 Tsunami at Sker Point. Conall Boyle Feb 2015 Ice Age to the Present Day: 10,000 years of Kenfig Keith Morgan Mar 2015 The Windmills of Glamorgan. Stephen Rowson ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWENTY-SEVEN ————— 2015 — 2016 ———————-- May 2015 Heini Gruffudd A Haven from Hitler. Jun 2015 Huw Williams Dic Penderyn. JUL 2015 Ian Hutchinson Arfordir - Coastal Heritage Project. Sep 2015 Robin Williams The History of Pontypool Japanware. Oct 2015 Brian Davies The Welsh Paintings of Julius Caesar Ibbetson. Nov2015 Stephen Rowson Imaging the Crumlin Viaduct. Jan 2016 Stephen K Jones Web of Iron Feb 2016 Brian Batters A Miscellany of Historical Aerial Photos of the Porthcawl Area. Mar 2016 Keith Morgan A talk about his recent trip to Israel ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWENTY-EIGHT ————— 2016 — 2017 ———————-- May 2016 Louise Strack Swansea Bay Lagoon. June 2016 Gareth Jones Owain Glyn Dwr. July 2016 Will Davies Newport Castle. August 2016. Visit. House of the Future Stormy Down Sep 2016 Simon Moffett The Oil and Gas Industries in Wales. Oct 2016 Brian Davies The History of a Steam Launch. Nov 2016 Steve Rowson A Victorian High Summer on the Bristol Channel. Jan 2017 Chris Jones-Jenkins Illustrating The Laleston Stone Trail. Feb 2017 Keith Morgan The Romans in South East Wales. Mar 2017 Jeff Childs The Parish Churches of the Lordship of Gower. ————————————————-000000———YEAR TWENTY-NINE ————— 2017 — 2018 ———————-- May 9th Dr. Elin Jones - History and Family Memories of a Maesteg Soldier Jun 13th David Mills - The Trial of John Frost July 11th Conall Boyle - The Kenfig Carbide Factory 1940-1965 Aug 8th Visit - Sker House Sept 12th Bill Zajac - Neath Abbey in the World of Western Monasticism Oct 10th Dave Hale - The Black Death Nov 14th Brian Davies - Winding Engines of the S.Wales Coalfield/The Hetty Jan 9th Richard Gammon - Patagonia 1865-1915 Feb 13th Keith Morgan - The Romans in South West Wales Mar 13th Jeff Childs - Gentry Families of Llangyfelach Parish and their Estates April 10th Annual General Meeting ————————————————-000000———YEAR THIRTY ————— 2018--2019 ———————-- May 2018 Peter Richards The Neath Abbey Iron Company & the Work of the Friends June 2018 Rhys Lougher. Ty Tanglwyst Farm July 2018. Huw Willams. The First World War in South Wales Sept 2018 Keith Edger Capel Mair Excavations Oct 2018 Brian Davies The View from the Rocking Stone Nov 2018 Bill Zajac The Story of Willam Marshal - From Landless Knight to Regent of the Realm Feb 2019 Steve Rowson The Story of the Glamorganshire Canal Mar 2019 Non Thomas From Welsh Mam to Modern Woman Apr 2019 AGM ————————————————-000000———YEAR THIRTY ————— 2019--2020 ———————--——-- May 14th Barry Evans – Adelina Patti Jun 11th Allan Cook – Tea, Tsieina and Treasure (A History of Porcelain) July 9th Peter Jones – Tondu History (Walk as a Talk) Aug 13th Visit - TBA Sept 10th Brian Davies – Evan Thomas and His Lamps (with a nod to Vincent van Gogh) Oct 8th Tony Moon - The Rhondda Tunnel Nov 12th Gerald Gabb – Aspects of Swansea and its History Feb 11th Richard Gammon – The Tonypandy Riots Mar 10th Chris Jones-Jenkins – Aberthaw Pebble Limeworks April 14th Annual General Meeting
