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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
 
————————————————-000000———YEAR FOUR ————— 1992 — 1993 —————————-
 
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
 
————————————————-000000———YEAR FOURTEEN ————— 2002 — 2003 —————————-
 

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
 
 

 

 

 


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