Meetings

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Meetings of the Bitterne Local History Society are held on the second Saturday of each month (September to July) at 7.00pm in the Bitterne United Reformed Church Hall (entrance in the Precinct, next to Bitterne Churchyard).

Reports are made on the activities of the various Committees, local news etc. and usually followed by talks, frequently illustrated via slide shows or video, on local history topics. These cover such diverse subjects as, for example, the history of:

Southampton Parks; Railways; Trams; Cinemas; Methodist Society, Roman Clausentum, Medieval Bitterne Manor, as well as archive photographs of Old Southampton, Bitterne etc.

Meetings to be held during 2010, all on 2^nd Saturday at 7.00pm, are as follows:

January 9^th	Neville Shute	Madeline Selby
February 13^th	A Welsh Childhood	Ruth Warren
March 13^th	Guest Night	Ian Abrahams
April 10^th	The Story of the Schneider Air Races	Colin Van Geffen
May 8^th	Images of Mainland and Island	Mike Perrott
June 12^th	Life in the year of a Mayor	John Martin
July 10^th	Collectors Evening	Ian Abrahams
August	No Meeting
September 11^th	Annual General Meeting (Slides from our Collection)	Ian Abrahams
October 9^th	Knowle Hospital	Susan Burt
November 13^th	The Enigma Machine	Alan Watson
December 11^th	Christmas Crackers with Mark & Mavis	Mark Ponsford and John Abraham

Visitors are welcome (£2.50 per. Meeting, with refreshment - Members 50p)

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B.L.H.S. Charity Shop - 231 Peartree Avenue,

Bitterne, Southampton

This is open 10am-4pm Monday to Friday and 10am-1pm Saturday

Phone (during opening hours only) +44 07891 935553

B.L.H.S. Heritage & Research Centre - 225 Peartree Avenue

Research facilities are available here

10am-4pm Wednesday

1pm-4pm Thursday;

1pm-4pm and 7pm-9pm Friday

10am-1pm Saturday or by special arrangement (phone 8043 3078 – answer machine)

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