David will be talking about Artists Impressions of the Western Mendips David is the Hon. Librarian of SANHS and has an unrivalled knowledge of the SANHS archives.

Philip Unwin from the SS Great Britain Trust will be talking about the history of Brunel's ship "The Great Eastern" Philip is ex Royal Navy and since 2008 has been part of the team of speakers from the SS Great Britain Trust. His talk covers the contruction and eventful life of that leviathan, Brunel’s third ship, her management and mismanagement, her brief career as a passenger liner and then trans-Atlantic underwater telegraph cable layer.  

In place of the November talk we will be holding a study day at Cross Memorial Hall on 16 November From 10am to 4pm and the cost will be £10 for non-members. In the morning, David Roberts will be exploring landscape archaeology through a look at the river systems of the Somerset levels and Mary Ewing will talk about what you can learn from looking at vernacular buildings.  The afternoon will be a talk and hands on pottery session from…

Ian Miles will be giving a talk about the workings of the pumping station   

talk by Mary Miles on The History of Brewing in Somerset Due to the current situation with Covid 19  this is cancelled We hope to have this talk in 2021 by zoom