|
|
| |
Gift
Shop
Sale |
SATURDAY 18TH TO 31ST OCTOBER 2008 - End of season Gift Shop Sale Starts
The end of season museum gift shop sale lasts for the final two weeks of the season. Many good bargains at both the Abbey and Gold Hill Museums. |
| |
|
WEDNESDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2008 - 'Pelagasi and Etruscan Megalithic constructions and the associated City States' By Gary Biltcliffe
Visits to isolated parts of Greece and Italy provide a wealth of amazing little known construction technologies using large stones, amongst the remains of the earliest city states in Europe. Gary Biltcliffe is an independent researcher.
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Springhead, Fontmell Magna or Fontmell Magna Village Hall.
Price: Advance booking £8. £10 on the door.
For more details please contact Edmund Marriage Tel. 01963 251772 E-Mail patrickfound@btinternet.com
Ancient History Forum - Series of Monthly Lectures contributing funds for the Shaftesbury Museum.
|
| |
|
Friday 24th October 2008 - Dinner at the Salt Cellar
We have booked this restaurant, the favourite of many of our members, for the evening.
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Salt Cellar, Top of Gold Hill
Piece: £17.50 for a two course meal (excludes drink and coffee).
Please contact Anna McDowell on tel: 01747 829010
Gold Hill Museum fundraising event. |
| |
|
Wednesday 29th October 2008 - Friends of Shaftesbury Abbey Annual Lecture
'Early Medieval Gardens' by Lady Jane Renfrew
In 1988 the herb garden at Shaftesbury Abbey, originally called ‘Aethelgifu’s Herb Collection’, was created under the direction of Lady Renfrew, Director of Studies in Archaeology and Anthropology at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
Lady Renfrew makes a return visit to talk about early medieval gardens.
This is the last in a series of events that have celebrated 20 years since the creation of the Anglo-Saxon Herb Garden at the Abbey.
Venue: Shaftesbury Arts Centre.
The Phoenix Room at the Arts Centre is available for pre-lecture drinks from 6.30pm.
Talk starts at 7.30pm
Tickets £6 (£5 FoSA/EDAS/S&DHS)
Available from Shaftesbury Abbey shop tel. 01747 852910 and the Shaftesbury Arts Centre box office.
For more details please call 01747 852910 |
| |
|
FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2008 - LAST DAY OF OPENING FOR BOTH MUSEUMS |
| |
|
TUESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2008 - ‘Thomas the Tanner of St. James’ By Jo and Jan Rutter
2.30 p.m. at United Church Hall, Bell Street, Shaftesbury
Entry: £1.50 on the door (S&DHS members free).
For more details please call 01747 852157 |
| |
|
FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2008 - Quiz and Supper
Test your knowledge on all things local and national, past and present, young and old, the arts, music, literature and sport. This is not Brain of Britain or beat the Egg Heads just a fun night out. Enter your team of up to six people.
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: Charlton Hall, Charlton.
Tickets: £10.00 Includes two course meal and coffee. Drinks available
Contact: Dick Ripper. Tel: 01747 853989
Gold Hill Museum fundraising event. |
| |
|
TUESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2008
'The sensational recently discovered Bosnian Pyramids and Advanced Megalithic Technology' by Sam Semir Osmanagich, Bosnian Archaeologist.
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Springhead, Fontmell Magna or Fontmell Magna Village Hall.
Price: Advance booking £8. £10 on the door.
For more details please contact Edmund Marriage on tel. 01963 251772 E-Mail patrickfound@btinternet.com
Ancient History Forum - Series of Monthly Lectures contributing funds for the Shaftesbury Museum.
|
| |
|
TUESDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2008 - ‘Changes in Village Life’ by David Maclean
2.30 p.m. at United Church Hall, Bell Street, Shaftesbury
Entry: £1.50 on the door (S&DHS members free).
For more details please call 01747 852157 |
| |
|
TUESDAY 6TH JANUARY 2009
‘Wellington: The Peninsular War to Waterloo – the Human side to history’ by Sir William Mahon
2.30 p.m. at United Church Hall, Bell Street, Shaftesbury
Entry: £1.50 on the door (S&DHS members free)
For more details please call 01747 852157 |
| |
|
WEDNESDAY 21ST JANUARY 2008
'Restart of Civilisation Following Global Catastrophe' by Edmund Marriage, Independent Researcher.
The Sumerian Kharsag, later known as the Garden of Eden, located in Southern Lebanon eight miles north of Mt Hermon and 25 miles west of Damascus. Images and results of the first site survey.
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Springhead, Fontmell Magna or Fontmell Magna Village Hall.
Price: Advance booking £8. £10 on the door.
For more deatils please contact Edmund Marriage on tel. 01963 251772 E-Mail patrickfound@btinternet.com
Ancient History Forum - Series of Monthly Lectures contributing funds for the Shaftesbury Museum. |
| |
|
TUESDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2009
‘The Sale of Shaftesbury 1919’ by Dr. Tapper
2.30 p.m. at United Church Hall, Bell Street, Shaftesbury
Entry: £1.50 on the door (S&DHS members free)
For more details please call: 01747 852157 |
| |
|
FRIDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2009 - Dinner and guest speaker
An evening of good food and followed by entertainment
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: Donhead St Mary Village Hall
Tickets £15.00
Please contact Dick Ripper on 01747 853989
Gold Hill Museum fundraising event. |
| |
|
WEDNESDAY 25TH FEBRUARY 2009
'Two Part Presentation on The Catastrophe c.10,000 BC' by Bernard Delair
This will be a unique world class assessment of the evidence, which will challenge unsound established views about the ice age and its demise. Bernard Delair is an internationally renowned geologist.
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Springhead, Fontmell Magna or Fontmell Magna Village Hall.
Price: Advance booking £8. £10 on the door.
For more details please contact Edmund Marriage on 01963 251772 E-Mail patrickfound@btinternet.com
Ancient History Forum - Series of Monthly Lectures contributing funds for the Shaftesbury Museum.
|
| |
|
TUESDAY 3RD MARCH 2009 - ‘Gillingham Forest’ by Bill Shreeve
2.30 p.m. at United Church Hall, Bell Street, Shaftesbury
Entry: £1.50 on the door (S&DHS members free)
For more details please call 01747 852157 |
| |
|
WEDNESDAY 25TH MARCH 2009
'Part TWO OF Presentation on The Catastrophe c.10,000 BC' by Bernard Delair
This will be a unique world class assessment of the evidence, which will challenge unsound established views about the ice age and its demise.
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Springhead, Fontmell Magna or Fontmell Magna Village Hall.
Price: Advance booking £8. £10 on the door.
For more details please contact Edmund Marriage on 01963 251772 E-Mail patrickfound@btinternet.com
Ancient History Forum - Series of Monthly Lectures contributing funds for the Shaftesbury Museum. |
| |
|
TUESDAY 31ST MARCH 2009 - ‘Avebury’ By Peter Knight
2.30 p.m. at United Church Hall, Bell Street, Shaftesbury
Entry: £1.50 on the door (S&DHS members free)
For more details please contact 01747 852157 |
| |
|
WEDNESDAY 1ST APRIL 2009 - Shaftesbury Abbey and Gold Hill Museums & Gardens open for the season
|
| |
|
FRIDAY 10TH APRIL 2009 - FREE ENTRY TO BOTH MUSEUMS
It is a tradition to have free entry at Shaftesbury Abbey Museum on Good Friday.
|
| |
|
SATURDAY 2ND MAY 2009 - Shaftesbury Food Festival
As part of the Food Festival, Shaftesbury Abbey will be having a stall with a herb and food theme, outside the Abbey gates on Park Walk. |
| |
|
TUESDAY 23RD JUNE 2009 - S&DHS Annual Outing
Details to be announced |
| |
|
THURSDAY 2ND JULY 2009 - Gold Hill Museum Garden Party
6.30 p.m. – venue and further details to be announced
Fundraising event to support the museum |
| |
|
WEDNESDAY 22ND JULY 2008 - ‘The Merchant of Venice’
The ever-popular Festival Players return for another year with their all-male cast to perform Shakespeare in the Abbey Garden
Starts 7.30pm (gates open at 6.00pm for picnics). Bring a rug or low backed chair.
Ticket prices tbc. |
| |
|
TUESDAY 21ST JULY 2009 - Shaftesbury & District Historical Society A.G.M.
2.30 p.m.
United Church Hall, Bell Street
Free entry
Organised by Shaftesbury & District Historical Society |
| |
|
FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2009 - Last day of opening at both museums |
