NORTH CURRY SOCIETY

The objectives of the Society are to promote the appreciation, study and recording of the history and natural environment of the parish of North Curry. Meetings are held in the Village Hall at 8:00 pm on the third Wednesday of every month (unless otherwise stated).

Non-members are very welcome to attend on payment of a small charge.

The North Curry Society also sponsors the North Curry Archives, now constituted as a Trust, which is a collection of village archive material, including rural life artefacts and memorabilia, mainly collected by Mrs. Betty Koppa, which is stored in the Archive Room above the Coffee Shop. For information on the archives or access to them, please contact the archivist of the North Curry Archive Trust, Mrs Betty Koppa at 6, Stoke Road, North Curry, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 6LR - Tel. 01823 490404.

For further information on the archives visit the web page of the North Curry Archive Trust.

OFFICERS

Chairman	Philip Hickman	01823 490613
Secretary	Pat Curtis	01823 490365

PROGRAM 2008- 2009

2008	19^th November	Pat Hase	Family history-Fact or Fiction
	17^th December (with SANHS)	Yvette Staelens	The Lost Singers of Somerset
2009	21^st January	Celia Fitzhugh	Archives in the Attic
	18^th February	Chris Sidaway	Farmer to Farrier
	18^th March	Ian Anderson	The Nature of Somerset
	15^th April	Pat Hase	On the Parish
	20^th May	Jo Pocock	Hestercombe Gardens
	17^th June	RSPB	West Sedgemoor Bird Reserve
	15^th July		Footpath Walk
	No meeting in August
	16^th September	John Attwood & Paul Scott	Bellringing in North Curry
	21^st October (AGM)	Julian Comrie	Views of New Zealand

Publications by the Society include:

North Curry Camera	a collection of old photographs of the village, compiled by Hugh Bushell	Price: £5.00
North Curry '99	a collection of contemporary photographs of the village, edited by Hugh Bushell	Price: £5.00
School’s Cool	a history of North Curry School, written and compiled by Hugh Bushell	Price: £5.00
The Glorious Dead	a study of the North Curry War Memorial, written by Colin Trim	Price: £4.00 (Published November 2004)

Available from the Society