WE ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO WELCOME NEW MEMBERS & VISITORS TO OUR GROUP & MEETINGS.
We meet twice a year at Hornsbury Mill, Chard, TA20 3AQ in March and October, where we are entertained by guest speakers and members’ displays of Somerset & Dorset postal history as well as on broader aspects of postal history.
Our remaining meeting this year will be on Sunday 19th October 2025 at the Hornsbury Mill, Chard from 10:00 for 10:30 am, with an agenda still to be decided.
Our Spring meeting took place on Sunday 23rd March 2025 with dieplays from John Cowlin on "Money to 1945", Bill Pipe on "Somerset & Dorset Railway updated" and Nick Bridgwater on "Coaching". The annual subscription of £15 was also due, see the meeting invite here for details of how to pay if you did not attend the meeting. An online copy of the Journal is available here, password protected in the usual manner. See here for a report of the meeting.
Our Autumn meeting took place on Sunday 13th October 2024 with slightly reduced attendance, and saw displays of "Money" from John Cowlin, "Taunton and other stuff" from Nick Bridgwater, and a powerpoint display of "Wells" from Allen Cotton, followed by the usual display from members. An online copy of the Autum 2024 Journal is available here, password protected in the usual way. It was agreed that the annual subscriptions for 2025 would increase to £15 per annum, primarily to cover the increasing costs of postage of the Journal which has increased twice this year. See here for a report of the meeting.
Our Spring meeting took place on Sunday 17th March 2024 with displays of "WW2 Political & Satirical postcards" from John Cowlin, "Alice in Wonderland" from Roger Martin, 'The Naval Battles of Coronal and the Falklands' from Bill Pipe, and 'Coaching' and 'Bristol IMPs (Intelligent Mail Processors)' from Nick Bridgwater. This was followed by our usual displays from Members. An online copy of the Spring 2024 Journal is available here, password protected in the usual way. Our annual subscription of £10 is also due, see here for details on how to pay if you did not attend the meeting. See here for a report of the meeting.
Our Autumn 2023 meeting took place on Sunday 15th October 2023 with displays on 'Satirical Postcards of WW I' by John Cowlin, 'Railway Company Perfins' from Bill Pipe, 'Postal Stationery Part 2' by Allen Cotton, and 'WW I censorship' from Graham Mark, along with the usual displays from members. See here for a report of the meeting. An online copy of the Autumn 2023 Journal is available here, password protected in the usual way.
Our Spring 2023 meeting took place on Sunday 12th March where we saw displays on 'Satirical Postcards from 1900-1914' from John Cowlin, 'Cognac' from Mike Tombs, and 'Postal Stationery' from Allen Cotten, along with the usual displays from members. See here for a report of the meeting. The online copy of the Spring 2023 Journal is available here, password protected in the usual way.
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