Our last speaker of the year was different from our usual presentation. The Spoken Word'. Conversations with miners and the recollections underground prior to the Great War were played back to the audience. The interviews were carefully prepared with elderly people recalling their childhood and war-time adventures. Over five hundred tapes are stored, with a wide variety of themes.
Funds are limited, resulting in temporary suspension of recording.
Starting Your Family Tree by Mick Rawle Advice from Michael Rawle was given at our first meeting of the New Century. People wishing to begin their research were given insight into the first steps to be taken when beginning this work of exploration. Examples of his work were shown on visual aids. His research covered many years of patient investigation of registers and fiche. We were shown documents of the change of his name by deed poll, and death and marriage certificates were displayed which gave vital information.