The Chard Canal

Wednesday 16th October 2024 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Bradshaw Meeting Room, Thomas Whitty House, Axminster Heritage Centre, Silver Street, Axminster EX13 5AH

Join us for a talk by Chard Museum Archivist, Sue Heward and hear how the decision in 1825 not to build a ship canal from Beer to Bridgwater (via Axminster and Chard) led to the people of Chard building a 13.5 mile tub boat canal to connect their town to the newly-opened Bridgwater to Taunton Canal.

Tickets: £5.00 (Tea or Coffee andbiscuits included)
For more details email: info@axminsterheritage.org or telephone: 01297 639884.

Ron Frampton Memorial Lecture

Saturday 19th October 2024 10:30am – 12:30pm

Bradshaw Meeting Room, Axminster Heritage Centre, Thomas Whitty House, Silver Street, Axminster, Devon, EX13 5AH.

Tickets £5.00 (all funds will go to work on the Ron Frampton Archive)

Brian Frampton will be talking about the life of his brother Ron, a local photographer and enviromentalist, in out first annual memorial lecture.

Tea and Coffee are included.

Spooky Stories for halloween

Thursday 31st October 2024 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Join us if you dare at the Heritage Centre on Halloween night for some spooky, spine fingling story telling by Chassie from Swish and Flick!

Reading 1 5.30pm suitable for 5+ years

Reading 2 7:00pm suitable for 8+ years

Suitable ages are a rough guide only

FREE Entry

There will be stalls selling a range of Halloween themed goodies fit for any budding Witch or Warlock

Clive Morrison-Bell

Soldier, and MP for Honiton (1910 – 1931)

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Paul Auchterlonie, Hon. Research Fellow, University of Exeter

Wednesday 27th November 2024

7:30pm to 8:30pm

Bradshaw Meeting Room, Axminster Heritage Centre, Thomas Whitty House, Silver Street, Axminster. EX13 5AH

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For further information on any of the events – or alternatively, if you are a member of Axminster Heritage and would like to suggest a potential event you would like us to run please email: info@axminsterheritage.org, pop into the centre, or head on over to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/axminsterheritage and leave us a message.