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F L AC K W E L L L O C A L A R E A
His to r y G ro u p
Our next talk at the Flackwell Heath Library will be on:
Monday 18th September, from 7.30pm
Wood Turning with Robert Bishop
of Kraft Village, Grafton St, High Wycombe
Robert will explain the process and techniques of wood turning and touch on the relationship between a
modern-day turner and a bodger, who turned the round parts for chairs.
The main photo is from the Chair Museum at the Kraft Village in High Wycombe, the treadle lathe belonged
to Silas Saunders who was one of three bodgers still working in Bucks in the early 1960’s
This is a ticketed event.
The tickets will be available at
the library from 21st August
2017, and are £5 (£3 to friends
of FHCL). Please note that
tickets will not be available on
the night.
THE NEXT DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
Monday 16th October,
from 7.30pm
The “lost” Pubs
in Our Villages
Ken Townsend & Ray Evans will talk about, and
show photographs of, the pubs which have been
lost from the villages of Loudwater, Wooburn,
Bourne End and Flackwell Heath.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE...
Family History Research To arrange a research session at the library please contact Jan Fanning on 01628
527506 or by email [email protected] The sessions cost £2.00 for 50 minutes plus the cost of any photocopying.
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Local History Group • www.localhistorygroup.org.uk
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