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November 2002
Dear Friends,
The Annual General Meeting will be at 8:OOpm on Tuesday 19th November in the Village
Hall. If you wish to support our work please come. If you want an agenda in advance
contact me (if you are on my members' e-mail list you will be sent one by that means).
We have achieved quite a lot in our first two years including collecting a Library of over
60 published items about Caerwent, improving access to some historic sites, conducting
many guided walks and tours and recently producing augmented reprints of certain
publications (see below).
Our present Trustees are:
Peter Bonvoisin (Chair) 01291-420721
Mark Lewis (Archivist) 01633-400673
Jennifer Powell (Treasurer) 01291-421086
Derrick Williams (Sites/Walks) 01633-430071
John Nettleship (Secretary) 01291-420745
Finds from Caerwent excavations 1980 - 1995
Very few of these have ever been displayed. There are dozens of brooches, implements etc.
They are just kept in cardboard boxes in the basement of the National Museum in Cardiff.
Richard Brewer has kindly arranged to spend an hour showing them to us on Saturday 30th November - meet in the
entrance hall of the Museum at IO.OOam.
It is possible to park in the Museum car park for the same daily rate as the cheap on-street parking nearby.
All welcome but please book with me as soon as possible as there will be a limit on size of the group.
Get in touch with me on 01291-420745 or by e-mail john@rose-cottage.freeserve.co.uk
PUBLICATIONS RELEVANT TO CAERWENT
The following are available to order - phone 01291 420745 or contact any trustee of the Caerwent
Historic Trust. They are A4 sized photocopies and computer printouts, presented in slide binders and reprinted
with the consent of the author where appropriate.
Several more titles are in preparation.
- History of the RNPF Caerwent
Medwyn Parry's short account, 1997 with additional
notes and illustrations. £3
- Caerwent Scrapbook
The original comprehensive study of this area compiled in 1955 by
our predecessor, the Caerwent Local History Group. £10
- The Archaeology of Gray Hill
Graham Makepeace's Assessment, 1999 with additional notes
and illustrations. £3
- Caerwent's Book of Remembrance
This is the 4th edition updated in 2002, and is only available as a 'Word' document on CD-ROM to browse or print your own. £5
- Memoirs of Bill Marsh
'Old Llanfair' and 'The Horrors of War' (based on Community Newsletters of around 1990). £3
Best wishes
John Nettleship
Secretary, Telephone 01291-420745
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