Activities
2025-26 Talks
The full programme of talks for our Winter 2025-26 follows showing both past and forthcoming events. All talks are held in the Tabernacle Chapel Vestry, Aberaeron & start at 7.30 pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Tuesday 16th September 2025
Huw Alban Davies: Was the Friedeberg one of Davy Jones’ decoy ducks?
Tuesday 21st October 2025
Elinor Gwilym & Robert Thomas: 100 years of Aberaeron Memorial Hall (in the Aberaeron Memorial Hall).
Tuesday 18th November 2025
Meirion Jones: Ei waith, ei gelf (His work, his art).
Tuesday 20th January 2026
Ioan Lord: Hanes Rheilffordd Cwm Rheidol a'r cynllun gwreiddiol i ymestyn hyd Aberaeron. (History of the Vale of Rheidol Railway and the initial plan to extend to Aberaeron.)
Tuesday 17th February 2026
Will Troughton: Early Ceredigion photographers.
Tuesday 17th March 2026
Beverley Harrison: She ruled by Love - Mary Ashby Lewis; social pioneer, honorary Welsh woman and mistress of LLanerchaeron.
Tuesday 21st April 2026
Annual General Meeting.
Dining
Always popular with our members, we hold a mixture of lunches and dinners between September and April. These are kindly organised by Margaret Bevan. The dates for the winter 2025/26 season are as follows:
Thursday 25 September 2025 (7pm): Stubborn Duckling
Tuesday 4 November 2025 (12.30 pm): The Harbourmaster
Friday 5 December 2025 (12.30 pm): The Hive- Xmas lunch
Thursday 27 January 2026 (12.30 pm): The Feathers
Wednesday 11 March 2026 (12.30pm): Y Seler
Thursday 16 April 2026 (7pm): The Hive
Menus and prices are circulated to members in advance of each date.
Trips
Our Summer trip was a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of Llanerchaeron. We learned about the meticulous work to conserve the Grade II listed house and its collections from the two dedicated officers who do all the hard work.
In response to our questionnaire, you told us your preference is for visits that are relatively local so that we avoid long travel times. We are currently looking at the following options:
- National Wool Museum, Drefach Velindre.
- Caws Teifi & distillery.
- Rheidol Railway Museum, Aberystwyth.
Our most recent trips have been to Ceredigion Museum in Aberystwyth and to the Rare Books library at Lampeter University. Not many came on these trips.
Watch this space!