Gordano Civic Society

Founded 1956

Events 2026/2027

All meetings are now held on Tuesdays at the Folk Hall, High Street, Portishead, BS20 6PR at 7.30 pm.

Free car parking opposite.

Visitors welcome – cost £5 inc refreshments (members £2)

Tues 1 Sep 2026

Celebrating 50 years of Concorde

Lindsey Henniker-Heaton, volunteer from Aerospace Bristol Museum

Tues 6 Oct 2026

The History of Shepton Mallet Prison

Gervase  O’Donohoe

Tues 3 Nov 2026

Yanks in Bristol – when the U.S. Military came to Bristol in WW2

Oliver Davey

Tues 1 Dec 2026

The women who built Bristol

Author and Journalist Jane Duffus

Tues 5 Jan 2027

Slides of Portishead and Area from the Gordano Civic Society collection

Mike Johnston, Chair of The Gordano Civic Society

Tues 2 Feb 2027

The life of Hannah More 1745-1833

Dr. Jo Edwards

Tues 2 Mar 2027

Newport Medieval Ship – Conservation of a fifteenth Century Merchant Vessel

Dr. Toby Jones – Curator of Newport Medieval Ship

Tues 6 Apr 2027

Ghost Stories of North Somerset + short AGM

Jane Hill – Weston Museum Heritage Community Officer

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