Radstock Museum runs a series of TALKS.

Bygone Days talks celebrate both local and national history. These talks are often held at The Somer Centre in Midsomer Norton but please check the details carefully for each talk below.


BYGONE DAYS TALKS 2024


Tuesday  April 2nd:  at 7.30pm at the Somer Centre Midsomer Norton

COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS – THE MUSICAL by Richard Ellam.

This presentation takes a look at the science involved in unplanned underground explosions, and includes controlled demonstrations. Richard Ellam will explain how the conditions for gas and dust explosions underground originated, and what was done to best prevent them. The presentation promises to be very insightful and interesting if a little noisy at times.

The talk and demonstration takes place at the Somer Centre Midsomer Norton on Tuesday April 2nd at 7:30pm. £5 admission. Raffle. All funds raised go to Radstock Museum Charity Number: 1151573.

Somerset Coalfield Life at Radstock Museum wishes to acknowledge that colliery explosions have tragically taken the lives of many coal miners locally in past times. Probably the most well known of these was the 1908 explosion at Norton Hill Colliery whereby the following men and boys died: we remember then here.

Charles Burge aged 32 years, examiner and shot-firer. John James Ashman aged 34 years, collier. Andrew Brooks aged 27 years, collier. William Doughty aged 20 years, collier. Ernest Jones aged 23 years, carting boy. Frank Jones aged 41 years, collier. Stanley Jones aged 16 years, carting boy. George Maggs aged 20 years, incline man. Henry Sage aged 14 years, examiner and shotfirer’s boy. Gilbert Winsley aged 25 years, incline man.


Science in Radstock talks are ‘popular science’ talks; an eclectic mixture of current science disciplines and past, present and future technologies. These talks are usually held in Radstock, at the Radstock Working Men’s Club, but please check the details carefully for each talk below.


THE SCIENCE IN RADSTOCK TALKS ARE SUSPENDED.


There are several ways to keep in touch with the Museum talks programmes.

You can sign up for the Museum Newsletter, which is distributed by email. It includes details of Events, Talks, Exhibitions, Children’s activities and other snippets of News.

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You can access our Newsletter archive by clicking HERE

You can also ask to be on the reminder email list for each of the talk series – see below.


The BYGONE DAYS TALKS are organised by Museum Volunteers, in support of the Museum.  Details will be posted here or you can ask to be placed onto the Bygone Days emailing list by sending an email request to bygonedays@radstockmuseum.co.uk


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The SCIENCE in RADSTOCK TALKS are organised by Museum Volunteers, in support of the Museum.  Details will be posted here or you can ask to be placed onto the Science in Radstock emailing list by sending an email request to sinrteam@gmail.com.


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