A Village on the Blackdown Hills
Welcome to Hemyock Sunday, May 26 2019 @ 07:02 am BST
Meetings were held in the Church Rooms, on the 2nd Thursday in the month, starting at 7:30pm. We are now looking for someone in the area to run the meetings. We have a number of speakers who are able to give interesting talks. All we are looking for is someone willing to arrange the meetings.
We also have all the archives stored in a database with key word catalogue access. Weekend Open Days are organised from time to time at various locations accross the Blackdowns. We have a new web site storing all types of media of the Blackdown Hills area. Please look at:
The development of this web site and the expansion of the Archive activity plus the Open Days have been made possible with a grant from the Making it Local fund and the AONB office in Hemyock.
You can see the calendar on this site to see what is planned for future meetings.
The Archiving Project which has received a grant from the Sustainable Development Fund of the Blackdown Hills AONB has allowed the project to progress. An Image Library is being created of old photos and documents to be stored in a database so that specific requests can be answered by providing good quality prints. You can see some of the items we have archived in our Media Gallery on this site.
Various projects are run from time to time. The latest project was the writing and publishing of the book "The Upper Culm Valley before, during and after the First World War."
We also have a library of interesting historical books about the area. These are available if someone is researching a particular subject.
For more information contact Mike Cooper on 01823 680175 or mroycooper@sky.com
The first meeting of the new year for the History Group is a talk by Tom Harris on 3000 years of the History of Bells plus related culture and art. The meeting is in the Church Rooms at 7.30pm. Come along for an interesting and informative evening.
Eden Project Trip 26th of May Cloudy and damp morning, turning drier and brighter later.
A breezy, cloudy morning with outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle, and misty conditions around the coasts and over the hills. It'll eventually turn drier and brighter through the afternoon when it will feel fresher too. Maximum temperature 18 °C.
A dry night will then follow with clear spells for most. It will be breezy at times and will feel noticeably colder than last night. Minimum temperature 6 °C.
A fresh, dry and bright start to Bank Holiday Monday. Dry for most with sunny spells, although isolated showers are possible through the afternoon, mostly in the north and east. Maximum temperature 18 °C.
Rather cool on Tuesday, with sunny spells and scattered heavy showers, with a risk of thunder. Fewer showers on Wednesday. Cloudier and milder with rain and drizzle likely on Thursday.
Sourced from the Met Office