Welcome to our ‘What’s On’ page. This is the place to discover all you need to know about the Forum’s, as well as other locally organised, upcoming events relating to the rich heritage of this area.
BGHF invite everyone to our –
NEXT FREE TALK
THURSDAY 10th APRIL 2025
BEDWELLTY HOUSE
2.00 – 3.00 pm
Tin Town
Speaker: Simon Wragg
Delicious refreshments are available in the Orchid House Tearoom
Programme for 2025
- Date: 2nd Thursday every month
- Time: 2.00 – 3.00 pmVenue: Bedwellty House, Tredegar
- Refreshments: The Orchid House tearoom
Thursday 10th April: FREE TALK – Tin Town – Simon Wragg
Thursday 8th May: FREE TALK –
Thursday 12th June: FREE TALK –The Riots of August 1911 in Ebbw Vale, Rhymney, New Tredegar and Bargoed – Dr Stuart Broomfield
Thursday 10th July: FREE TALK –
August – NO TALK
Thursday 11th September: FREE TALK – Coal, Beer and Chartism: The World of Zephaniah and Joan Williams – Les James
Thursday 9th October: FREE TALK
Saturday 18th October: HERITAGE DAY –Theme of Transport – Tabor Chapel in Brynmawr
Thursday 13th November: FREE TALK
Monday 15th December – CHRISTMAS MEAL
Committee Meetings for 2025
3rd Monday every month 10.00 – 11.00am
Venue: Tredegar Library
- March – Monday 17th
- April – Monday 14th
- May – Monday 19th
- June – Monday 16th
- July – Monday 21st
- August – Monday 18th
- September – Monday 15th
- October – Monday 20th
- November – Monday 17th
- December – Monday 15th
GWENT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Programme of Talks
27th March: Politics, Engineering and Heritage
Speaker: Matthew Saunders
EXHIBITION
LANDSCAPE ART – TREES OF BEDWELLTY
Bedwellty House: 19th February – 30th March
BEVAN FESTIVAL
Sunday 6th July
Tredegar
12.00pm
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