TillVAS Till Valley Archaeological Society
TillVAS             Till Valley Archaeological Society

Officers and Committee

 

The Officers and Committee members for 2019/2020 are:-

 

 

 

Hon. President — Dr. Chris Burgess,

                             

Chairman - Ray Clarke

 

Vice-Chairman — Mike Keating

 

Treasurer — Jenny Cant

 

Co-Secretaries — Sue Shaw, Heather Waldron

 

Membership Secretary — Valerie Glass—see Membership page for contact details and other information

 

Minutes Secretary — Julia Day

 

Archivist - Julia Day

 

Website and Twitter manager - Heather Waldron

 

Data Protection Officer -- Colin Wakeling

 

Committee Members —3 vacancies

 

Heather Pentland has stepped down from the post of Archaeology Manager. Heather Waldron will take up the post.

 

Grateful thanks go to all retiring committee members for their hard work.

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News

Webinars

 

We are looking forward to our next webinar  on 2nd December. AOC  who led the 'The Whiteader Project' will offer a talk entitled Monks and the manor

See right

Ford Forge

Join us on the 16th December to hear the story so far- see right

Ancrum Old Bridge Project

Thank you to Geoff Parkhouse for sending this link about this very successful project. We are hopng Geoff will give a talk to TillVAS sometime in the new year.

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/news/unique-underwater-discovery-of-medieval-scottish-bridge/


 

 

Aspects of Buildings & Monuments: Branxton, Crookham, Etal, Ford

by Antony Chessell & Gwen Chessell. Price £10 pbk 214pp.

Foreword by Rt. Hon. Lord Joicey

ISBN 978-0-244-75069-5

 

More information about this second publication by TillVAS can be seen on the Publications page.

 

TillVAS ARCHIVES

The Society has an extensive collection of documents and photographs held in its secure archives. These are invaluable for members wishing to study the local history of the area or wishing to gather information for e.g. the  Village Atlas Project. Please click on the tag above to see the catalogues. Anyone wishing to access the archives should contact the Society's Archivist, Julia Day.

MEMBERS' WRITTEN CONTRIBUTIONS

Please see a new section on the website—click on the appropriate tab above.  Please let us have your thoughts, in prose or in verse.

Please click on the Latest Newsletter page to see information for the current month.

PREVIOUS LECTURE AND OTHER REPORTS

Click on Reports on Events, above, for detailed accounts and press reports.

BOOKSTALL

The Society operates a bookstall at all its meetings.

Items for sale include:-

1. The Society's first two publications by Antony Chessell and Gwen Chessell; Breamish and Till: From Source to Tweed  and Aspects of Buildings and Monuments: Branxton, Crookham, Etal, Ford   at £10 per copy and

2. Vivian Wilcock's Andrew Todd 1844-1908 ( with research input by TillVAS members) at £5 per copy.

See the Publications page for more about these books.

 

Copies of Breamish and Till and Aspects of Buildings and Monuments: Branxton, Crookham, Etal, Ford , both written by Antony Chessell and Gwen Chessell, are also available in Cornhill Village Shop and the Lavender Tea Rooms and Village Shop in Etal.

 

There are also archaeological books and journals for sale. Net proceeds of sale go to TillVAS funds.