Pettaugh
History
Society
In history, as in life, truth is everything.
Membership fees
Summer Activities
Our first publication “Pettaugh Preserved” was launched at the Church Meadow Fair on the 11th July 2009.
As the shape and size of the Society became more apparent, we started to have meetings and talks during the summer months.
These meeting have been well attended and usually take place at the School Room at Winston on the middle Wednesday of the month.
Individual £8 pa.
Joint (two persons) £12 pa.
Family membership (two adults + children under the age of 16) £12 pa.
Full time students and under 16’s (where not part of family membership) £2.50 pa.
Winter activities
The Committee have decided that evening meetings held during the dark winter months pose travel difficulties and that meetings should be held between March and September.
We are starting to build an archive of documents and photographs which trace the history of the village and its people.
Most of the photographs have been loaned from family collections and we have been allowed to scan and copy them to computer files.
If you have pictures or documents hidden away in the loft or in dusty drawers we would love to see them.
It is the everyday, simple things that will show so much of a lost way of life to our children and grandchildren.
All photos and documents will be scanned and returned.
History is the methodical, accurate recording of events and the people who played a role in the events. The aim of the Pettaugh History Society is to promote knowledge about the history of the village by researching documentary, photographic, and personal testamentary evidence relevant to the history of Pettaugh. Information obtained from such sources will be disseminated in publications and in meetings to encourage interest in the history of Pettaugh.
The Pettaugh History Society has developed from a project to record the memories of people who were born in the village and spent most of their childhood and youth in the village. As many of them are now elderly it was important to capture this valuable information while it was still available before the words of the hymn-writer poet Isaac Watt applied; ‘Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.’ Personal memories do have a subjective element but they are important as they provide personal insights into the events of the time. By gathering a number of such personal recollections and the photographs from family albums, it is possible to piece together an objective account of the period.
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