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    1. [OXF] THE DROVERS
    2. Bucks Genealogical Society presents a fasinating talk about the Welsh drovers. KEEPING UP WITH JONES THE DROVER by Bruce Smitgh this Saturday Oct 13. Many hundreds of Welsh drovers took their cattle across the county to sell in London - and some of them couldn't or wouldn't face the long trudge back home to the Valleys -so they staqyed put in Bucks. We have loads of Joneses and Evanses and Williamses and even the finely named Cadwallader Coker. The talk is at 3pm on Saturday, and if you come early, from 2pm, you will be able to consult a mass of books, CDs and fiches about Wales too. Not to mention help with translation of welsh from our Eryl. VENUE iois the Southcourt Commuinity Centre, Prebendal Ave, Aylesbury. Approach from east via inner ring road, turning off on to the Oxford Rd, A418, pass Aylesbury College (mini-roundabout) and turn left at the traffic lights into Churchill Ave, then left at the nearby mini-roundabout into Prebendal Ave. The Centre is shortly left with ample [parking. >From the west, pass the first set of traffic lights on the 418, turn round at Aylesbury college and double back to the lights, turn left and left. Contact information eve@varneys.org.uk Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

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