QUARTERLY MEETING

 

Friday March 26th at

William Williams Opportunity Hall

 

Time Table:

 

2.00 – 2.15 Meeting, greeting and seating

2.15 – 3.00 Speaker

3.00 – 3.30 Refreshments

3.30 – 4.00 AGM and Announcements

 

Speaker:

      

Malcolm Angel

The Dorset Smuggler: Isaac Gulliver

 

The name of three generations of Gullivers from Semington in Wiltshire, England during the 18th and early 19th century; Isaac Gulliver (1745-1822) was so successful as a smuggler on the south coast that he came to control its length from Lymington on The Solent in Hampshire, through Dorset to Torbay on the Devon coast and became known as "King of Smugglers". he was also referred to as "the gentle smuggler who never killed a man" and with his gang, ran 15 Luggers bringing from the Continent to Poole Bay gin, silk, lace and tea. On the 5th of October 1768 he married innkeeper's daughter Betty Beale at Sixpenny Handley parish church.

 

The Annual General Meeting, Announcements and AOB will follow after Refreshments.

 

We look forward to seeing you all there.