Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 10th December 2025

Time: 7.30 pm

Venue: The Birchall Hall, Queen's College, Taunton

Description: This talk will be about everything from Victorian superstitions around death, to the funeral, death photography, early cremations, the necropolis railway and mourning clothes. This talk looks into the quirkier side of Victorian society and culture, where many traditions and practices are very unusual to our modern views, but were they really so different to us?

How to book: Pay at the door

Price: £3 pp

Tel: 01823353749

Email: gb@queenscollege.org.uk

Organiser: Geoffrey Bisson

Lecturer: Dr Charlotte Coles

Comments: Tea, coffee and biscuits are available. Car parking is adjacent to the hall.

Region: South-West England

Branch: Taunton Deane