AN EVENING TALK ! THURSDAY 18TH JUNE DIGBY HALL & LIBRARY, HOUND STREET, SHERBORNE.

7-9 P.M.TICKETS AVAILABLE  AT :  [email protected]  £10.

THE BAR WILL BE OPEN FOR A GLASS OF WINE, AN EVENING OF THE BEST HISTORY WHERE THE BEST INVENTIONS ARE STILL INFLUENCING OUR LIVES, STILL TODAY  ! MAPS, SKETCHES, IMAGES, WATER COLOURS ! WHERE TIME BEGAN !

ROMANS : FIRST, TO ILLUMINATE THE STREETS FOR OVER TWO MILES, FOR MORE THAN 800 YEARS, 7 DAYS A WEEK, TIL 3 A.M. 1,400 VEGETABLE OIL FILLED  LAMPS, ON 1,400 18 FEET  COLUMNS, THE FAMOUS ANTIOCH MARKET, THE END OF THE SILK ROUTE, ON THE MEDITERRANEAN WATERS  138 BCE  !   TWO TIMES THE SIZE OF OXFORD STREET  !