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Shaftesbury & Gillingham

Dr. Francis Burroughes – “The Golden Age of Glass”

Event type: Meeting
Date: 4th September 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Venue: The New Remembrance Hall
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We welcome Dr Burroughes back to give us the follow up from the previous talk which takes the story of English glass through the 19th and 20th centuries, when Britain led the world in the production of the high-quality and extraordinary inventive and colourful glassware.  Again illustrated with superb museum-quality pieces from his own collection.

Dr. Burroughes is a lecturer and after-Dinner Speaker. He is now retired but in his long career he has been a school-teacher, and director of several companies. In his spare time he has been a church organist for over 50 years, a keen flower arranger, and a conductor of numerous choral societies, operatic societies, and musical groups. He is an acknowledged authority on antique glass, and is often requested to provide samples for television programmes or give his expert advice. He has many years experience as a public speaker.