Next Meeting: 20 June at 7.15pm in the Crawford Hall, Salford Road, Bidford on Avon. Visitors £4.50
1816 - The Year Without Summer
Throughout history there have been occasional dramatic weather events. Harvest Failures in Mesopotamia around 1190BC are thought to have brought about a dramatic collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean economies.
1816 was another dramatic year and one for which detailed accounts are available.
David Morse will discuss this “year without summer” and pose the question: Could it happen again?