Past Programmes
June 2018 to April 2019 | |
5 June 2018 | A visit to Historic Leicester. See Newsletter 45 |
28 September 2018 | The Bells of St Peter, Welford on Avon, Chris Pickford. See Newsletter 49 |
25 January 2019 | Warwickshire Churches, Tim Bridges. See Newsletter 51. |
22 February 2019 | Training for War - World War II Airfields in the Stratford area, Peter Howarth. See Newsletter 50 |
29 March 2019 | Fulke Greville, Adam Busiakiewicz. See Newsletter 52 |
12 April 2019 | AGM begins at 7pm, Quiz Night and Fish & Chip Supper. Quiz set by Paul & Sue Young. |
June 2017 to April 2018 | |
5 June 2017 | A visit to Tyntesfield near Bristol. See Newsletter 35 |
29 September 2017 | Shakespeare's Money, Dr Robert Bearman. See Newsletter 41 |
24 November 2017 | The Stratford and Moreton Tramway, Jackie Checketts. See Newsletter 42 |
26 January 2018 | Victorian & Edwardian Photographers in Warwickshire, David Fry. See Newsletter 43 |
23 March 2018 | Education & Schooling in Welford and Weston, Brad Plimmer. See Newsletter 46 |
20 April 2018 | AGM begins at 7pm, Quiz Night and Fish & Chip Supper. Quiz set by Paul & Sue Young, hosted by Lindy & John Harris. |
June 2016 - April 2017 | |
8 June 2016 | A visit to Harvington Hall near Kidderminster. See Newsletter 31 |
30 September 2016 | Richard III. The Bosworth Battlefield Survey and the Grey Friars, Leicester excavation, Peter Liddle. |
25 November 2016 | A Line of Pits or a Pit Alignment - The 2015 summer excavations in Welford, Andrew Hyam. See Newsletter 34 |
27 January 2017 | With the Best Will in the World, John Harris. See Newsletter 36 |
24 March 2017 | The true history of Mrs Maria Home, Housekeeper to the Earls of Warwick (1774 - 1834), Dr Sylvia Pinches. |
21 April 2017 | AGM begins at 7pm, Quiz Night and Fish & Chip Supper. Quiz set by Paul & Sue Young. |
June 2015 - April 2016 | |
3 June 2015 | A visit to Sezincote House & Gardens, near Moreton in Marsh, preceded by an optional lunch at The Manor House Hotel in Moreton in Marsh from 12 noon. See Newsletter 23 |
25 September 2015 | Roman Alcester, Laurence Thatcher. See Newsletter 24 |
27 November 2015 | A World of Piracy, Barrie Russell. See Newsletter 25 |
29 January 2016 | Old Pubs and Lost Hostelries, Dr Richard Churchley. See Newsletter 27 |
18 March 2016 | Brunel – A Victorian Genius, Ray Sturdy. See Newsletter 29 |
15 April 2016 | AGM Begins at 7pm, Quiz Night and Fish & Chip Supper. Quiz set by Paul & Sue Young. |
June 2014 - April 2015 | |
4 June 2014 | Visit to Chedhams Yard, Wellesbourne and the Georgian Chapel, Walton Hall. See Newsletter 12 |
26 September 2014 | We Will Remember Them, Committee Members. See Newsletter 17 A look at the impact of the Great War on Welford & Weston, focussing on the men who gave their lives during this conflict. |
27 September 2014 | WWI exhibition in the Memorial Hall to commemorate the centenary of the start of the Great War. The highlight of the exhibition is probably the first public showing of the 60 letters written from Private Jim Matthews, in the period January to August 1917, to his mother Sarah. In addition, there will be about ten other exhibits in the main hall. These tables will be manned by local people who are prepared to tell their story. |
28 November 2014 | The Gunpowder Plot with particular focus on what happened in the Midlands. Mairi Macdonald. |
30 January 2015 | The life and times of English and Welsh Archers in the 14th & 15th Centuries, Peter & Mrs Hallett. |
27 March 2015 | William Shakespeare and his Warwickshire background, Roger Pringle. See Newsletter 21 |
24 April 2015 | AGM, Quiz Night and Fish & Chip Supper. Quiz set by Paul & Sue Young, hosted by Lindy & John Harris. |
June 2013 - April 2014 | |
12 June 2013 | A visit to Honington Hall. See Newsletter 06 |
27 September 2013 | Marie Corelli - her time in Stratford, Alan Heath. See Newsletter 07 |
29 November 2013 | 200 years of Methodism in Welford, Ted Howell. See Newsletter 08 |
31 January 2014 | A History of Houses in Welford, Local Residents. See Newsletter 09 |
28 March 2014 | Restoration of the Perseus & Andromeda Fountain at Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcestershire, Derek Clarke. See Newsletter 10 |
25 April 2014 | AGM, Quiz Night and Fish & Chip Supper. Quiz set by Paul & Sue Young |
June 2012 - April 2013 | |
27 June 2012 | A visit to Chastleton House |
28 September 2012 | John Wilson 1838 - 1903, Brad Plimmer |
23 November 2012 | Welford & Weston and the Avon, Barrie Russell |
25 January 2013 | The Campden Wonder, Ralph Richardson |
22 March 2013 | Remembering the Swinging Sixties, Ray Sturdy |
26 April 2013 | AGM, Quiz Night and Fish & Chip Supper. Quiz set by Paul & Sue Young |
June 2011 - April 2012 | |
30 September 2011 | Letters from the Front, Brad Plimmer |
25 November 2011 | Meet the Guide Dog, Bob Brown |
27 January 2012 | Welford and Weston in the New 20th Century, Paul Young |
30 March 2012 | A brief history of All Saints Church, Weston, Michael Hale |
20 April 2012 | AGM, Quiz Night and Fish & Chip Supper. Quiz set by Paul & Sue Young |
