Events

2025/2026

Regular Meetings

Meetings are held in the Church Hall.

Everyone is welcome! There will be a £4.00 entrance charge which includes refreshments.

Wednesday 10th September 2025 7.30 p.m.

Lunatic Astronomy by Andrew Lound

The astronomical interests of the Lunar Society featuring Matthew Boulton, James Watt, Joseph Priestley, William Withering, Josiah Wedgewood et al.

Wednesday 8th October 2025 7.30 p.m.

The Saxons in Worcestershire by Paul Harding from Discover History

The impact the Saxons had on Worcestershire including looking at their way of life through clothing, homes, cooking and also how they enjoyed their pastimes.

Monday 10th November 2025 2.30 p.m. (afternoon meeting)

History of the Chance Brothers by Henry Chance

The firm of Chance Brothers was established in the Regency era and by the time of the Great Exhibition (for which it produced all the glass) was the largest glassmaker in the world. A century later it had supplied more than half the lighthouse lenses around the globe. The firm had been one of the unsung heroes of the Great war but fell out of family ownership into the hands of a rival.

Monday 9th February 2026 2.30 p.m. (afternoon meeting)

IK Brunel: a Genius by Ray Sturdy

He designed and constructed new railways, created advanced ships and built bridges, docks and tunnels. Many of these achievements are still in use today.

Monday 9th March 2026 2.30 p.m. (afternoon meeting)

Richard III – The Monster, The Myth and The Man by Mary Bodfish

For centuries he was a byword for murder and treachery – but was Richard III really the wicked tyrant depicted by Shakespeare? Since the remarkable discovery of his remains in 2012 we can see a clearer picture of the real man caught up in the struggles of the Yorkists and Lancastrians for the throne of England.