Author: Cheryl Mayo
Jon Hoyle Hidden Landscapes Forest of Dean
Raglan Castle
Ross Civic Society
Wednesday March 11th Dr Ann Benson, visiting Professor Cambridge University will give a talk on Raglan Castle.
The Larruperz Centre,
Grammar School Close, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7QD. Tel 01989 565465
7:00pm for a 7:30pm start.
Dean Forest Railway
A talk by Ian Pope, Trustee of DFR and a Vice President of FoD LHS.
GLHA Local History Day 2020
The Local History Day will be held on Saturday 25th April 2020 with the theme – the History of Education in Gloucestershire. The event will be held at the Oxstalls Campus at the University of Gloucestershire, in the main part of the Oxstalls campus, close to the main Reception area.
There is ample parking on site which is free on a Saturday and a cafe where refreshments, including lunch, will be provided.
Entrance fee on the door is £5 per person including refreshments. Please note this will not cover the full costs so any additional donations will be gratefully received.
The groups below will have displays:
Cheltenham, Chipping Campden, Cirencester, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Leckhampton, Nailsworth, Painswick, Stonehouse, Stroud
Glos Archives, History Press bookstall, Geoff North bookstall, GCHTrust
The final programme and a poster of the event are attached.
English Bicknor Local History Group – 16 Jan 2020
The group’s first meeting of the year includes the traditional Christmas Quiz with mulled wine and stolen.
ENGLISH BICKNOR LOCAL HISTORY GROUP
Gloucestershire
Morris: folk songs and dancing
With Gwilym and Carol Davies
Then
mulled wine, stollen
and our
annual quiz
Thursday 16 January
7.30pm,
English Bicknor Village Hall
Entry: £2.50, FREE for EBLHG members
– join on the door
Contact:
Claire Scales info@rocklodge.co.uk 01600 773220
Claire & Darren Scales
Tel:01600 773220
Sat 11 Jan The Brewery Buildings in Mitcheldean
A happy new year to everyone.
The Society's first meeting for 2020 is Saturday 11th Jan 3 pm West Dean Centre, Bream, when Gerald Cooke will talk about the history of the old brewery buildings in Mitcheldean. Further details here.
Waterloo exhibition at Dean Heritage Centre
The Waterloo exhibition now on at Dean Heritage Centre – poster attached – is well worth seeing. It runs until the end of December and has been created by Steven Carter. He grew up in the Forest and became interested in his grandfather’s role in the 1949 flooding. Steve has carried out considerable research and produced a fantastic exhibition, covering the beginnings, the name, the flooding and the closure. It offers new insights and pays tribute to the hard working miners of the Forest.
If anyone has memories to share or more information to offer, please contact Collections Officer Nicola Wynn nicola@deanheritagecentre.com
Launch of Volume Five of the Newnham Historical Collection
Newnham Historical Group will be launching the final volume of the Newnham Historical Collection on Thursday 14th November at the Armoury Village Hall at 7.30 pm. All welcome – see the poster for details.
Friends of Gloucestershire Archives – forthcoming events
Dear FoGA members –
Attached is information about events being planned for next month and into next year. Here too is the booking form for the next occasion – the visit ‘aloft’ in Gloucester Cathedral on Tuesday 12 November.
Please kindly be aware that numbers for this are limited because of the space available in the Library and Archives and the Organ Loft; members of FoGA therefore have priority booking.
There are already a couple of firm dates for your 2020 diaries:
Wednesday 4 March – an afternoon visit to the Museum in the Park
in Stroud
Sunday 14 June – another of John Chandler’s much enjoyed Mystery Tours.
Please contact me if you have any queries: tuneone@waitrose.com.
Cherry Ann Knott
FoGA events programme organiser
Gloucester-Cathedral-visit-12-Nov-2019-poster-4.pdf
Gloucester-Cathedral-Booking-Form-12-Nov-2019-3.doc
FoGA-Events-2020-at-Oct-2019-1.docx