January 2025 has so far brought a mix of windy days, snow and ice followed by fog steadily creeping up towards the Clent Hills, obscuring the well loved views. Occasionally the sun shone encouraging us to get moving again. Before we move on to news of our meetings and events for this year . . . → Read More: Diary of Events for 2025
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This is the title of Tim Cornah’s talk for us on Thursday 21st November. Our meeting which will start at -2pm – takes place at Clent Parish Hall. DY9 9QT. Parking is to the rear of the hall, or further along Church Ave, towards the bridge. Free entry for members / £4 for . . . → Read More: Thurs 21st Nov – FROM CASTLE TO BISHOP’S PALACE AND BACK AGAIN – Tim Cornah All meetings are held in Clent Parish Hall, Church Avenue. (DY9 9Q) Please check times as we have made some changes in order to make our winter meetings more accessible by holding them in the afternoon rather than evening. On 21st March at 2pm Henry Chance gave his talk Chance Brothers Glass . . . → Read More: Events for 2024 The following is an extract from an unpublished book – Six Poor Boys– written by the late Joyce Coley; a well respected teacher and local historian. In this book Joyce explores many aspects of Clent village life from the 1700s to the 1940s. Wednesday 2ed January 2024 and it is raining again . . . → Read More: Raining Again. You are invited to join us at Clent Parish Hall on Thursday 7th December. The doors will be open at 7pm so come and grab a seat ready for Mary Bodfish to begin her talk at 8pm. The season to be jolly will soon be upon us and Mary’s talk will set . . . → Read More: 7th December – Christmas, Past and Present Hopefully Clent History Society meetings will be restarting very soon in Clent Parish Hall. Over the last year we have enjoyed being part of the Zoom meetings put on by Belbroughton and Chaddesley History Societies. Some interesting talks were presented and it was good to see many familiar faces on screen as people logged . . . → Read More: Latest News – Aug 2021  In the grip of COVID-19, John Amplett relates how Clent coped with a previous pandemic; The Plague, and we read what advice the ‘Sanitary Committee of the County Council of Worcestershire’ had to say about Cholera in 1892 . . . → Read More: Hard Times – Historic experiences of Pandemic in Clent: Plague and Cholera Join Belbroughton History Society for a series virtual Zoom lecture: Edward I, The Hammer of the Scots – 18th November . . . → Read More: We’ll Meet Again Sometime Zoom 11/11/2020 Here we are – August 4th 2020 – the day is cool and cloudy. It’s a quiet day on Adams Hill. The car park has spaces for any would be walkers who want to venture up this way. I’m not certain about the local pubs. They have their outdoor seating areas, tables and chairs . . . → Read More: Clent History Now We are sorry to cancel our advertised meeting on Thursday 19th March 2020. The meeting has been cancelled inline with government advice which aims to limit the spread of the Corona Virus by discouraging us to attend gatherings of any sort whether in pubs , cafes, theatres and though they don’t actually say it . . . → Read More: 19th March – Meeting Cancelled |
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