Our next meeting is Thursday 30 October. Please note that our advertised talk Zeppelin- The Enemy Overhead has been replaced by a speaker from Avoncroft Museum of Buildings in Bromsgrove. The museum has recently acquired an original nailer’s cottage which they are currently researching and restoring. This particular cottage was in use from 1840- . . . → Read More: A Change of Programme for October Meeting
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Clent History Society will have flags flying to welcome you to Clent Parish Hall, on Sunday 16th November, whilst inside we will be ‘hotting up’ the water ready for your cups of coffee and tea and we’ll have the biscuits standing by. You’ll need something to keep your sugar levels up should you decide . . . → Read More: 16th November – History and Archive Open Day You may be aware that in recent years an attempt to close Kidderminster Hospital, the local hospital for many in this area, was successfully fought under the leadership of Doctor Taylor who later became an MP. I’ve only just discovered that the battle for Kidderminster Hospital has been going on for much longer and . . . → Read More: 25th September – “The History of Kidderminster Hospital and the Three Doctors Stretton” – Nigel Gilbert  We were so lucky with the weather for this day trip. Had we gone 24 hours later we would have been soaked. An umbrella-defying downpour in Clent coincided exactly with the time when we were rejoining the coach after a relaxed lunch stop in Stow on the Wold. The weather gods must have recognised . . . → Read More: Trip Report – Stanway House (August 2014) On Wednesday 13 August 2014 members and friends of Clent History Society will be making a visit To Stanway House, near Cheltenham. The Stanway estate and manor house, has been owned by the Tracy family and their descendants, the Earls of Wemyss, for 500 years. The 13th Earl, who has lived at Stanway since . . . → Read More: Tickets Available for trip to Stanway House, 13th August  The society enjoyed a most enjoyable trip to Four Ashes Hall in June. The property has been in the same family since it was built in 1660 and remains very much a family home. Sebastian had had to clear his toys up from the the playroom for historic toys and childrens’ clothes to be . . . → Read More: Trip Report – Four Ashes Hall (June 2014) Breaking news… Apologies for the short notice but we have just learned that Paul Carter is running a webinar via the National Archives entitled ‘Why did people fear the Victorian Workhouse?’ Paul lead the team to which some society members have made huge contributions by cataloging the correspondence from the Bromsgrove Poor Law Union to the Board in London. . . . → Read More: 12th May – National Archives Webinar – ‘Why did people fear the Victorian Workhouse?’ We welcome Mary Bodfish as our first speaker for 2014. Mary has close links with Smethwick Local History Society and with other societies within the Black Country and has given talks on a variety of subjects. Her illustrated talk on Beer, Bets and Bullbaiting sounds most intriguing. Mary says that the 1820s were rough, . . . → Read More: 27th March – Beer, Bets and Bullbaiting – Mary Bodfish All meetings are held on Thursdays in Clent Parish Hall, Church Avenue Clent Commencing at 8pm. New members and visitors are welcome. Admission £2.50 per meeting. Talks Thursday 27 March 2014 – ‘Beer, Bets and Bullbating’ Mary Bodfish Thursday 26 June – ‘The Droitwich Canal (The past brought to Life)’ Dr Malcolm Nixon Thursday 25 . . . → Read More: DIARY OF EVENTS FOR 2014  As 2014 begins The Mount has shed it’s sadly vacant look , having stood empty for the last three years. After so much wet weather the main building was beginning to look very sorry for itself. Fortunately any further dilapidation has been halted by the developers stepping in. Under the skilful hands of . . . → Read More: The Mount – Happy Memories |
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