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Local Societies:   Diary of Events    Winter 2008-2009

For further information on any event please contact the relevant organiser listed at the end

Date Society/Organisation Subject/Speaker Venue Time
04-Sep-08 The History of Tetbury Society Locally discovered mosaics and skeletons' (Richard Osgood). Christchurch in the Chipping 7:30pm
08-Sep-08 Gloucester and District Archaeological research group (GADARG) "Britannia Prima and the End of Roman Britain" by Roger White from the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham. St Andrews United Reform Church, Garden Room, Montpellier St. 7:30pm
08-Sep-08 Nailsworth Society Local History Research Group "Medieval documents, where to find them and what they can tell you about the area" by Russell Howes Mortimer Room, Nailsworth 7:30pm
08-Sep-08 Stroud Local History Society "A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles, collections and connections  by Mrs Sue Harrison The Old Town Hall, Stroud 7:30pm
08-Sep-08 The Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch AGM followed by 'Race in Britain in World War II: Professor Neil Wynn, University of Gloucestershire Up Hatherley Library 7:30pm
10-Sep-08 Moreton-in-Marsh & District Local History Society "History of Allotments in Gloucestershire" by John Loosley Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh 7:30pm
10-Sep-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "A Tiger in the Bathroom & Bullets up the Chimney" by Anthony Hadland (GFHS) Gloucester Meeting, Milestone School, Longford Lane, Gloucester 7:30pm
15-Sep-08 Lechlade Local History Society "Cogges Manor Farm Museum: 1000 Years of History and its Future" by John Wilson Lechlade Memorial Hall 7:30pm
16-Sep-08 Cheltenham Local History Society Mrs Jean Jefferies - Cheese Rolling in Gloucestershire Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Cheltenham 7:30pm
16-Sep-08 Painswick Local History Society Dave Walton: Three Followers of William Morris Croft School, Painswick 7:30pm
16-Sep-08 Berkeley Local History Society The Blitz on Bristol 1940-44: John Penny The Library, Berkeley 7:30pm
17-Sep-08 Bourton on-the-Water & District Local History Society "Canal Boat History" by David Morton    
17-Sep-08 The Oakridge History Group "Oakridge Silk Mill" by John Loosley Village Hall, Oakridge 7:30pm
17-Sep-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "Special Houses" by Averil Kear (GFHS) Forest of Dean Branch Meeting, Bream Community Centre, Bream 7:30pm
18-Sep-08 Leckhampton Local History Society "Exit the 'Abermarle'; Enter Prefabs" St Philip and St James   Church House, Leckhampton 7:45pm
18-Sep-08 Campden & District Historical and Archaeological Society "Underground Quarrying in the Cotswolds" (Arthur Price) Upper Room, Town Hall, High Street, Chipping Campden 8:00pm
18-Sep-08 Gotherington Area Local History Society The Gloucester Table Set - Malcolm Watkins Gotherington Village Hall 8:00pm
18-Sep-08 Slimbridge Local History Society When the World Passed by Slimbridge' Speaker: William Harris Village Hall, Slimbridge 7:30pm
18-Sep-08 Tewkesbury History Society Cliff Burd: Alleyways of Tewkesbury Tewkesbury Methodist Church, The Cross, Barton Street 7:45pm
18-Sep-08 Cranham Local History Society Alwyn Sampson: Roman Cotswolds  Cranham Village Hall 7:45pm
22-Sep-08 Gloucester and District Archaeological research group (GADARG) "Excavations at Berkeley Castle" by Stuart Prior, University of Bristol Gloucestershire Archives, Alvin St. Kingsholm 7:30pm
23-Sep-08 Charlton Kings Local History Society "The Buildings of Winchcombe"(Mr D Donaldson ) Baptist Church, Church St, Charlton Kings 7:30pm
23-Sep-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "Almshouses of Gloucestershire" by John Loosley (GFHS) Stroud Branch Meeting, St Matthew's Church Hall, Cainscross 7:30pm
23-Sep-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) AGM followed by "Family History Resources for Campden District" by Jenny Bruce (GFHS) Campden Branch Meeting, The Old Police Station, Chipping Campden 7:30pm
25-Sep-08 Friends of Gloucestershire Archives Four researchers choose their favourite archive (to be performed by actors) Frith Centre 7:00pm
26-Sep-08 Wotton-Under-Edge Historical Society "Significant Changes in the Gloucestershire Countryside" (Elaine Davis, English Heritage) Civic Centre, Wotton-Under-Edge 7:30pm
29-Sep-08 The Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch The Murder of Edward II at Berkeley Castle: David Smith, Gloucester County Council and Diocesan Archivist Friends Meeting House, Gloucester 7:30pm
01-Oct-08 Northleach Historical Society The decline and fall of the Wychwood Forest by Charles Tyzack Westwoods Centre, Northleach 7:30pm
02-Oct-08 The History of Tetbury Society The History of the Royal Agricultural College - a presentation by Julian Swindell Christchurch in the Chipping 7:30pm
02-Oct-08 Maisemore Local History Society AGM, followed by refreshments.  Liz Godsell "Cheese & Cheese Making" Maisemore Village Hall, Committee Room 7:00pm
02-Oct-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "Friendly Societies" by John Hurley (GFHS) Cirencester Branch Meeting, The Ashcroft Church, Ashcroft Road, Cirencester 7:30pm
08-Oct-08 Moreton-in-Marsh & District Local History Society "Robert Dover's Cotswold Olympik Games" by Dr Francis Burns Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh 7:30pm
08-Oct-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) Researching Wills & Probate in Gloucester Archives by Sue Stafford (GFHS) Gloucester Meeting, Milestone School, Longford Lane, Gloucester 7:30pm
09-Oct-08 Churchdown Local History Society Old Gloucestershire Pubs (Philip Moss) Community Centre, Churchdown 7.30pm
11-Oct-08 Forest of Dean Local History Society AGM followed by 'Forest of Dean Geology' Dave Owen Coleford Community Centre 2:30pm
13-Oct-08 Gloucester and District Archaeological research group (GADARG) "Farming in the SW in the Iron Age" by Clare Randell, S. Cadbury Environs Project St Andrews United Reform Church, Garden Room, Montpellier St. 7:30pm
13-Oct-08 Nailsworth Society Local History Research Group Joint meeting with the WI in Parish Rooms "Magic of Science" Mortimer Room, Nailsworth 7:30pm
13-Oct-08 The Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch The Progress of Elizabeth: Dr Caroline Adams, West Sussex Record Office Up Hatherley Library 7:30pm
15-Oct-08 Bourton on-the-Water & District Local History Society "Family Farming in the Cotswolds" (Tim Hill - Quinmoor Farm)    
15-Oct-08 The Oakridge History Group Workshop: "More about our village: land ownership and use and tracing more local families" Village Hall, Oakridge 7:30pm
15-Oct-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "Overseers of the Poor Papers" by John Loosley (GFHS) Forest of Dean Branch Meeting, Bream Community Centre, Bream 7:30pm
16-Oct-08 Leckhampton Local History Society Members' evenings St Philip and St James   Church House, Leckhampton 7:45pm
16-Oct-08 Campden & District Historical and Archaeological Society "Three Parishes - Bourton on the Hill, Batsford, Sezincote" (Alan Firth) Upper Room, Town Hall, High Street, Chipping Campden 8:00pm
16-Oct-08 Gotherington Area Local History Society The Adventurous Lives of 5 Cotswold Brothers - Michael Boyes Gotherington Village Hall 8:00pm
17-Oct-08 The Rissingtons Local History Society The Hwicce - Anglo-Saxons of the Severn Valley & Cotswolds' (Tim Porter) Little Rissington Village Hall 8:00pm
20-Oct-08 Lechlade Local History Society "How you got your surname" Dr Cyril Dunsby Lechlade Memorial Hall 7:15pm
20-Oct-08 Stroud Local History Society British Red Cross Convalescent Hospitals in First World War Gloucestershire  by Mrs Pam Tawse The Old Town Hall, Stroud 7:30pm
21-Oct-08 Cheltenham Local History Society Mr David O'Connor - The Great Cheltenham Water Controversy Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Cheltenham 7:30pm
21-Oct-08 Painswick Local History Society Geoff King: Stroud before the Turnpike Trusts Croft School, Painswick 7:30pm
21-Oct-08 Berkeley Local History Society The Severn Princess: Tim Ryan Berkeley Library 7:30pm
23-Oct-08 Friends of Gloucestershire Archives "Early Allotments of Gloucestershire" by John Loosley Frith Centre 7:00pm
23-Oct-08 Tewkesbury History Society Glenys Armstrong: Weapons of the Wars of the Roses Tewkesbury Methodist Church, The Cross, Barton Street 7:45pm
25-Oct-08 Westcote Local History Society AGM, followed by a talk by Muriel Pilkington "The Mitfords in the Cotswolds" Village Hall, Westcote 7:30pm
27-Oct-08 Gloucester and District Archaeological research group (GADARG) "Dymock" by Toby Catchpole, GCC Archaeology Service Gloucestershire Archives, Alvin St. Kingsholm 7:30pm
28-Oct-08 Charlton Kings Local History Society "The Elwes Family" (Mr Henry Elwes) Baptist Church, Church St, Charlton Kings 7:30pm
28-Oct-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "A Village through Time by local author" (Rose Hewlett) (GFHS) Stroud Branch Meeting, St Matthew's Church Hall, Cainscross 7:30pm
28-Oct-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "More Campden Wills" by Members (GFHS) Campden Branch Meeting, The Old Police Station, Chipping Campden 7:30pm
29-Oct-08 Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) "Industrial Windmills" (Amy Woolacott) Rodborough Community Hall 7:30pm
30-Oct-08 Maisemore Local History Society Dr Peters "Gloucestershire Old Farm Buildings" Maisemore Village Hall, Main Hall 7:30pm
31-Oct-08 Wotton-Under-Edge Historical Society "Wotton Trades in the 1860's" (Michael Chappell) Civic Centre, Wotton-Under-Edge 7:30pm
02-Nov-08 Maisemore Local History Society Mr & Mrs Bryan Welch "Memorie of Winfields and Westgate Street" Maisemore Village Hall, Main Hall 7:30pm
03-Nov-08 Stroud Local History Society Annual General Meeting The Old Town Hall, Stroud 7:30pm
05-Nov-08 Northleach Historical Society Ten treasurers if the Corinium by Georgina Hiscock Westwoods Centre, Northleach 7:30pm
06-Nov-08 The History of Tetbury Society A history of allotments - a talk by John Loosley Christchurch in the Chipping 7:30pm
06-Nov-08 North Nibley Historical Group Village life in Mid-Victorian Times by Rose Hewlett Nibley House, North Nibley 7:30pm
06-Nov-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "19th Century Pilots on the River Severn" by Alex Wood (GFHS) Cirencester Branch Meeting, The Ashcroft Church, Ashcroft Road, Cirencester 7:30pm
08-Nov-08 Forest of Dean Local History Society Slag Blocks In Gloucestershire' Keith Walker Cinderford Community Centre 3:00pm
10-Nov-08 The Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch Who was Tutankhamen?: Dr Adrian Dobson, University of Bristol Cheltenham 7:30pm
10-Nov-08 Nailsworth Society Local History Research Group "Researching for the Cotswold Canals Restoration" by Neville Melder Mortimer Room, Nailsworth 7:30pm
12-Nov-08 Moreton-in-Marsh & District Local History Society "William James and the Moreton to Stratford tramway/railway" by Miles McNair Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh 7:30pm
12-Nov-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "My Grandmother was a Gypsy" by George Mills (GFHS) Gloucester Meeting, Milestone School, Longford Lane, Gloucester 7:30pm
13-Nov-08 Churchdown Local History Society Travel and Transport in Georgian Gloucestershire (Dr Nicholas Herbert) Community Centre, Churchdown 7.30pm
17-Nov-08 Gloucester and District Archaeological research group (GADARG) "The Jew of Tewkesbury" by Richard Sermon - Archaeological Officer, Bath and N.E. Somerset St Andrews United Reform Church, Garden Room, Montpellier St. 7:30pm
18-Nov-08 Cheltenham Local History Society Mr Barry Simon - The History of Swindon Village Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Cheltenham 7:30pm
18-Nov-08 Painswick Local History Society TBA Croft School, Painswick 7:30pm
18-Nov-08 Berkeley Local History Society Old Paths of Gloucestershire: Alan Pilbeam The Library, Berkeley 7:30pm
19-Nov-08 Bourton on-the-Water & District Local History Society To be arranged    
19-Nov-08 The Oakridge History Group "Local Gloucestershire Poets" by Dave Walton Village Hall, Oakridge 7:30pm
19-Nov-08 Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) "Shipping and Ports of the Bristol Channel - The Welsh Side" by Robin Williams Gala Club, Fairmile Gardens, Longford, Gloucester 7:30pm
19-Nov-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "Lindors Farm - farming methods and memories of Bill Hunt" by Austyn Williams (GFHS) Forest of Dean Branch Meeting, Bream Community Centre, Bream 7:30pm
20-Nov-08 Leckhampton Local History Society "Advance to Victory" St Philip and St James   Church House, Leckhampton 7:45pm
20-Nov-08 Cranham Local History Society Gwilym Davies: Traditional Music & Songs of Gloucestershire & the Cotswolds  Cranham Village Hall 7:45pm
20-Nov-08 Campden & District Historical and Archaeological Society "The clergy of the Diocese of Worcester on the Eve of the Reformation" (Kevin Down) Upper Room, Town Hall, High Street, Chipping Campden 8:00pm
20-Nov-08 The Rissingtons Local History Society "The Folklore of Gloucestershire" (Roy Palmer) Great Rissington Club 8:00pm
20-Nov-08 Friends of Gloucestershire Archives "The Merchant of Prato" by Alan Ford.  Including examples of wonderful medieval archives. Frith Centre 7:00pm
20-Nov-08 Gotherington Area Local History Society Gloucestershire Almshouses - John Loosley Gotherington Village Hall 8:00pm
20-Nov-08 Slimbridge Local History Society A Farmer's View of the History of Field Systems' Speaker: David Wilcox Village Hall, Slimbridge 7:30pm
20-Nov-08 Tewkesbury History Society Alan Pilbeam: Legacy of Frost and Floods Tewkesbury Methodist Church, The Cross, Barton Street 7:45pm
25-Nov-08 Charlton Kings Local History Society "Belas Knap and other Glos Long Barrows" (Toby Catchpole) Baptist Church, Church St, Charlton Kings 7:30pm
25-Nov-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "Grandmother's 'Wartime Journal" read by Phillippa Roberts (to be followed by an American Supper) (GFHS) Stroud Branch Meeting, St Matthew's Church Hall, Cainscross 7:30pm
25-Nov-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "Researching Lithuanian Ancestors" by Tessa Taylor (GFHS) Campden Branch Meeting, The Old Police Station, Chipping 7:30pm
28-Nov-08 Wotton-Under-Edge Historical Society "Sounds and Looks like a Great Idea" (Home entertainment format wars) by Michael Sykes Civic Centre, Wotton-Under-Edge 7:30pm
01-Dec-08 Gloucester and District Archaeological research group (GADARG) "Wiggold - An Ancient Landscape" by Timothy Darvill, University of Bournemouth Gloucestershire Archives, Alvin St. Kingsholm 7:30pm
01-Dec-08 Lechlade Local History Society LHS 20th Anniversary Year Invitation Lecture by Tim Porter Lechlade Memorial Hall 7:30pm
03-Dec-08 Northleach Historical Society Annual General Meeting Westwoods Centre, Northleach 7:30pm
04-Dec-08 Campden & District Historical and Archaeological Society "The golden age of coaching" (Colin Way) Upper Room, Town Hall, High Street, Chipping Campden 8:00pm
04-Dec-08 The History of Tetbury Society Annual Social Christchurch in the Chipping Campden 7:30pm
04-Dec-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "Christmases Past" by Colin Chapman (GFHS) Cirencester Branch Meeting, The Ashcroft Church, Ashcroft Road, Cirencester 7:30pm
04-Dec-08 North Nibley Historical Group Christmas Social and AGM Nibley House, North Nibley 7:30pm
04-Dec-08 Gotherington Area Local History Society Effie Robert's Wartime Poetry Journal - Philippa Roberts and Pat Sory Gotherington Village Hall 8:00pm
06-Dec-08 Forest of Dean Local History Society History of Allotments in Gloucestershire' John Loosley Coleford Community Centre 3:00pm
08-Dec-08 The Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch Magic Lantern Show: With seasonal theme and refreshments: Mr Frank Farley Friends Meeting House, Gloucester 7:30pm
09-Dec-08 Charlton Kings Local History Society Christmas Party Stanton Room 7:30pm
09-Dec-08 Stroud Local History Society Christmas Meeting George Room, Subscription Rooms, Stroud 7:30pm
09-Dec-08 Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) AGM Society of Friends Meeting House, Warwick Place, Cheltenham 7:30pm
10-Dec-08 Moreton-in-Marsh & District Local History Society Christmas Customs' - Mairi McDonald, followed by Seasonal Refreshments Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh 7:30pm
10-Dec-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) Traditional & Seasonal Songs of Gloucestershire followed by the Christmas Party (GFHS) Gloucester Meeting, Milestone School, Longford Lane, Gloucester 7:30pm
11-Dec-08 Leckhampton Local History Society Charles Jessop - Victorian Nurseryman St Philip and St James   Church House, Leckhampton 7:45pm
11-Dec-08 Churchdown Local History Society What you don't know about Churchdown: Historic Quiz Evening with Sue Stafford Community Centre, Churchdown 7.30pm
16-Dec-08 Cheltenham Local History Society Mr Robert Wilson - Cheltenham Craftsmen Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Cheltenham 7:30pm
16-Dec-08 Berkeley Local History Society Xmas Celebration: Minced pies and mulled wine with a Local History Quiz The Library, Berkeley 7:30pm
17-Dec-08 Gloucestershire Family History Society (GFHS) "Christmas' Past" followed by Christmas Party (GFHS) Forest of Dean Branch Meeting, Bream Community Centre, Bream 7:30pm
05-Jan-09 Gloucester and District Archaeological research group (GADARG) Members' evening St Andrews United Reform Church, Garden Room, Montpellier St. 7:30pm
08-Jan-09 Churchdown Local History Society Cotswold Canals Presentation (Bruce Hall) Community Centre, Churchdown 7.30pm
10-Jan-09 Forest of Dean Local History Society The title is to be advised, by Dee Ashurst Coleford Community Centre 3:00pm
12-Jan-09Nailsworth Local History Research Group"A Second Look at Stroud's Other Industries" by Ray WilsonNailsworth Library7.30pm
15-Jan-09 Leckhampton Local History Society A history of allotments in Gloucestershire (John Loosley) St Philip and St James   Church House, Leckhampton 7:45pm
15-Jan-09 Campden & District Historical and Archaeological Society "I give and bequeath unto &" Research into Campden Wills - The House History Group Upper Room, Town Hall, High Street, Chipping Campden 8:00pm
15-Jan-09 Gotherington Area Local History Society Members' Evening Gotherington Village Hall 8:00pm
15-Jan-09 Slimbridge Local History Society Local Archives from a local archivist's point of view' Speaker: Shawn Morely Village Hall, Slimbridge 7:30pm
15-Jan-09 Tewkesbury History Society Social Evening at the Elmbury Room Tewkesbury Methodist Church, The Cross, Barton St 7:45pm
16-Jan-09 The Rissingtons Local History Society "The Blockley Silk Trade" (Jeremy Bourne) Wyck Rissington Village Hall 8:00pm
16-Jan-09 Friends of Gloucestershire Archives "In Celebration of the River Severn".  The Friends' Annual Party Frith Centre 7:00pm
19-Jan-09 The Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch Richard Cromwell: Professor Ivan Roots, University of Exeter Up Hatherley Library 7:30pm
20-Jan-09 Cheltenham Local History Society Research and Display Evening Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Cheltenham 7:30pm
20-Jan-09 Painswick Local History Society Geoff Sandles: Pubs and Brewers of the Stroud Valley Croft School, Painswick 7:30pm
21-Jan-09 The Oakridge History Group Workshop: "More about our village" Village Hall, Oakridge 7:30pm
21-Jan-09 Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) "Lost Railways of Gloucestershire" by David Aldred Gala Club, Fairmile Gardens, Longford, Gloucester 7:30pm
22-Jan-09The Cranham Local History SocietyAGM followed 'Stroud End Tything' by Carolyn Luke Cranham Village Hall7.30pm
29-Jan-09 Maisemore Local History Society "Ley Lines and Dowsing" by John Smyth Maisemore Village Hall, Main Hall 7:30pm
02-Feb-09 Gloucester and District Archaeological research group (GADARG) "Durrington Walls and Stonehenge" by Joshua Pollard, University of Bristol Gloucestershire Archives, Alvin St. Kingsholm 7:30pm
02-Feb-09 The Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch Healthcare in the Southwest, 1750-1850: Professor Stephen King, Oxford Brookes University Friends Meeting House, Gloucester 7:30pm
06-Feb-09 The Rissingtons Local History Society Social Evening, members only   7:30pm
09-Feb-09Nailsworth Local History Research Group"The Factory as Country House" by Jennifer TannNailsworth Library7.30pm
12-Feb-09 Churchdown Local History Society My Life on the Severn (Chris Witts) Community Centre, Churchdown 7.30pm
17-Feb-09 Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) "The Story of Blockley Silk Mills" by Jeremy Bourne Society of Friends Meeting House, Warwick Place, Cheltenham 7:30pm
17-Feb-09 Cheltenham Local History Society Mr John Elliott - Lost Worlds - Picture Palaces of Cheltenham Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Cheltenham 7:30pm
17-Feb-09 Painswick Local History Society Helen Briggs & David Archard: A Briggs/Archard production! Croft School, Painswick 7:30pm
18-Feb-09 The Oakridge History Group "Old Paths in Gloucestershire" by Alan Pilbeam Village Hall, Oakridge 7:30pm
19-Feb-09 Leckhampton Local History Society Members' evenings St Philip and St James   Church House, Leckhampton 7:45pm
19-Feb-09 Campden & District Historical and Archaeological Society "Gloucestershire's Industrial Heritage" (Dr Ray Wilson) Upper Room, Town Hall, High Street, Chipping Campden 8:00pm
19-Feb-09 Friends of Gloucestershire Archives "Four Short Talks" by members of The Friends Frith Centre 7:00pm
19-Feb-09 Gotherington Area Local History Society Iron Age Hillforts in the Cotswolds with the cup and ring stone from Nottingham Hill - Dr Alison Brookes Gotherington Village Hall 8:00pm
19-Feb-09 Tewkesbury History Society Evening of Research Tewkesbury Methodist Church, The Cross, Barton Street 7:45pm
23-Feb-09 Gloucester and District Archaeological research group (GADARG) "New discoveries at Bredon Henge, Worcestershire" by Dr Jodie Lewis, University of Worcester St Andrews United Reform Church, Garden Room, Montpellier St. 7:30pm
23-Feb-09 The Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch The Battle of Leningrad: Mr Mike Jones, Author: Leningrad-State of Siege University of Gloucestershire, Main Building, Park Campus, Cheltenham 7:30pm
26-Feb-09 Maisemore Local History Society "Gloucester's Asylums" by Ian Hollingsbee Maisemore Village Hall, Main Hall 7:30pm
04-Mar-09 Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) "European Industrial Heritage Museums" by Anthony Burton Rodborough Community Hall 7:30pm
09-Mar-09Nailsworth Local History Research GroupMill Owners' Families and their Activities: The Critchleys and the Harrises by Will HarrisNailsworth Library7.30pm
11-Mar-09 Moreton-in-Marsh & District Local History Society AGM, followed by "Walls and Stiles, Gates and Gateways" by Mornee Button Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh 7:30pm
12-Mar-09 Churchdown Local History Society Early Emigrants to Australia; the story of the Garlick Family (Tony Curnock) Community Centre, Churchdown 7.30pm
13-Mar-09 The Rissingtons Local History Society "Salmondsbury Camp, Bourton on the Water' (Gail Stoten) Little Rissington Village Hall 8:00pm
16-Mar-09 The Historical Association - Cheltenham and Gloucester Branch Thatcherism: Dr Martin Holmes, University of Oxford Friends Meeting House, Gloucester 7:30pm
17-Mar-09 Cheltenham Local History Society Mr Alan Pilbeam - Old Paths of Gloucestershire Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Cheltenham 7:30pm
17-Mar-09 Painswick Local History Society Bruce Hall: Cotswold Canals Croft School, Painswick 7:30pm
18-Mar-09 The Oakridge History Group Workshop: "More about our village" Village Hall, Oakridge 7:30pm
19-Mar-09 Friends of Gloucestershire Archives Cotswold Dialects  Jim Temlett Frith Centre  
19-Mar-09 Leckhampton Local History Society Sir Thomas Phillips St Philip and St James   Church House, Leckhampton 7:45pm
19-Mar-09 Campden & District Historical and Archaeological Society "Life at St Benet's Hill - the home of the College of Arms and further afield" Robert Noel - Lancaster Herald Upper Room, Town Hall, High Street, Chipping Campden 8:00pm
19-Mar-09 Gotherington Area Local History Society Robert Dover s Cotswold Olimpick Games - Dr Francis Burn Gotherington Village Hall 8:00pm
19-Mar-09 Slimbridge Local History Society Doing Family History' Speaker: John Loosley Village Hall, Slimbridge 7:30pm
19-Mar-09 Tewkesbury History Society Graham Downie: Thomas Walker Tewkesbury Methodist Church, The Cross, Barton Street 7:45pm
19-Mar-09The Cranham Local History SocietyCheese Rolling' by Jean JeffriesCranham Village Hall7.45pm
26-Mar-09 Maisemore Local History Society "Historical Architectural Styles" by Mrs Francis Wilson-Copp Maisemore Village Hall, Main Hall 7:30pm
30-Mar-09 Gloucester and District Archaeological research group (GADARG) AGM followed by a talk on "Three Medieval Parliaments of Gloucester" by Russell Howes Gloucestershire Archives, Alvin St. Kingsholm 7:30pm
31-Mar-09 Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) "Cheltenham Stone" by Arthur Price Society of Friends Meeting House, Warwick Place, Cheltenham 7:30pm
08-Apr-09 Moreton-in-Marsh & District Local History Society "Iron Age and Roman art in the Cotswolds" by Dr Alison Brookes Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh 7:30pm
09-Apr-09 Churchdown Local History Society Churchdown Remembered: Video Interviews (Derek Fisher) Community Centre, Churchdown 7.30pm
15-Apr-09 The Oakridge History Group "Gimson, the Barnsleys and the Arts and Crafts Movement" by Mary Greensted Village Hall, Oakridge 7:30pm
16-Apr-09 Leckhampton Local History Society "Learning the Trade: Apprenticeship in Gloucestershire" St Philip and St James   Church House, Leckhampton 7:45pm
16-Apr-09 Campden & District Historical and Archaeological Society AGM followed by a talk by former president David Smith on "Victorian Villains and Victims" Upper Room, Town Hall, High Street, Chipping Campden 8:00pm
16-Apr-09 Maisemore Local History Society "Slides of Old Gloucester" by John Rowden Maisemore Village Hall, Committee Room 7:30pm
16-Apr-09 Gotherington Area Local History Society Simon de Montfort - Tim Porter Gotherington Village Hall 8:00pm
17-Apr-09 The Rissingtons Local History Society "Cotswold Stone Barns" (An illustrated talk by Tim Jordan) Wyck Rissington Village Hall 8:00pm
21-Apr-09 Painswick Local History Society Research Evening Croft School, Painswick 7:30pm
23-Apr-09 Tewkesbury History Society AGM Tewkesbury Methodist Church, The Cross, Barton Street 7:45pm
25-Apr-09 Gotherington Area Local History Society Visit to Evesham with Tim Porter following his talk on Simon de Montford    
28-Apr-09 Cheltenham Local History Society AGM followed by the Rev. Brian Torode and Mrs Heather Atkinson - Delancy Hospital: The end of an era Council Chamber, Municipal Offices, Cheltenham 7:30pm
11-May-09Nailsworth Local History Research GroupLady of Rodborough, Upper Class Lifre in in Stroud and Nailworth 1791-93 by Alan SuttonNailsworth Library7.30pm
13-May-09 Moreton-in-Marsh & District Local History Society "Salmondsbury Camp" by Gail Stoten Women's Institute Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh 7:30pm
14-May-09 Churchdown Local History Society A.G.M. plus Archive Evening Community Centre, Churchdown 7.30pm
14-May-09 The Rissingtons Local History Society "The eighteenth Century Craze for Gin" (Paul Booy) Great Rissington Club 7:45pm
19-May-09 Painswick Local History Society Annual Outing - TBA Croft School, Painswick 7:30pm
20-May-09 The Oakridge History Group Workshop: "More about our village" Village Hall, Oakridge 7:30pm
21-May-09The Cranham Local History Society‘The Work of the Royal Observer Corps' by Ted CurrierCranham Village Hall7.45pm
21-May-09 Leckhampton Local History Society AGM followed by - Wells & Holy Wells of Glo'shire St Philip and St James   Church House, Leckhampton 7:45pm
21-May-09 Tewkesbury History Society Cliff Burd: Historical Chat! Tewkesbury Methodist Church, The Cross, Barton Street 7:45pm
08-Jun-09Nailsworth Local History Research GroupBring and tell (Bring a historic item from home and tell us about it) with Lionel WaldrondNailsworth Library7.30pm
11 Jun-09 Churchdown Local History Society Rural District Nursing in Gloucestershire 1880-1925 (Carrie Howse) Community Centre, Churchdown 7.30pm
16-Jun-09 Painswick Local History Society AGM Croft School, Painswick 7:30pm
17-Jun-09 The Oakridge History Group Project presentation Village Hall, Oakridge 7:30pm
18-Jun-09 Slimbridge Local History Society AGM and members' night Village Hall, Slimbridge 7:30pm
23-Jun-09 The Rissingtons Local History Society Visit to Malmesbury with Charles Vernon   11am
15-Jul-09 The Oakridge History Group Local visit Village Hall, Oakridge 7:30pm



Berkeley Local History Society: Programme Secretary: Peter Wells (01453 269233)
Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society: Angela Newcombe (01452 859308)
Campden & District Historical & Archaeological Society (CADHAS): www.chippingcampdenhistory.org.uk
Charlton Kings Local History Society: Chairman: Mrs. Mary Southerton (01242 520492)
Cheltenham Local History Society: Chairman: Sue Newton (01242 243049)
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society: Chairman: David Viner (01285 651513)
Forest of Dean Local History Society: Anne Childs (01594 834402)
Friends of Gloucestershire Archives: Programme Secretary: Mary McGhee
GADARG: Martin Ecclestone (01453 759516)
Glos. Society for Industrial Archaeology: Secretary Dr Ray Wilson (01453 860595)
Gotherington & District Local History Society: Secretary: Jill Collins (01242 672848)
Historical Association: Secretary: Robert Sutton (01242 574889)
Lechlade History Society: Secretary: Keith Newsome (01367 252457)
Leckhampton Local History Society: Chairman: Miss Amy Woolacott (01242 522566)
Maisemore Local History Society: Rosealeen Lane (01452 527341)
Moreton-in-Marsh & District Local History Society: Secretary: Miss M Shepard (01451 830531)
Nailsworth Society: Local History Research Group: Nick Peters (01453 834000)
Oakridge History Group: Pat Carrick (01452 770454)
Rissingtons Local History Society: Mike Boyes (01451 822476)
Slimbridge Local History Society: Peter Ballard (01453 890207)
Stroud Local History Society: Secretary:
Tewkesbury Historical Society: Secretary (01684 294056)
Westcote Local History Society: Secretary: Mrs. Pamela Rouse (01993 830684)
Wotton-under-Edge Historical Society: M. Rowley (01453 845287)

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