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This list of local history speakers will be
updated from time to time as new speakers are notified.
Amendments and additions to the list should be sent to
Naomi McMahon, Local History Secretary, GRCC, Community House, 15
College Green, Gloucester, GL1 2LZ. Email: Naomi McMahon
ALDRED,
David H. BSc. Econ. MA PGCE, 98
Malleson Road, Gotherington, Cheltenham, GL52 9EY
Tel & Fax (01242 672533) Email: dhaldred@excite.com
Fee £45 including reasonable travel expenses.
- History
of Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham
- Winchcombe
& its lost Abbey
- Deserted
medieval settlements in the Cotswolds
- Hailes
Abbey & the Mystery of the Holy Blood.
- Lost
railway journeys in Gloucestershire
All illustrated
BARNETT,
Paul, 22 Gurney Avenue, Tuffley, Gloucester, GL4 0YL
Tel (07833143231) Email barnadillo@aol.com
Fee £35 including reasonable travel expenses.
- Fore
& Aft, an illustrated journey through the Purton Hulks ships
graveyard.
- Lydney’s Lost Fleet.
BLAKE,
Dr Steven, "Delton", Fairmount Road, Cheltenham, GL51 7AQ
Tel (01242 510926) Email steven.blake@deltonglos.plus.com
Fee £50 including travel expenses within
Gloucestershire; 20p per mile thereafter.
- Gloucestershire
Churches (particularly wall paintings stained glass &
Romanesque carvings).
- History
of Cheltenham
- Pilgrims
roads from France to Santiago de Compostela
- The
Pilgrims Way: on foot from Winchester to Canterbury
- John
Bellamy (1808-93) A Gloucestershire travelling Showman.
- The Way of St. Olav:
The Medieval Pilgrims' Way from Oslo to Trondheim
- The
Cotswold Way: 100 miles of History
- Britain's
forgotten spas: An architectural Journey
- English
Medieval Wall Paintings.
- English
Medieval Fonts.
Willing to
give talks at short notice
BOURNE,
Jeremy M.A. Malvern Mill, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9HA
Tel (01386 700250) Email jandabourne@dsl.pipex.com
Fee £25 donation to relevant society +
travelling expenses
- The
Story of Blockley Silk Mills
- 1200
Years in 60 minutes: A Brief Introduction to a Cotswold Village
-
A.E Housman & his Brother's Poems
- Soldier
I wish you well: The Burmese Letters of G.H. Housman & his
brother's Poems
- The
Indian Empire - Was it a Success?
All talks with slides or DVD.
The first two talks on
behalf of Blockley Antiquarian Society
and the next two talks on
behalf of The Housman Society
BOWRING,
Mrs Anne, (National Trust Lecturer), 40 Hillcrest Road,
Portishead BS20 8HP
Tel (01275 848347)
Fee £30 donation to National Trust locally (at
moment fundraising for Tyntesfield) plus travel 20p/mile.
- The
Flight of the King: Charles II escape from the Battle of Worcester
through England
- Gunpowder
Plot: The People, The Places & the Plot
- The
Bayeux Tapestry
- Secret
Hiding Places: A Country House tells its Story
- The
Triangular Run: The Slave Trade & the diary of a former slaver
National
Trust Subjects: (all talks illustrated with slides)
- Tyntesfield:
Saved for the Nation
- A
Dutch Experience: Dyrham & the Netherlands
- Clevedon
Court: A Medieval Exploration
- A
Gift Relationship: Volunteers & volunteering
- A
shorter talk on experiences as a National Trust Administrator (without
slides)
BOYES,
Michael, Tallet House, Little Rissington, Cheltenham, GL54
2ND
Tel (01451 822476)
Fee£40 plus travel expenses over 30 miles.
-
A Victorian Rector and Nine Old Maids
- The
Adventurous Life of Five Cotswold Brothers
- A
Journey to Peru, Land of the Incas
- A
Journey to Ladakh, 'Little Tibet'
Willing to give talks at
short notice
CONWAY-JONES,
Hugh, 1 Grovelands, Gloucester, GL4 3JF
Tel (01452 619679) Email: conway-jones@docks.plus.com
Fee £35 + travel expenses
- Gloucester
Docks Past, Present & Future
- Gloucestershire
Curiosities
- The
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
- Gloucester's boatmen
on Severn & Canal
- Gloucester's
Dockside Community
- Gloucestershire
Sights & Stories
All talks with slides
Guided tours can
be arranged.
CURNOCK,
S.A. (Tony), 45 The Street, Uley, Dursley GL11 5SY
Tel (01453 860522) Email: joanthony@talk21.co.uk
Fee Travelling expenses
- Where
am I? The Cotswolds or Australia.
- The Garlick family
of Uley - Pioneer Emigrants to South Australia
Both talks are illustrated
by slides and feature people and
places in the
Cotswolds with links to and in Australia
from 1760 to
present)
- Singapore:
the Lion City.
Willing to give talks at
short notice
DAVIES,
Gwilym, "Sweets of May", 39 Buckles Close, Charlton Kings,
Cheltenham, GL53 8QT
Tel (01242 235662) Email: gwilymdavies@bigfoot.com
Website: www.puzzlejug.co.uk/gwilym
Fee £50 plus travel expenses
- English
Gypsy folk song and dance
- Folk
music and songs of the Cotswolds
- Percy
Grainger folk song collecting in Gloucestershire
- History
of Cotswold Morris Dancing
- Traditional
Cotswold Carols and Wassails.
Talks will include live
performance and powerpoint presentations.
Willing to
give talks at short notice.
DAVIES,
Tim, The Estate Office Berkeley GL13 9QL T: 01453 810303 F:
01453 511915
Tel (01242 235662) Email: tim.davies@berkeleyestate.co.uk
Fee Donation to Berkeley Castle Charitable
Trust plus travelling expenses 40p per mile.
- The
Berkeley and Spetchley Estates
- Berkeley
Castle
- Spetchley
Park Gardens
- Marketing
Historic Estates.
Willing to
give talks at short notice
DIXON,
John, M.Phil. President, Tewkesbury Historical Society, 5
Stokes Court, Oldbury Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5JL
Tel: (01684 294262) Mobile (0774 7727703) Email: john.history@freeuk.com
Fee £35 including travel within the local
Cheltenham/Gloucester/Tewkesbury area
- WWII
in the Tewkesbury area
- Barbara Cartland's
father, Walton House & WWI.
- Tewkesbury's Members
of Parliament.
- The Holocaust Revisited:
Schindler's Krakov & Auschwitz
- "Political
Corruption amidst Victorian Probity" in Tewkesbury
- Tewkesbury's forgotten
High Street railway station and its impact on the development
of the town
- Tewkesbury's History
Bulldozed for the Kremlin!
- Tewkesbury's Political
Elite before the Great Reform Act.
- Historical
Tourism with Bite: Tewkesbury Slave Labourers on the Burma
Thailand Railway in WWII. But did the Bridge over
the River Kwai exist?
- Guided Tour (c.
1 hour) around "Hidden Tewkesbury" also available: an
opportunity to see remnants of Tewkesbury's failed industrial
revolution.
DRAPER,
Dr Simon, Victoria History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire
Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW,
Tel (01452 425292) Email: simon.draper@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Fee Travel expenses together with a donation
to Local County History Trust.
- Victoria
County History
- Writing
a Parish History
- Landscape
History / Archaeology
- Anglo-Saxon
England
- Roman and
Anglo-Saxon Wiltshire / Gloucestershire
- Place Names
and History / Archaeology.
EVANS,
Dan, 4 Cornfield Close Bradley Stoke Bristol BS32 9DN
Tel (01454 625313) Email:
woodenhouse@talktalk.net
Fee £30 including local travel.
- History
of English Place Names
- History
of Bath Abbey
- Bristol
Statues and Local History
- Stones and
Streets of Bath
- Brunel and
the Suspension Bridge.
Willing to give talks at short notice
FRY,
Mrs Eileen, 26 Crescentdale, Longford, Gloucester, GL2 9EP
Tel (01452 306300) Email:
Harveylinrose@sixty-ninesee.fsnet.co.uk
Fee £30.00 plus £5 travel expenses.
- You
are My Sunshine - Childhood Memories of the War Years
- Swindon
Trip Week - Life in a Railway Town
- War
Poets with local emphasis
- Poems
and Yarns of Old Gloucester
Willing to give talks at
short notice
FURLEY,
Patrick, "Tramara", 160 Hempsted Lane, Hempsted, Gloucester,
GL2 5JY
Tel (01452 504379) Mobile (07812 506674) Fax (01452 504379)
Fee £30 inclusive within 15 mile radius of
Gloucester then additional mileage as agreed
- The
Magic Lantern, its history and a show as it was given 150 years ago
Willing to give talks
at short notice
GREET,
Mrs Carolyn S. BA Dip.Ed., 129 London Road, Cheltenham, GL52
6HN
Tel (01242 574325)
Fee As arranged
- Charles
Jessop Victorian Nurseryman
- Edward
Welch A Cheltenham family seen through 19th century eyes.
- Charles
Hale Musician & Cheltenham Town Surveyor
- A
Walk down Cheltenham High Street in 1810 Past buildings, present
traces. (Illustrated by slides).
HARRIS
William P. Chestnut Park House,
Charfield Road, Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8RL
Tel (01453 843411) evenings
Fee Donation to Oxfam + travel expenses where
journey exceeds 60 miles
- Slide
show and Commentary on: Wotton area (with particular reference to
surviving woollen mills).
- Stroud
area (as above).
- Sharpness
Docks.
- Sharpness
& Gloucester Canal.
- Gloucester
Docks.
- Various
sets of Bristol area & some national
All talks about surviving industrial
monuments.
HEIGHWAY,
Carolyn, 6 Church St, Kings Stanley, Stonehouse, GL10 3HW
Tel & Fax 01453 823172 Email: carolyn@pasthistoric.co.uk
Fee
£50 including travel expenses.
- Anglo-Saxon
Gloucestershire.
- Anglo-Saxon
England.
- Architectural
Development of Gloucester Cathedral
HERBERT,
Dr Nicholas M. BA PhD. (formerly County Editor, Victoria
History of Gloucestershire), Gable Cottage, Park Lane, Prestbury,
Cheltenham, GL52 3BN
Tel (01242 232242) Email: nmhrbrt@aol.com
Fee £30 including travel expenses.
- Road
Travel & Transport in Georgian Gloucestershire
- Trade
on the River Severn in Gloucestershire
- Development
of Georgian Gloucester
- Medieval
Gloucester
- Landscape
& Settlement in Forest of Dean.
- Interpreting
the Gloucestershire Landscape.
- Carved
Headstones of Vale & Severnside Churchyards.
- The
Medieval Towns of Gloucestershire.
All talks are illustrated
with slides
HEWLETT,
Rose, 9 Vicarage Lane, Frampton on Severn, Gloucester, GL2 7EE
Tel (01452 740894) Fax (01452 740698) Email: clifford.fce@farming.co.uk
Fee £35 to include reasonable travel expenses.
- Village
Life in Mid-Victorian times.
- How
to get the best out of Village Records.
- A
Village through time.
- Guided
walks around Frampton on Severn.
HOWE,
J R MA M.Litt. Dip Ed., The Laurels, The Street, Frampton on
Severn, GL2 73D
Tel (01452 740805)
Fee Travel expenses.
- Local
personalities & Politics since 1880.
- British
Social & Political History since 1800.
- Britain
& Europe 1945-1990.
HOWES,
Russell BA. 68 Barrowfield Road, Farmhill, Stroud, GL5 4DG
Tel (01453 758429)
Fee Donation to a charity
Topics
from history of Gloucestershire, for example:
- Medieval
sieges of Gloucestershire
- Murder
of Edward II,
- Gloucestershire
Monasteries,
- The
Reformation in Gloucestershire,
- Elizabethan
Gloucestershire,
- Gloucestershire
& America,
- Cavaliers
& Roundheads in Gloucestershire,
- Colonel
Massey & the siege of Gloucester
- The
Post in Gloucestershire,
- Joseph
Pitt & the Rise of Cheltenham.
JONES,
Mrs Sylvia. Aldersyde 6 Bream Road Lydney GL15 5JH
Tel (01594 844780)
Fee £30 plus travel expenses 40p per mile.
Topics
from history of Gloucestershire, for example:
- The
Prehistoric & Roman history of Nemobbala, the healing sanctuary
at Lydney Park - 100 BC - AD 460. To include a brief resume of the life
of Julius Caesar & major historical events in Britannia and on
the continent of Europe during this period.
Photographic illustrations - no slides
Evening talks in Summer only Afternoon talks in Autumn/ Winter
JURICA,
Dr A R J BA PhD. Editor, Victoria History of Gloucestershire,
Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1
3DW
Tel (01452 425292)Email: john.jurica@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Fee Donation to Local County History Trust.
- History
of Gloucestershire.
- The
Study of Local History.
- Study
of a specific parish.
- Gloucester
Churches, Chapels, Hospitals & Docks.
- Aspects of Gloucester's
history after Municipal Corporation reform in 1835.
- Forest
of Dean Settlement, industry, churches, chapels & schools.
KEAR,
Mrs Averil, (Former Archives assistant at the Gloucestershire
Archives) Patch Cottage, Oldcroft Green, Lydney, Glos. GL15 4NR.
Tel (01594 563165) Email: a.kear@homecall.co.uk
Fee £40 + travelling expenses over 20 miles.
- Outrage
in the Forest: the story of a group of convicts from the Forest of Dean
who were transported to Bermuda).
- Schooldays:
The history of Forest of Dean schools.
- A
policeman's lot: History of the police force in the Forest of Dean.
- The
story of Apprenticeship in Gloucestershire.
- Your
house has a history: How to trace the history of your house.
- Understanding
the Poor law.
- Exploring
inventories.
- The
Power of the Chapel: How Nonconformity influenced the lives of people
in the Forest of Dean.
- Special
houses of the Forest of Dean.
- The
early history of the Forest of Dean.
Willing to give talks at
short notice
LOCKE-MILLS,
Mr M G, Brook Farm Longdon Marsh Tewkesbury Glos, GL20 6BD
Tel (01684 833884) Email: romanypenner@tiscali.co.uk
Fee £45 plus petrol.
- My
Gran was a Gypsy.
- Lighter
side of Policing.
-
Life of a Prison Inmate.
-
Further tales of the Gypsies.
Willing to give talks at short notice
LOOSLEY,
John, Stonehatch, Oakridge Lynch, Stroud, GL6 7NR
Tel (01285 760460) Email: john@loosleyj.freeserve.co.uk
Fee Donation to Friends of Stroud Hospital.
- Researching
Family History in Gloucestershire.
- Gloucestershire
Overseers of the Poor Papers.
- Early
Emigration to Australia from Gloucestershire.
- Gloucestershire
Almshouses.
- History
of allotments in Gloucestershire.
MACKINTOSH,
Ian, 6 Castle Villas, Stroud, GL5 2HP
Tel (01453 766273) Email: ianmack@mcmail.com
Fee Donation to Stroudwater Textile Trust
- History of Stroud
- its evolution, aspects of its history, character.
- 400
years of Stroudwater Textiles
-
Life and Times at Longford Mills Men
- Behaving
badly (highlights social & individual discontent)
- Out
of the Picture - A study of the C18th picture of Wallbridge
- Medieval
Fulling mills
Where possible these talks can be
adapted for local interests
Willing to
give talks at short notice
MOSS,
Philip, 21 Havelock Road, Hucclecote, Gloucester, GL3 3PF
Tel (01452 619997)
Fee As arranged.
- Hidden
Gloucester.
- Old
Inns of Gloucester.
- Priories
& Friaries of Gloucester.
- The
Spas of Gloucester.
Illustrated by slides
NORTH,
Geoffrey A., 7 Parr Close, Churchdown, Gloucester, GL3 1NH
Tel (01452 857803) Fax (01452 540997) Email: geoffreynorth@blueyonder.co.uk
Fee £25 (min.) dependent upon size of group +
donation to Cheltenham Local History Society
- Marianne
North: Victorian Artist and Traveller (buried Gloucestershire)
- Cheltenham
Town Survey 1855-57.
- Cheltenham's
Voluntary Aid Hospital's (VAD) 1914-1919.
- A
'digital' tour around Cheltenham in the 1850's, (area to suit).
-
A 'digital' walk in the 1850s (St Luke's and Lower Bath Road,
Cheltenham)
- A 'digital'
walk in the 1850s (Upper Bath Road and Naunton Park,
Cheltenham)
OTTEWELL,
Gordon, 33 Delavale Road, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, GL54 5YL
Tel (01242 603464)
Fee £40 + Travel Expenses.
- The Evenlode Valley
- Places & People.
- The
evolution of the Village School.
- The
history & natural history of Hedgerows.
- The Cotswolds -
a literary tour.
- Quaint
& Quirky Gloucestershire.
- Wandering
along the Windrush
Willing to give talks at short notice
PALMER,
Roy MA.,39a Albert Park Road, Malvern, Worcs, WR14 1RH
Tel (01684 562958)
Fee £35 + Travel Expenses.
- The
Folklore of Gloucestershire *
- Traditional
song in Gloucestershire *
- Gloucestershire
Street Ballads *
- The
River Leaden (Illustrated with slides)
*
Illustrated with live and
recorded singing
PARKER,
Sarah, The Edward Jenner Museum, Church Lane, The Chantry,
Berkeley, GL13 9BH
Tel (01453 810631), Fax (01453 811690) Email: manager@jennermuseum.com
Fee £50 minimum donation plus travel expenses.
- The
life and legacy of Dr Edward Jenner ((1749-1823).
- Suffragetts,
Soldiers and Servants An intriguing behind the scenes of Grace and
Favour community at Hampton Court Palace (1750-1950).
Willing to give talks at short notice
PERRY,
Mrs Jackie, Goddards Wharf 10 Alney Terrace Alney Island
Gloucester GL1 2RZ 01452 506146 Work: 01452 410022 ext 253
jackieandrich@talktalk.net
Tel (01452 506146 Work: 01452 410022 ext 253) Email: jackieandrich@talktalk.net
Fee £25 Plus travel expenses over 20 miles.
- Pool
Meadow, Alney Island, Gloucester
- Brickmaking
in the Meadows from the Civil War to the Victorian Period.
- Occupation
- Social and Economic Growth - 1841-1901.
- Women
and Work - 1850-1950.
PERRY,
Megan D., 22 Perch Drive, Mile End, Coleford, Glos.
Tel (01594 834168) Email: latejoys@btinternet.com
Fee £30 Plus travel expenses
over 50 miles.
- A Voyage
to Fiji - 1884.
- Air Travel
- 1950s.
- Military
Nursing 1600-1900.
Willing to give talks at short notice
PETERS,
John, 8 Woodcock Lane, Stonehouse, GL10 2EE
Tel & Fax (01453 824459) Email: myrajohn@btinternet.com
Fee Travel Expenses only
- Tetbury (particular
reference to A Boy in Tetbury' by Frank Peters
- Photographing
Historic and listed buildings.
Willing to give talks
at short notice
PILBEAM,
Alan, 21 Blenheim Orchard Shurdington Cheltenham GL51 4TG
Tel & Fax (01242 862443)
Fee £35
- Gloucestershire
Landscapes.
- Old
Paths of Gloucestershire.
- The
Legacy of Frosts and Floods.
- Trees
in the Landscape.
PORTER,
Tim, Hans Hill Farm, Sezincote, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9TB
Tel (01386 700664)
Fee £45 plus travel 20p per mile - but
negotiable for smaller societies.
- Medieval
& Anglo-Saxon topics (both local and general) including
Pilgrims, Churches, Great Lives, Wars of the Roses, etc. Full
List on request & available for guided tours
- Also
local music history (Holst, 3 Choirs Festival etc).
Willing to give talks at
short notice
PRICE,
Arthur,Frocester Court Frocester Stonehouse GL10 3TN
Tel (01453 823250)
Fee £40 to £60 depending on location and
distance from home.
- From
Quarry to God (stone's of Gloucester Cathedral)
-
The building stone's of Stroud
- The
building stones of Woodchester Mansion
- The
Quarry industry from Painswick to Nailsworth
- Underground
quarrying in the Cotswold's
- Caves
and Caving (Mendip, South Wales, Forest of Dean)
-
Frocester in old pictures and photographs
- Frocester
Court - a history of the buildings
Also guided walks and underground
tours.
RALPH, Pete, Maytree Cottage 54 Buckshaft Road
Cinderford GL14 3DZ T&F:
Tel & Fax (01594 823958)
Fee£30 plus 25p per mile.
- Wildlife
& Plants of the Royal Forest of Dean.
-
Charcoal burning - the hard way.
- Industrial
History of the FOD: Iron, Timber, Stone, Coal
- Forest
of Dean History: Canute to Q.E II.
- Flowers,
Fruits & insects of the Forest of Dean.
Willing to give talks at
short notice
ROBERTS,
Phillipa, 2 Park Cottages Spillman's Pitch Stroud GL5 3LY
Tel (01453 840296 / 07961 838 304)Email: phillipamroberts@hotmail.com
Fee £35 plus travel expenses.
- Readings
from her Grandmother's: 'A Wartime Poetry Journal', 'The Golden Glory
has fled', and 'Winter Jasmine'. All lively and humorous books on the
approach to life during World War I.
SAMPSON,
Aylwin, 33a Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2TD
Tel (01242 237302)
Fee £35 + Travel Expenses
The availability of an ohp/episcope would be appreciated.
- Worthies
of Gloucestershire: people & places.
- Cotswold
Enigmas.
- The
English Cathedral Close.
- Exploring
Parish Churches.
- The Queen's Hotel,
Cheltenham.
- Getting
into print.
- Poet's Paths: footpath
in literature.
- Change not decay:
local historian's view of conservation
- Cheltenham's story.
- First-Class
cricket grounds.
- Racecourses.
- The
homes of rowing.
- Some
Welsh towns.
- Cotswold Churches:
an artist's view.
- Streetwise:
exploring towns
- Ramblings
of a blockhead.
- Roman
Cotswolds.
- The
Park, Cheltenham
Willing to give talks at
short notice
SEAL,
Christine,3 Vallenders Road Bredon Tewkesbury GL20 7HL (home)
Tel (01684 773216 (home) 01865 288817 (day time)) Email: Christine.seal@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Fee £25 plus petrol.
- Domestic
Servants in the 19th Century.
- The
Poor in Cheltenham Union, 1834 to 1914 : workhouse and almshouse
- Occupations
in the village communities around Bredon Hill, 1851 to 1901
- Masters
and Servants of the National Trust Houses: Severn Region 1861 - 1891.
S,IMON
Barry, 3 Swindon Hall Swindon Village Cheltenham GL51
9QR
Tel (01242 521723) Email: barry-simon@hotmail.com
Fee Small donation to Swindon Village Society
- The History
of Swindon Village.
- The History
of Swindon Manor.
- Saint Kenelm
and the Kenelm Way.
- Brockhampton,
Southam and Saxon Charters.
- The History
of Local Church Architecture.
Willing to give talks at short notice
SMITH,
David J H, 22 Beaumont Road, Longlevens, Gloucester, GL2 0EJ
Tel (01452 302610) Email: david_j._h.smith@virgin.net
Fee £40 plus travel by public transport or
lift. Workshops: £150 per day plus travel by public transport.
- The
Berkeley family of Berkeley Castle
- The
murder of Edward II at Berkeley Castle
- 40
Years in the Archives: attics and basements I have known
- Myths
and legends of Berkeley Castle
- Sir
Thomas Phillipps: bibliomaniac
- The
Codrington family of Dodington Park
- Victorian
villains and victims
- Render
unto Caesar: the impact of the established church on ordinary people
c1500-1857
- The
origins and development of the County of Gloucester, 1007-2007
- Highlights
from the history of the City of Gloucester
- An
introduction to probate records
- An
introduction to manorial records
- An
introduction to title deeds
Also
weekend and day workshops for family and local historians (£150 per day
+ travel by public transport)
- Learning
to read Tudor and Stuart handwriting
- Practice
in reading Tudor and Stuart handwriting
- Understanding
probate records
- Understanding
manorial records
- Understanding
title deeds
- Coping
with Latin c1400-1732 without knowing the language
Willing to give talks at
short notice
TORODE,
Rev Brian, 23 Arden Road, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, GL53 0HG
Tel (01242 231212) Email btsarnia@aol.com
Fee Donation £25 plus to chosen charity.
- Jewish
Communities of Cheltenham, Gloucester, & Stroud.
- The
Story of Cheltenham's Tivoli.
- John
Middleton: Provincial (Cheltenham) Architect -3 talks.
- Medieval
Pilgrimage in Gloucestershire.
- William
Hill Knight: Cheltenham Victorian Architect
- Cheltenham's
Masters of Ceremonies.
- Wells
and Holy Wells of Gloucestershire.
UNIVERSITY
OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Archives & Study Centre, Lorna
Scott (Archivist) or Caro MacIntosh (Archives Assistant), Archives
Room, Francis Hall Close, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4AZ
Tel (01242 543496) Fax (01242 543283) Email: archives@glos.ac.uk
Fee
Travel expenses outside the Gloucester/Cheltenham area or
collection/drop off (both non-drivers) Donations for the Development
and Upkeep of the Archives are appreciated.
- History
of the University & its predecessor colleges & student
life
- Archival
Practice
- University
Archives & its constituent components & the BGAS
Library & the Gloucestershire Poets, Writers & Artists
Collection
All talks can be illustrated with
archival items/facsimiles.
Visits or tours can be
arranged for groups of up to 20 during the day or evening
WALTON,
Dave, 2 Sandringham Court, King Arthur Close, Charlton Park,
Cheltenham, GL53 7EY
Tel (01242 233377) Email:
davidpwalton@gmail.com
Fee
£40 payable to Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum (CAG&M)
for the first talk and donation to "The Cotswold Listener" (Talking
Newspaper for the Blind) for the second.
- Gimson
& the Barnsleys (Arts and Crafts Movement in Gloucestershire).
- Poets
of Gloucestershire (Several different versions available)
Willing to give talks at short notice
WATKINS, Malcolm J, BA, AMA, MIFA,
Heritage Matters, Laynes Cottage, Highleadon, GL18 1HG
www.heritagematters.co.uk
Email: info@heritagematters.co.uk
Fee £40 plus plus reasonable travelling expenses
(25p per mile).
- The Birdlip Grave Group
- Personal recollections of a life in the history of Gloucester
- The Gloucester Tables Set
- Roberts Brothers
- The Siege of Gloucester
- Mancala
- Humpty Dumpty - did he fall, or was he pushed?
- A brief history of Games
- My life as Sir Watkyn Morgan
- A Cabinet of Curiosities
- The Gloucester Tudor Doll
- Vandalism for Archaeologists
- William Sheppard
All talks illustrated with slides or
objects
Willing to give talks at short notice
WILSON,
Dr Ray B.Sc. Ph.D. Hon. Sec. Gloucestershire Society for
Industrial Archaeology. (GSIA), Oak House, Hamshill, Coaley, Dursley,
GL11 5EH.
Tel (01453 860595) Email: ray.wilson@coaley.net
Fee £33-£39 including Travel.
- Gloucestershire's
Industrial Heritage
- A Second
Look at Gloucestershire's Industrial Heritage.
- A Third
Look at Gloucestershire's Industrial Heritage.
- Stroud's
Other Industries (more than just cloth!).
- A Second Look at Stroud's
Other Industries.
- Sharpness
-a Country Dock.
- Gloucester
Docks - Past, Present & Future.
- Mills of
the Stroud & Nailsworth Area.
- Mills of
the Dursley & Wotton-under-Edge Area.
- The Industrial
Heritage of the Forest of Dean.
All talks illustrated with
slides
Willing to give talks at short notice
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