STEPHEN BALLARD AND THE HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL. By Ralph Barber Stephen Ballard: a remarkable man. This presentation on his life will focus on the early years around the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust, with stories of his life,...
  LEOMINSTER PRIORY. By Rob Walker The original church, founded at Leominster in 660AD, was a Celtic church, a seed planted by a missionary from Lindisfarne, St. Edfrith, whose religious heritage lay far to the west on the island of Iona. It was the first great...
 LADY ELGAR. By Wendy Hill For this 2026 CHRIS JOHNSON MEMORIAL TALK, Wendy will speak about Caroline Alice, Lady Elgar (nee Roberts, 1848-1920). She was an English author of verse and prose fiction, who married the composer Edward Elgar. ...
