Meetings Archive
Anyone wishing to find out more – or remind themselves – about previous meetings may find this archive useful.
2020 meetings
28 February: Life in Ledbury 1914-1919 – Jenny Harrison
31 January: A visit to Argentina – Chris Johnson
2019 meetings
29 November: Some special churches – Tim Bridges
25 October: The original magic lantern show and its history – Patrick Furley
27 September: Of Sons and Skies” – History of flying in World War 2 – Mike Jackson
21 June: The Canary Girls of Rotherwas – Angela Williams
31 May: Historic Harewood – Heather Hurley
26 April: 7pm A.G.M. followed at 7.45 Two men in Russia – Chris Johnson and Gerald Brooke
29 March: Herefordshire’s Mills – Alan Stoyel
22 February: Hatton’s Horses – Robin Thorndyke
25 January: Railways in Art – Gareth Davies
2018 meetings
30 November: Herefordshire Wildlife Trust – Rose Farrington
26 October: The Commandery, Worcester – Dennis Chamberlain
28 September: Hereford Records Office – Rhys Griffith
22 June: River trade on the Wye and Lugg – Heather Hurley
25 May: The work of the International Centre for Birds of Prey
27 April: 7pm A.G.M. followed by The restoration of Upper Hall – Chris Johnson
30 March: The Harrow and The Plough: the artist Brian Hatton – Robin Thorndyke
23 February: From twine to tinplate – Gareth Davies
26 January: The City of Hereford – Penny Platts
2017 meetings
24 November: The Colwall project for VCH Herefordshire – James Bowen
27 October: Ledbury Naturalists: the first fifty years – Alan Pike and Janet Perry
29 September: The life and times of The Falklands – Fred Clark
23 June: The ancient roads of Herefordshire – Heather Hurley
26 May: Tree Pests and Diseases – Chris Johnson
28 April: A.G.M. followed by Exploring Croft Castle – Richard Wooldridge
31 March: Herefordshire’s Bird Atlas – Nick Smith
24 February: The conversion of Upper Hall – Chris Johnson
27 January: The Bosbury Project for VCH Herefordshire – Janet Cooper
2016 meetings
25 November: The history of maps – Tony Atkinson
28 October: Chedworth Roman Villa – Nick Humphries
30 September: The wildlife of the Falklands – Fred Clark
24 June: My boyhood Pennine home: Civil War to Cold War – David Briggs
27 May: Herefordshire’s Medieval Landscape – Christopher Atkinson
29 April: AGM followed by “The Halls of the dead” – Tim Hoverd, Archaeological Projects Manager, Herefordshire Council
1 April: The Ledbury Lute: A talk and musical demonstration – Chris Egerton and Taro Takeuchi
26 February: The Hereford Bull: the story of a trow – Andrew Wynn
29 January: The history of Bromesberrow Place – Marie Forsyth
2015 meetings
27 November: From little pips… The history and natural history of Colwall’s orchards – Tim Dixon
30 October: Words of transformation – Alex Coppock, Conservation Architect
25 September: Churches strange and wonderful – Penny Platts
26 June: Old Court Nurseries – Helen Picton
29 May: Filming for the BBC in Malvern and Ledbury – Michael Jackson
24 April: AGM followed by Philip Clisset and his legacy – Michael Abbott
27 March: Edward Cooper: an Elizabethan Master of St. Katherine’s Hospital – Celia Kellett
27 February: The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester railway – Martin Connop Price
30 January: Paved with living colour – the Godwins of Lugwardine – Rhys Griffith
2014 meetings
28 November: Sweden – Lena Dyche
31 October 2014: In search of the father of Hi-Fi – David Briggs
26 September 2014: Mount Everest – Bronco Lane
27 June 2014: From desert to ice: an adventure in the Chinese Karakoram – Chris Johnson
30 May 2014: A thousand years of building in stone – Beth Andrews (Earth Heritage Trust)
25 April 2014: AGM followed by The Hereford School of Sculpture – Duncan James
28 March 2014: Pests: the unseen occupants – Jane Thomson-Webb
28 February 2014: Local produce: Just Rachel’s ice-cream – Rachel Hicks
24 January 2014: The Mappa Mundi – Sarah Arrowsmith
2013 meetings
29 November 2013: The Eastnor Project – Janet Cooper, Chairman, VCH Group
25 October 2013: The Dragon Orchard story – Norman Stanier
27 September 2013: Elgar’s Women
28 June 2013: Half-timbered restoration: the story of a cottage – Jemima Webb
31 May 2013: Medieval hall-houses of Herefordshire – Duncan James
26 April 2013: AGM followed by The work of the Malvern Hills Conservators – Stephen Bound, Director
29 March 2013: “What’s in a name?” Herefordshire place-names – Anthony Moulton-Smith
22 February 2013: The Woodland Trust’s activities in Herefordshire – Jeremy Evans
25 January 2013: Voysey’s Perrycroft – Dr. Mark Archer