To all members on the K&DLHG mailing list
This month’s meeting. On Friday 17 February Richard Pearson will be talking to us about Tudor Education in South Warwickshire.
Subscriptions 2012-13. Annual subscriptions (still £7-50!) can be renewed at that meeting; among the immediate benefits of renewal will be the programme card for 2012-13.
Date for your diary. To mark the K&DLHG’s 25th year a special event has been arranged for Saturday 13 October, when Dr Kevin Leahy will talk about ‘Gold, God and Battle: what the Staffordshire Hoard is telling us’ in the Kineton High School Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets, price £5-00 (school children £2-50), will go on sale later in the year.
Other events of local interest.
Tuesday 21 February. Dr Sylvia Pinches will be talking to the Warwickshire Local History Society about ‘Compton Verney’ on which she has done extensive research. Meetings are held in the Friends’ Meeting House, 39 High Street, Warwick, with coffee available from 7.30pm and the talk starting at 8.00pm. K&DLHG members qualify for free admission.
Wednesday 29 February 10am to 12 noon. Cuppa & Cake Morning at Ettington Community Centre,
Ettington, CV37 7SX. “ Cuppa and cake chat! Find out about learning opportunities in your area. Bring your friends! We are promoting our Adult and Community Learning service. We can offer courses in computing, digital editing, art, local history, photography, relaxation etc. We hire village halls and community centres. Come and meet tutors and find out what we can offer. We need a minimum of 8 people interested in a subject and we can set up courses at convenient times for your life style. For more information contact: Lynne Marcel 01926 413608 email: lynnemarcel@warwickshire.gov.uk Everyone welcome!”
How do we know…? “a series of discovery sessions involving lively discussions, artefacts, archives, specimens and illuminating information about Warwickshire’s past. Come along to learn more about your areas of interest or discover something altogether new with experts and specialists from the relevant fields. All sessions take place at Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park, off Cape Road, Warwick, CV34 4JS. Please call 01926 738959 to book your place.
Saturday 25th February 2.00 pm
Come and find out about the Warwickshire Historic Environment Record which has information about all types of Archaeological Sites and Monuments in the county covering all periods of the past from prehistoric through to modern. Ben Wallace, the Historic Environment Record Manager from Warwickshire County Council, will lead this session. Discover the wide variety of information held, how to access the records and what you can do to help. Who knows what you’ll find in your own area!
Saturday 24th March 2.00 pm
Learn all about Warwickshire’s ancient landscapes and inhabitants with Jon Radley, Curator of Natural Sciences at Warwickshire Museum. Find out how the rocks and fossils in the field and in our collections act as evidence for Warwickshire’s changing environments, climates and ecology through time.
Saturday 21st April 2.00 pm
Come and find out how to begin researching your family tree with one of our archivists, using the local and national sources available at the County Record Office, including parish registers, census records and online sites. “
26 May – 10 June. Leamington Looks Back – Leamington’s inaugural festival of history,
A few festival features:
· A 2-week programme of local history and heritage events(walks, talks, films, exhibitions, learning workshops and live performances) with the aim of making history more accessible
· A ticketed keynote event: In 2012, Tony Benn & Roy Bailey will deliver The Writing on the Wall: a History of Dissent in Words and Song, at the Royal Spa Centre. Tickets online now.
· 1950s dinner-dance, with dance classes leading up to the date, recalling the Coronation celebrations
· 1940s and 1950s nostalgia picnics with bands in the Jephson Gardens
Over 40 events taking place throughout Leamington and in surrounding villages at commercial and public venues, from cafes to museums, with something for everyone, from families and children to history buffs and vintage collectors. An education programme in partnership with Leamington Art Gallery & Museum, Warwickshire’s Adult & Community Learning (Foundation, KS1 & KS2 history workshops), Heritage Education and the County Record Office
For further information please contact me: jennystjohn1@gmail.comor 01926774373.”
Congratulations on reading to the end of this newsletter!.
Best wishes Peter Ashley-Smith, secretary 7 February 2012
Supplementary to newsletter
To all members on the K&DLHG mailing list
News of three events announced at yesterday evening’s meeting.
Next Saturday 25 February there will be a meeting in Radway Village Hall with the aim of introducing the public to proposals to make Radway Church a hub displaying information and artefacts relating to the Battle of Edgehill and, if possible, Radway’s part in the conflict. Speakers will include Dr Glenn Foard on the Battle itself, Julian Humphreys the Battlefields Trust Information Officer, Glynis Powell from Warwick Museum and Helen Mcgowan from Coventry Divine Inspiration. Coffee available at 10.00am, with the meeting running from 10.30 and ending about 12 noon after a question and answer session. All welcome.
K&DLHG Outings 2012
In the absence of any member willing to take on the responsibility of organising the customary programme of three or more outings during June, July and August, there will be only two on offer this year. However, both promise to be well worth your active support. Put the dates in your diary now. Full details later. Booking will open at the meeting on Friday 20 April and, if tickets do not sell out then, there may be another opportunity on 18 May,
Friday 15 June. Evening visit to Marton, starting at 7.00pm. Includes a village walk and the opportunity to see the Museum. Numbers limited to 30. Organised by David Beaumont.
Monday 16 July. Afternoon visit with guided tours of the churches of Charwelton and Fawsley in Northamptonshire, ending with another guided tour and cream tea at nearby Fawsley Hall. Numbers may also be limited. Organised by Gill Ashley-Smith.
For those of you who have not yet got your programme card for 2012, our next meeting will be on
Friday 16 March, when Judith Ellis will be talking about ‘Trading Places –photographs and memories of Campden shops.’
Best wishes Peter Ashley-Smith, secretary 17 February 2012