To all members on the K&DLHG mailing list

Under the general title ‘Christmas Treats’ our next meeting, on Friday 14 December at 7.30pm, combines the festive with the serious.

This will be the last meeting attended by Lord Willoughby de Broke as our Honorary President before he retires after five years in this role.

At the beginning of the evening there will be a brief Extraordinary General Meeting to elect a new Honorary President for the next five years.  Your committee will be proposing the election of Dr Robert (Bob) Bearman, MBE, FRHistS, who lives in Butlers Marston and is a well-known local historian and writer on Shakespearean biography, who recently received a ‘Personal Achievement’ award from the British Association for Local History for his work over the last forty years.  He has also spoken to the Group at meetings in the past and has been guest of honour at an AGM Supper.

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 The main Treats for the evening will be short informal presentations by three of our members.  David Gill will be revealing ‘A Mystery Solved’, Brian Douthwaite will be talking about the project to establish an Edgehill Battlefield Hub in Radway and the associated bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund, and Brian Lewis will be illustrating ‘An Item of Local Interest.’

To round off the evening, in addition to the traditional mince pies and mulled wine, there will be lebkuchen and kinderpunsch (spicy biscuits and non-alcoholic punch) and wassail (spicy hot cider based drink made with baked apples).

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 The remaining tickets for the AGM Supper 18 January 2013.will be on sale at this meeting.  Ticket price £11-50 per person.

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 There will also be the opportunity for some Christmas shopping to buy local history books as presents for yourself or for friends:-

 

Coventry and Warwickshire 1914-1919: Local Aspects of the Great War, edited by Chris Holland

In this newly published book of ten articles (including one by Gill Ashley-Smith on Caring for the Wounded in Kineton), local historians explore major themes from the period to show how individuals and communities in Coventry and Warwickshire responded to the demands placed upon them by more than four years of war.  Available at the discounted price of £9-00 (usually £9-95).

Butlers Marston: its history through its houses.  Also on sale at this meeting will be Dr Robert ‘Bob’ Bearman’s new book tracing the history of this small Warwickshire village through a study of its standing buildings.  Price £5-00, it includes 22 photographs and a foldout map.

Come and enjoy!

 

Peter Ashley-Smith, Secretary

7 December 2012

 

Update 11.12.12

Lord Willoughby de Broke is now unable to attend our meeting on Friday evening, 14 December.  However, he hopes to be able to join us for the AGM and Supper on Friday 18 January, and to hand over his role as Honorary President to his successor.

 

Peter Ashley-Smith, K&DLHG secretary