To all members on the K&DLHG mailing list
This month’s meeting. On this coming Friday 16 March Judith Ellis will be talking to us about ‘Trading Places –photographs and memories of Campden shops.’
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.
K&DLHG Outings 2012
There will be only two on offer this year. However, both promise to be well worth your active support. If you have not already done so, put the dates in your diary now. Full details later.
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.
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,
Next month’s meeting. This will be on Friday 20 April, when Dr Stanley Ireland will be talking about The Warmington Hoard (also known as The South Warwickshire Hoard , acquired at a cost of £52,000, for display in Warwick Museum).
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.
Best wishes Peter Ashley-Smith, secretary 12 March 2012