Visit to Worcester Cathedral Medieval Library
We shall be visiting Worcester Cathedral Medieval Library to view some of their wonderful collection of manuscripts. There will also be an opportunity to visit the nearby Museum of Royal Worcester Porcelain. Tickets for this trip are £25. Entry to the porcelain museum is not included.
Warwick and Leamington Tramway
Lapworth Village Hall Old Warwick Road, KingswoodA talk by Peter Coulls Peter Coulls is a retired Local Government Officer with a lifelong interest in railways and industrial archaeology. His talk will cover the development of the Leamington & Warwick Tramway between 1881 and 1930. Initially a horse drawn operation over a single track, it was electrified in 1905 and most of …
The Gunpowder Plot and its Midlands Connections
Lapworth Village Hall Old Warwick Road, KingswoodA talk by Allan Jennings Most people are aware of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. However, Yorkshireman Guy Fawkes wasn’t the leader of the conspirators or the person that planned the attack, it was someone much closer to home. This comprehensive talk gives details of the history behind the plot, the people and places …
The Sweet Life in Bourneville
Lapworth Village Hall Old Warwick Road, KingswoodA talk by Bob Booth In 1879, George and Richard Cadbury moved their factory from the city centre to the Bournbrook Estate some four miles distant. Transport links were good and there was clean water from the River Bourn. They named the new factory site Bournville. George Cadbury was appalled at working class living conditions …
Guy of Warwick
Lapworth Village Hall Old Warwick Road, KingswoodA talk by Trevor Langley Guy of Warwick is a legendary hero of Romance literature, popular in both England and France. The talk reveals the Romantic, Chivalrous and Tragic story of a local 'super-hero' - facts, fiction and tradition who became a legacy to the town of Warwick in literature, folklore and music.
New Archaeology at Baddesley Clinton
Lapworth Village Hall Old Warwick Road, KingswoodA talk by Stephen Wass Stephen was contracted by the National Trust to review the park and gardens at Baddesley Clinton in the light of new LIDAR images they had commissioned. During the course of the work, several new sites were discovered and the whole history of the gardens rewritten. The talk will provide an …
Migration of Warwickshire Labourers
Lapworth Village Hall Old Warwick Road, Kingswood"From this ground" A performance by Michael Luntley and friends In a departure from our usual style of event, this meeting is a performance of stories, folk songs and poetry describing the disastrous 1872 emigration of Warwickshire farm labourers to Brazil in search of a better life. Seduced by promises of land and high wages, …
The Warwick Bank Crash
Lapworth Village Hall Old Warwick Road, KingswoodA talk by Rick Thompson The Warwick & Warwickshire Bank owned by the Greenway family had been a trusted provincial bank for nearly a century. But on September 6th, 1887 the bank's buildings in Leamington and Warwick were closed with notices saying business had been suspended. The bank had gone bust with huge debts and …
English Art Before the Reformation
Lapworth Village Hall Old Warwick Road, KingswoodI am sorry to have to announce that we have had to make a change to the planned talk for our next meeting on Tuesday 17th September. Our speaker, Andrew Reekes, who was to have talked to us about the work of the Civic Gospel in Birmingham, has had to cancel for personal reasons. We have been …
AGM followed by Needle Making in Worcs and Warwickshire 1640-1940
Lapworth Village Hall Old Warwick Road, KingswoodThis meeting will start earlier than our usual time with the first part of the meeting given over to our AGM the AGM will be followed, at approximately 7:45, by a talk by Richard Churchley Dr. Richard Churchley, a local historian, will give an illustrated talk outlining the development of the needle trade in Warwickshire …