In existence since 1982, the Society
promotes interest in local history by arranging speakers at monthly
meetings, maintaining a lending library of books and pamphlets of local
interest, sponsoring classes, and researching and publishing articles and
booklets on local history.
Meetings are from September to April on the fourth Tuesday of the month
(except December) at 8 PM in Gotherington Village Hall. Dues are
£6 per
year. Non-members are welcome for a
visitor’s fee of £2.
Photographs taken on some of our fieldtrips in 2011 can be viewed via a click of the mouse:
Brigadier Jonny Rickett led a superb day
during which the society investigated civil war sites around Cropredy, north
of Banbury.
Gotherington Local History Society's trip to Nailsworth
Programme details for 2011 – 2012
All meetings begin at 8pm in Gotherington Village Hall and are followed
by coffee, biscuits, and the opportunity to browse through the society's
collection of local history books'
Tuesday 27th September – ‘The story of the Blockley Silk Mills’: speaker –
Jeremy Bourne
Tuesday 25th October – To be confirmed.
Tuesday 29th November – ‘The Spas of Gloucester’: speaker – Philip Moss
Wednesday 14th December – ‘A celebration of the Roman Saturnalia Festival’:
an in-house celebration
Tuesday 24th January – ‘The blue plaques in Cheltenham’: speaker – Sue
Rowbotham
Tuesday 28th February – ‘Marianne North: Victorian artist and traveller’:
speaker – Geoff North
Tuesday 27th March – ‘Bristol, city of monks and bones’: speaker – Jinx
Newley
Tuesday 24th April – AGM followed by ‘Frampton-on-Severn’: speaker – Rose
Hewlett
Evening classes
‘Gloucestershire’s Industrial Heritage’ with Dr. Ray Wilson
Thursday 26th January, Thursday 9th February, Thursday 23rd February,
Thursday 8th March 2012
Venue: Oxenton Village Hall
Cost: tbc
Guided Walks around Gotherington
Geoff Newsum has written and illustrated a series of guided walks around the
village entitled ‘A walk through the history of Gotherington’. All four are available now from the village shop or from Courtyard Books in Tarlings Yard in Bishop’s Cleeve; price £2 each. |
