Philip Serrell’s Auction Notes An audience of over sixty members of the Pershore Civic Society gathered at St Andrew’s Centre on the evening of 7th October 2025 for what proved to be a most entertaining and memorable event. The guest speaker was Philip Serrell, the well-known Worcester-based auctioneer and televisionContinue Reading
Talk: Pershore Abbey’s Pipe Organ On the evening of 23rd September 2025, the Pershore Civic Society welcomed James MacDowall Scott, Musical Director of Pershore Abbey, for a fascinating talk and demonstration of the Abbey’s new Fratelli Ruffatti pipe organ. This is the first in the Society’s series of 2025/2026 Autumn/Winter/SpringContinue Reading
Debroah Overton “The Archaeology and History of Bredon Hill” Deborah Overton spoke to the Civic Society at St Andrews on 4th February 2025 about the Archaeology and History of Bredon Hill. What a treasure trove of archaeological finds and theories it is! Of course, most of us are familiar withContinue Reading
“An Archdeacon’s Tale” – stories from Lichfield Cathedral – Chris Liley Our member Chris Liley (or more properly the Venerable Christopher Frank Liley formerly of Lichfield Cathedral) gave an excellent talk to the Pershore Civic Society who packed the St Andrews Parish Centre on Tuesday 29th October 2024. His upbringingContinue Reading
“A E Housman – A Worcestershire Lad” – Max Hunt On 24th September 2024, Max Hunt, Secretary of the Housman Society, jump-started the Pershore Civic Society’s season of 2024/2025 Winter Talks with a fascinating insight into the life and times of AE Housman, who wrote the cycle of 63 poemsContinue Reading
Moats, Mills and Fish Ponds – Deborah Overton “Local historian and archaeologist Deborah Overton spoke at a well-attended meeting at St Andrews on Tuesday 6th February 2024. Everyone was congratulated for braving the driving rain! Water was very much a topic of conversation from that point onwards.Deborah’s talk on Mills,Continue Reading
How to Read a Church by Leigh-Anne Beattie – Oct 2023 An exploration of the collection of the Churches Conservation Trust In this fascinating talk Leigh-Anne Beattie discussed the background of the CCT and its work, and use examples from its collection to demonstrate how to ‘read’ a church. TheContinue Reading
7 Towns in Worcestershire – September 2023 Worcestershire’s historic towns: a heritage at risk from 1960s progress. Graham Gooderham introduced the film, explaining that whilst working for Worcs. County Council in 1967 he was asked to provide a film covering seven riverside towns in the county: Malvern, Tenbury, Evesham, Pershore,Continue Reading
Victorian Farm Buildings – Alan Wadsworth Recording and Researching the Past for the Future A fascinating talk given by Alan Wadsworth who was born in Yorkshire, lived on a farm, became a mathematician and also took up archaeology primarily of buildings and landscapes. Moved to Worcestershire in 2016 and joinedContinue Reading
