October 9th 2018 The History of Worcestershire Archaeological Society with a Pershore Twist by Robin Whittaker Drawing on his years of being the archivist to the Worcestershire Records Office, now held in The Hive, Robin gave an insight into the founding of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society. This Society, the mainContinue Reading
10th April 2018 An entertaining and educational evening with Henry Sandon who identified and valued several items produced by members of the audience including a twin handled C19 vase, a late C19 Dresden vase featuring a street scene and a female Toby Jug by Martha Gunn who used to assistContinue Reading
25th January 2018 An extra talk to those previously booked was given by Nicholas Coleridge CBE who gave a fascinating insight into his life starting with life between school and uni as a cub reporter on the Falmouth Packet newspaper, progressing to working with such well known publications as Tatler andContinue Reading
14th November 2017 During the talk given by James Pettifer in St. Andrews Hall on the origins of what became known as Pettifer’s Yard i.e. 19 High Street, he showed an old map of what was a Saxon settlement around Pershore with the Avon even then becoming known as aContinue Reading
3rd October 2017 A talk was given by Keith Goddard one of the extremely knowledgeable trustees of Number 8, beginning with a little of the history of the building originally called Portland House and much more about the conversion from a very rundown building to a community centre featuring aContinue Reading
The Man and Woman Behind the Music 4th April 2017 As a child, Edward studied the music available to him in his father’s shop, taught himself to play several instruments, and started composing at the age of ten. Later, Edward took over from his father as organist at St George’sContinue Reading
3rd March 2017 Following a well attended AGM, Chris and Karen Cronin gave a fascinating presentation of their efforts in transforming what was once Croom Court’s overgrown kitchen garden, into a lovely example of how it would have originally looked. Rose beds have been planted, derelict greenhouses replaced and everythingContinue Reading
1st November 2016 A fascinating talk was given by Clive Mathews Chief Executive of the Avon Navigation Trust on some of the recent history of the trust and the River Avon.A slide show was given detailing some of the disasters and successes of navigation on the river including the nowContinue Reading
4th October 2016 An enthusiastic group of people arrived to learn more about how troops were sustained with the aid of plum jam during WW1.A visitor from Stratford had called in after seeing the talk advertised in the Heritage Centre and presented a poem written by his 7 year oldContinue Reading
