Other Events Across the County

Rugby Archaeological Society, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, 2nd Floor Education Room, arrival from 10:00, starting 10:15

Talk by Ben Donnelly-Symes, curator of the Northamptonshire Archaeological Resource Centre.  This talk will introduce the Northamptonshire Archaeological Resource Centre which acts as the county’s publicly accessible archaeological archive store since it opened in 2021. It will discuss the background to the project explaining the situation before the store was built, the move of over 22,000 boxes of objects (including some excavated by Rugby Archaeological Society from Bannaventa) to it and the success and challenges along the way. It will touch on our volunteering program, some of the projects we are involved with and our future plans for the store. 

This talk is also available via Zoom. Contact Irene Glendinning csx128@coventry.ac.uk for the link

Solihull Local History Circle: Tracey Williams: Solihull: Back to the Future.  7.15 pm.  Solihull Methodist Church Hall, Station Road, Solihull.  

Harbury Society: Mark Newbold: An Insider's View of the NHS.  Doors open 7.30 pm.  Meeting in the Tom Hauley Room, adjacent to All Saints' Parish Church in Harbury.  All welcome - free to Harbury Society members - guests £2.

Warmington Heritage Group, Professor Sarah Richardson, Writing women back into the political history of Warwickshire, 7.30 pm, Warmington Village Hall, members free, guests: £2

Bidford and District History Society. History of Placenames in Worcestershire Speaker:  Dr Mike Jenkins Crawford Hall, Bidford, 7.30 pm.  

Lapworth Local History Group, The Warwick Bank Crash, Rick Thompson, 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Wellesbourne Local History Group, Shops of Leamington Spa, by Peter Coulls, 7.30 pm, Wellesbourne Village Hall, entry for non members: £3

Welford and Weston History Group, AGM, Quiz and a Fish & Chip Supper. Quiz set by Paul and Sue Young

Marton Local History Group.  AGM and Marton Whitehead Builders.  Marton Village Hall, 7.30 pm.

Alcester and District Local History Society, The Palaeolithic and Ice Age Environments of the West Midlands, Nick Daffern.  7.30 pm, Sixth Form Centre, St Benedict's RC High School, Kinwarton Road, Alcester, B49 6PX

Long Compton History Society, How the Brownies helped to win World War II, including their secret work for MI9, Karen& Bret Wiles 7.30 pm Long Compton Village Hall; non members £3

Packington Hall Tour, 2.30 pm to 4 pm, Guided tour of the ground floor of the house and the gardens by owner Georgie Guernsey (garden tours may occasionally be taken by head gardener, Danni Hudson). £25, includes refreshments.  Visit the Historic Houses website to book.

Lighthorne History Group, From the Pillory to the Prison Cell, by Ginny Davis, 7.30 pm Lighthorne Village Hall

Berkswell Windmill Open Day 12 noon to 4 pm

Warmington Heritage Group, The rescheduled RNLI talka by Peter Warrilow (tbc) 7.30 pm, Warmington Village Hall, members free, guests: £2

Bidford and District History Society. Six Warrior Women of the English Civil Wars, 1642-51 Speaker:  Stephen Barker Crawford Hall, Bidford, 7.30 pm.  

Marton Local History Group.  A Historic Marton Walk.  Marton Village Hall, 7.30 pm.

Solihull Local History Circle: Roy Albutt: Light and colour: Our Heritage in Stained Glass Windows.  7.15 pm.  Solihull Methodist Church Hall, Station Road, Solihull.  

Berkswell Windmill Open Day 12 noon to 4 pm

Alcester and District Local History Society, Warwick the Kingmaker: Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick 1428 - 71: the ultimate overmighty subject.  John Reid.  7.30 pm, Sixth Form Centre, St Benedict's RC High School, Kinwarton Road, Alcester, B49 6PX

Long Compton History Society, Taking the waters: The waxing and waning of the English spa 7.30 pm Long Compton Village Hall; Melanie King, non members £3

Solihull Local History Circle: Joint meeting with Solihull Archaeological Society.  Professor Andrew Hopper: English Civil War Petitions.  7.15 pm.  West Midlands Bridge Club, Warwick Road, Solihull

Packington Hall Tour, 2.30 pm to 4 pm, Guided tour of the ground floor of the house and the gardens by owner Georgie Guernsey (garden tours may occasionally be taken by head gardener, Danni Hudson). £25, includes refreshments.  Visit the Historic Houses website to book.

Bidford and District History Society. The Most Dissolute man in London Speaker:  Dr. Gillian White Crawford Hall, Bidford, 7.30 pm.  

Lighthorne History Group, Threads Through Time by Lis Mann, 7.30 pm Lighthorne Village Hall

Berkswell Windmill Open Day 12 noon to 4 pm

Warmington Heritage Group, The Lighthorne walk with Colin Such.  Further details tbc

Wellesbourne Local History Group, History of the Edge Hill Light Railway, Andrew Baxter, 7.30 pm, Wellesbourne Village Hall, entry for non members: £3

Berkswell Windmill Open Day 12 noon to 4 pm

Alcester and District Local History Society, The History of Feckenham Forest, Mike Sharpe.  7.30 pm, Sixth Form Centre, St Benedict's RC High School, Kinwarton Road, Alcester, B49 6PX

Alcester and District Local History Society, History with a Dividend; the story of the Co-op, Ned Williams.  7.30 pm, Sixth Form Centre, St Benedict's RC High School, Kinwarton Road, Alcester, B49 6PX

Berkswell Windmill Open Day 12 noon to 4 pm

Lapworth Local History Group, Transforming  a City: the work of the Civic Gospel in Birmingham, Andrew Reekes, 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Warmington Heritage Group, Stephen Wass, History of Morris Dancing, 7.30 pm, Warmington Village Hall, members free, guests: £2

Alcester and District Local History Society, India - some Alcester connections and a Tour of its Monuments, Ian Greig.  7.30 pm, Sixth Form Centre, St Benedict's RC High School, Kinwarton Road, Alcester, B49 6PX

Berkswell Windmill Open Day 12 noon to 4 pm

Lapworth Local History Group, AGM followed by Needle Making in Worcestershire and Warwickshire, Richard Churchley, 7 pm to 10  pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Wellesbourne Local History Group Royal Cars, British Motor Museum 7.30 pm, Wellesbourne Village Hall, entry for non members: £3

Lighthorne History Group, The Gunpowder Plot in Warwickshire, by Mairie Macdonald, 7.30 pm Lighthorne Village Hall

Alcester and District Local History Society, Bidford, Booze and the Bard: Another Look at some Warwickshire Legends, Roger Pringle.  7.30 pm, Sixth Form Centre, St Benedict's RC High School, Kinwarton Road, Alcester, B49 6PX

Lapworth Local History Group, The Beauchamp Chapel, Tim Clark, 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm. Lapworth Village Hall, Old Warwick Road, Kingswood, B94 6LD.

Alcester and District Local History Society, Sir Francis Drake, England's Greatest Mariner, Max Keen, 7.30 pm, Sixth Form Centre, St Benedict's RC High School, Kinwarton Road, Alcester, B49 6PX