Hereford Civic Society

 

Meeting Programme September 2024 to August 2025

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2024

Thursday September 19th   Rhys Griffiths (Herefordshire Council Senior Archivist)
 "The Godwin Tiles"

 

Thursday October 17th         Tim Bridges. (Conservation Adviser to the Victorian Society on Victorian and Edwardian buildings in Birmingham and the West Midlands)
“Hereford's Victorian and Edwardian Buildings” 

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Thursday November 14th     David Thane

"It Means the World to us: Places, Property Development and Memory, or in other words ....  How what Gets Built Gets Built And why it Possibly Shouldn’t"

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Thursday December 12th     Peter Harris  (Curator of the Hospital & Museum and Chairman of the Trustees.

"Coningsby Hospital: a Hidden Gem"      

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2025

  

Thursday January 16th       Jamie Audsley, CEO of Herefordshire Wildlife Trust 

'How can we recover nature in Herefordshire?'

          

Thursday February 20th      Johnny Scrimgeour                                                                 'Wellbrook Manor - a little known medieval gem with a surprising 600 year history'

 

Thursday March 20th        Joe Emmett   

'New Roots in Ancient Lands'

 

Thursday April 24th   (NB a week later because of Easter)  Merry Albright   

'Saving Staick House'

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Thursday May 8th - a special meeting in celebration of VE Day 1945

(please note this is not our usual third Thursday) 

Derek Foxton -  Hereford, VE Day 1945

 

Saturday May 10th – Sunday May 18th Herefordshire Histories Festival 

  https://herefordshirehistories.org/     

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Thursday 15th May       Cllr Kevin Tillett

'The Role of the City Mayor: an extraordinary year for the 643rd of the ancient tradition and its relevance to our community today"

 

Friday May 16th  2.30 – 4.00pm in the Assembly Room at the Town Hall, St. Owen Street Hereford   

Launch of a new Award Scheme (jointly with Herefordshire Council). To recognise and encourage the highest standards of design, conservation and sustainability in the County's Built Environment.

 

Tuesday June 10th 10.30am Visit to the Coningsby Hospital and Museum in Widemarsh Street

Tea/coffee on arrival followed by a talk & guided tour of the Museum. (Entry by donation £5pp to be paid when booking)

 

Thursday June 19th    Dave Marshall & Anne Harbour

Look Up in Hereford 

Hereford history is written in art & architecture above street level – look up to see a mix of the past four or five centuries amidst modern blanks. This talk follows an article written by our speakers in the Friends of Herefordshire Museums and Arts newsletter.

 

Thursday July 17th  Tim Bridges

Hereford’s Victorian and Edwardian Buildings

 

There is no meeting in August