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Current Year Programme 2024

Hereford Civic Society

 

Meeting Programme September 2024 to August 2025

All meetings are 7.00pm for 7.30pm in Meeting Room Q at the

Kindle Centre behind ASDA, Hereford HR2 7JE unless otherwise stated

2024

Monday September 2nd 

Brockhampton Manor House and Moat visit

Follow up to February 15th meeting, with Malcolm Penny (writer and volunteer at Brockhampton) as our guide.  Car pool from Hereford arriving at 11am.  NT entrance charges apply (NT members free).     

 

Thursday September 19th  

Rhys Griffiths, Herefordshire Council Senior Archivist  

“The Godwin Tiles”

 

Saturday September 21st 10.30am - 4pm 

“Hereford History Day”  Town Hall, St. Owen’s Street.  Free Entry.  

Twenty+ local community organisations represented including HCS. Talks by invited speakers: Nick Hodges (BBC’s “Who do you think you are”); Major David Seeney and Clare Wichbold MBE    

Thursday October 17th      

Tim Bridges   “Hereford’s Victorian and Edwardian Buildings”  

Followed by AGM at 8.30 pm      

 

Thursday November 14th     

David Thame   “It means the world to us:  Places, Property Development and Memory

 

Wednesday December 11th  POSTPONED.  The proposed visit to the Coningsby Hospital and Museum in Widemarsh Street has been postponed to future date.       

 

Thursday December 12th       

Christmas meeting (in our usual meeting room at the Kindle Centre).

“Coningsby Hospital. A Hidden Gem” from 7pm.  Drinks & mince pies on arrival. 

Peter Harris, the Curator of the Hospital & Museum and Chairman of the Trustees will explore the origins of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, the modern-day Order of St John, and the adoption of the House of the Hospitallers in Hereford by Sir Thomas Coningsby as part of his Coningsby Hospital.

Annual Membership:  £15.00 (£25.00 for two living at the same address).  Membership renewal due each 1st September.  The Programme of events can always be found on our website.        Non-members always welcome to attend our meetings: meeting admission £3 donation

General public:  to receive our free monthly email and be informed of our meeting programme, email:  herefordcivicsociety@hotmail.co.uk  Website:  www.herefordcivicsociety.org.uk

 

 

 

 

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