In 2024 all meetings except outside activities are to be held in the Sawyer Hall, Christ Church, Newmarket Road, Nailsworth unless otherwise indicated.
Annual membership is £10 and covers all groups.
The current charge per meeting is £2 for members and £5 for non-members.
Guests are welcome.
Further information on membership can be found here.
A printable copy of the yearbook is available here.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Saturday January 6th
Tea Party
Sawyer Hall, Christ Church, Nailsworth – 3pm
Open to all members and prospective members. Annual membership available.
Monday April 29th
2024 Annual General Meeting
Nailsworth Primary School – 7pm for 7.30 pm start
GROUP LEADERS
Arts, Crafts & Music Group : Jane Bodkin (07905 030852)
Local History Research Group : Paul & Jane Butler (01453 836331)
Gardening Group : Kath Nielsen (01453 834046)
Local Studies Group : Dave Partington (01453 832034)
Rambling Group : Mary Saunders (07970 376323)
Creative Writing Group : Tony Anhoury (01453 834927)
Performing Arts Group (Theatregoers) : Susan Staniforth (07891 436917)
MEETINGS BY DATE
JANUARY
Monday 29th Local Studies: “Cider Making in Gloucestershire” – Andrew Meller
FEBRUARY
Monday 5th Arts, Crafts, Music: Andy Lovell – printmaker and illustrator
Monday 12th Local History Research: “Taulua the paper boat” – Allan Beale
Monday 19th Gardening: Afternoon visit to Colesbourne snowdrops
Monday 26th Local Studies: “Architectural Follies in Glos.” – Jonathan Holt
MARCH
Monday 4th Arts, Crafts, Music: “Bellringing” – Angie Ayling
Monday 11th Local History Research: “Roman Nailsworth and surrounding Area” – Neil Holbrook
Monday 18th Gardening: “A considered approach to pests and diseases” – Nick Morgan
Monday 25th Local Studies: “Big Cats of Gloucestershire, theory and reality” – Rick Minter
Thursday 28th Ramblers: Selsley, Kings Stanley, Canal
APRIL
Monday 8th Local History Research: “Nailsworth Shops, then and now” – John Amos
Monday 15th Gardening: “The Scented Garden” – Gail Plant
Thursday 18th Arts, Crafts, Music: Afternoon visit to Cotswold Sculpture Park
Monday 22nd Local Studies: “The Cotswold Canals Today” – Canals Trust
Thursday 25th Ramblers: Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons, The Street, Bear Woods and St Chloe, with lunch at The Black Horse (menu)
Monday 29th Society Annual General Meeting, to be held in Nailsworth Primary School Hall. Refreshments 7pm for 7.30pm. Followed by Martin Fry “The Cotswold Lad”
MAY
Wednesday 8th Arts, Crafts, Music: Morning visit to Wholewoods, Tetbury
Monday 13th Local History Research: “1921 Wortley Terrace, Wotton: who was Sophie?” – Jeff Walshe
Monday 20th Gardening: Evening visit to Pound Farm, Brookthorpe
JUNE
Monday 3rd Arts, Crafts, Music: Rene Cason – local photographer
Sunday 9th Society 50th Anniversary Celebration : Tour and Tea at Chavenage House
Monday 10th Local History Research: Evening walking tour of Painswick – Carol Maxwell
Wednesday 19th Gardening: Evening visit to Stratford Park Garden, Stroud
Monday 24th Local Studies: “Dragonflies and Damselflies” – Ged Cassell
Thursday 27th Ramblers: Kingscote
JULY
Monday 1st Arts, Crafts, Music: Sue Condie Gardner – artist and designer
Tuesday 2nd Gardening: Afternoon visit to Woodchester Park House
Monday 8th Local History Research: Nailsworth Brewery sites visit and Treasure Hunt
Monday 15th Gardening: Afternoon visit to Brockworth Court
Thursday 25th Ramblers: Hillesley, Tresham and Alderley
Monday 29th Local Studies: “Cathedral of Cloth : Ebley Mill” – Ian Mackintosh
AUGUST
Monday 19th Gardening: “Winter Beauties” – Duncan Coombs
Thursday 29th Performing Arts / Theatregoers : The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1.15pm
SEPTEMBER
Monday 2nd Arts, Crafts, Music: “The Passion of Stanley Spencer” – Rev Ian Cooper
Monday 9th Local History Research: “Local Transport, Road & Rail” – Brian Middleditch
Monday 16th Gardening: “Pruning” – Ian Sadler
Monday 23rd Local Studies: “The Life and Work of W H Davies, Poet and Supertramp” – John Roberts
OCTOBER
Monday 7th Arts, Crafts, Music: “The Festival of Britain 1951” – Jacq Barber
Monday 14th Local History Research: “Fabian Ware of the War Graves Commission” – Maureen Anderson
Monday 21st Gardening: “Trug Making by a Miserable Old Trugger”- Carl Sadler
Thursday 28th Ramblers: Saul and Fretherne
Monday 28th Local Studies: “The Arcane, Bizarre and Down Right Witchy” – Kirsty Bingham – MEETING CANCELLED
NOVEMBER
Monday 4th Arts, Crafts, Music: “Gloucester Cathedral” – Kate Peake
Monday 11th Local History Research: Film “ANZAC over England” – David Goodland
Monday 18th Gardening: Members’ Social – Celebrating another year in the garden
Monday 25th Local Studies: “Secret Cirencester” – David Elder
Thursay 28th Ramblers: Box Woods, Minchinhampton and Burleigh Commons
DECEMBER
Sunday 1st Creative Writing: “Winters’ Tales”
Monday 2nd Christmas Celebration Special (Joint Groups) – To be held in Nailsworth Primary School. Festive food/wine plus “Ripping Yarns and Wizard Wheezes: The Golden Age of British Comics 1950-1975” – John Reid
Sunday 15th Performing Arts:
Orchestra Pro Anima – Christmas Reception and Concert at Berkeley Castle, 5pm
Booking deadline: Friday 18th October
FEBRUARY 2025
Thursday 13th Performing Arts:
Matthew Bourne’s “Swan Lake” @ Hippodrome, Birmingham
Booking deadline: Monday 15th July 2024
BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED
Friday 19th January 2024 @ 7.30pm
David Suchet : Poirot and more, a retrospective
@ Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham (£52 members / £54 non)
BOOKING DEADLINE : THURSDAY 12th OCTOBER 2023
Saturday 20th January 2024 @ 2.30pm
The Circle by Somerset Maugham
@ Theatre Royal, Bath (£37 members / £39 non)
BOOKING DEADLINE : TUESDAY 19th SEPTEMBER 2023
Wednesday 13th March 2024 @ 2.30pm
Jesus Christ Superstar
@ Bristol Hippodrome (£36 members / £38 non)
BOOKING DEADLINE : FRIDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2023
Thursday 30th May 2024 @ 2.30pm
Nye – One man’s dream of the NHS @ Wales Millennium Centre, 2.30pm (£40 members / £42 non)
BOOKING DEADLINE : FRIDAY 29th JANUARY 2024
Wednesday 19th June 2024 @ 2.30pm
Hamilton
@ Bristol Hippodrome (£69 members / £71 non)
BOOKING DEADLINE : FRIDAY 4th AUGUST 2023
Thursday 4th July 2024 @ 7pm
The Tempest by William Shakespeare Festival Players
@ Horsfall House, Minchinhampton, 7 – 9pm