DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Jan 8th (Saturday)
Tea Party at Sawyer Hall, 3pm to 4.30pm
Apr 11th
AGM at the Sawyer Hall, 7.15pm
followed by Nailsworth – Vumilia Link
Aug 31st
Members Lunch at Egypt Mill
ARTS, CRAFTS & MUSIC GROUP
Group Leader: Jane Bodkin (01453 835554)
Feb 7th
The Other Michaelangelo, the Life and Loves of Caravaggio – Rev Ian Cooper
Mar 7th
Focus on the Falklands: tales and paintings from local artist’s visit – Jackie Garner
April 4th
Sue Bateman, textile artist from Three Storeys
June 6th
Visit to the Fresh Air Sculpture Show at Quenington
(Car share to be arranged)
July 11th
European Art Nouveau at the turn of the last century – Jacq Barber
Aug 24th (Wednesday)
Joint full day visit with Gardening Group to Sezincote and Bourton House
Sept 5th
Rembrandt to Vermeer
Oct 3rd
Maiden Voyages, art on transatlantic liners
Nov 7th
Creative Photography
Dec 5th
Patrick Furley’s Christmas Magic Lantern Show
LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH GROUP
Group Leaders: Paul and Jane Butler (01453 836331)
Feb 14th
Nailsworth Hills and Quarries – Brian Middleditch
Mar 14th
Welcome to the work of the Nailsworth Archives – Joyce Affleck
(Venue to be confirmed)
April 11th
No meeting – Society AGM
May 9th
Road Travel and Transport in Georgian Gloucestershire : The Turnpikes and the Improvement of the Roads – Nick Herbert
June 13th
Re-living railway journeys in Gloucestershire in the 1960s – David Aldred
July 18th (rescheduled from July 11th)
Afternoon Visit to Chavenage House; to include ‘Cotswold tea’, guided tour and opportunity to visit the grounds.
Details and cost to be circulated
Sept 12th
How The Stagecoach Changed Our Lives
Oct 10th
Recent archaeological finds in Gloucestershire – with Kurt Adams
Nov 14th
Isaac Hillier and the Newmarket Valley – .with Sharon Mansell
GARDENING GROUP
Group Leader: Kath Nielsen (01453 834046)
Secretary: Heather Cunild (01453 832553)
Jan 8th (Saturday)
Tea Party at 3pm in the Sawyer Hall. Open to all Society members and prospective members. Annual membership available. Meeting postponed – to be re-arranged.
Feb 21st
Labour Saving Gardening – an illustrated talk by Philip Aubury
Mar 21st
Stems and evergreens – illustrated talk by Duncan Coombs
May 16th
Container Planting – Karen BeasleyDefensive Gardening at a Time of Climate Change – David Cropp
There will be a small raffle, plus books & plants for sale.
We will also be going over the details of the trips that are planned for the months of June, July & August. This is the last face-to-face meeting before the trips & so it is an ideal opportunity to get your places booked in good time.
June 20th
Half-day visit to Hodges Barn, Shipton Moyne
July 18th
Join the Local History Group on an afternoon Visit to Chavenage House; to include ‘Cotswold tea’, guided tour and opportunity to visit the grounds.
Details and cost to be circulated.
Aug 24th (Wednesday)
Joint full day visit with Arts, Crafts & Music Group to Sezincote and Bourton House
Sept 19th
A History of Daffodils
Oct 17th
The Garden Lady
Nov 21st
Members Gardens Evening
LOCAL STUDIES GROUP
Group Leaders: David and Lesley Partington (01453 832034)
Jan 31st
Travellers’ Tales – special trial event to introduce our new venue at The Sawyer Hall.
“In the footsteps of Michael Palin – from Stroud to Annapurna”
Opportunity to join membership.
Feb 28th
The story of Tredington Rise – John Bromley
Mar 28th
Votes for Women: Cheltenham as a hub of Suffragette and Suffrage Activity – John Reid
April 25th
Marvellous Moths – Bob Smith
May 23rd
The History of Aviation in Gloucestershire – Barry Simon
June 27th
A week’s holiday in the Forest of Dean in 1880 – Alan Pilbeam
July 25th
Group visit to Uley to be led by Margaret Groom, The Uley Society Archivist.
Numbers limited, 7.30pm start, lifts from Nailsworth available on request.
Sept 26th
Stroud and Surrounding Villages, A-Z In Old Photographs – with Howard Beard
Oct 24th
The Cotswold Way: 100 miles of History – with Steven Blake
Nov 28th
The Gloucestershire Mummy – with John Putley
Dec 5th
Patrick Furley’s Christmas Magic Lantern Show
RAMBLING GROUP
Co-ordinators: Mary Saunders (07970 376323) and Allison Hope (07715 916924)
Thursday February 24th
Ramble around Tipputs – Hazelcote – Ledgemoor
Thursday March 24th
Ramble around Brimscombe – Quarhouse – Middle Lypiatt
Thursday April 28th
Ramble around the Woods of Nailsworth
Thursday May 26th
Ramble around Wotton-Under-Edge
Thursday June 23rd
Ramble around Nympsfield
Thursday July 28th
Ramble around Minchinhampton from The Weighbridge
Thursday October 27th
Ramble around Chedworth & Fossebridge
Thursday November 24th
Ramble around Whiteshill & Ruscombe
PERFORMING ARTS (THEATREGOERS)
Group Leader: Susan Staniforth (07891 436917)
Thursday January 20th @ 2pm
“The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe” at the Cardiff Millennium Centre
LIMITED TICKETS RESERVED – BOOKING DEADLINE MONDAY 4th OCTOBER 2021
Thursday March 24th @ 2pm
Matthew Bourne’s “The Nutcracker” at the Cardiff Millennium Centre
LIMITED TICKETS RESERVED – BOOKING DEADLINE MONDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2021
Saturday April 30th @ 2pm
“Looking Good Dead” Everyman, Cheltenham
LIMITED TICKETS – BOOKING DEADLINE 21st JANUARY 2022
Thursday June 9th @ 2pm
Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice “Him and Me!”
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
LIMITED TICKETS – BOOKING DEADLINE WEDNESDAY 5th JANUARY 2022
Friday June 17th @ 7pm
A Midsummers Nights Dream @ Horsfall House, Minchinhampton
BOOKING DEADLINE MONDAY 13th JUNE 2022
Thursday July 21st @ 2.30pm
Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Les Miserables
@ The Bristol Hippodrome
BOOKING DEADLINE WEDNESDAY 23rd MARCH 2022
Thursday September 8th @ 2.30pm
Driving Miss Daisy
@ The Barn Theatre, Cirencester
BOOKING DEADLINE THURSDAY 14th AUGUST 2022
Thursday October 13th @ 2.30pm
South Pacific
Chichester Festival Theatre’s critically acclaimed, landmark production comes to Cardiff.
@ The Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff
BOOKING DEADLINE WEDNESDAY 27th JULY 2022
Wednesday November 23rd @ 2.30pm
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap
@ The Theatre Royal, Bath
VERY SHORT BOOKING DEADLINE – FRIDAY 18th MARCH 2022