Group Programmes

Arts, Crafts & Music Group
Originally “The Ceramics and Decorative Arts Group”, we have speakers who show slides and often demonstrate crafts or illustrate talks with music.

Gardening Group
There is a wide range of gardening experience within the group, the link between us is a love of plants and wanting to know more about how to grow them.

Local History Research Group
The purpose of this group is to encourage research into local history and to learn about the work that is ongoing and that has been completed.

Local Studies Group
The Local Studies Group covers a wide range of topics, not just of relevance to the immediate Nailsworth area but within the county as a whole.

Ramblers Group
The group meets on the 4th Thursday of each month Feb-Nov for a 4-5 mile walk. See the Notice Board in the Library foyer for details, one week beforehand.

Theatregoers Group
See the Notice Board in the Library Foyer for dates of our 10-12 theatre outings each year and for booking arrangements..

Contact Us

For individual Group contacts,
please see the relevant Group page.

  

Welcome to Local History Research

The purpose of this group is to encourage research into local history and to learn about the work that is ongoing and that has been completed.

Meetings are held on the second Monday of most months and usually take place in the Mortimer Room adjacent to the public library in Nailsworth. They begin at 7.30pm and last about two hours. Society members pay £1 per meeting, non members £3.

There are also visits to places of local interest. The Group usually participates in the Gloucestershire Local History Committee’s annual competitive exhibition. An invitation is offered by Cotswold Archaeology to their annual lecture.

Group Leader:  Anthony Burton (01453 832228)

MEETINGS FOR 2012

2nd Monday in the month, 7.30pm

No Meeting

13th February
The High Street, Stonehouse
– John Peters

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12th March
English Civil War Society
demonstration of dress, weapons and food with an introductory talk on the Civil War in the district and county given by Russell Howes

9th April
Bank Holiday
No Meeting

14th May
Building For War: How WW2 changed the face of the Gloucestershire countryside.
– Alan Strickland

11th June
Grand House visit to be confirmed

No Meeting

No Meeting

No Meeting

8th October
Mill Workers Cottages In Nailsworth
– Paul & Jane Butler

14th November
History of Glendower Cottage
– Tony Burton

No Meeting

VISITS & OUTDOOR EVENTS

Wednesday 21st March'New thinking about Chedworth Roman Villa’
presented by Dr Simon Esmonde Cleary of Birmingham University

Cotswold Archaeology Annual Lecture
Bingham Hall, Cirencester, 7.30pm

Saturday 7th July
GRCC Regional Meeting
Maisemore