NEWS
This page is here to contain any items of news about the society and its activities. It will be updated from time to time as things happen or events are organised. Watch this space.
Our Talks Seasons
Our 2024-5 Programme
We are please to announce our programme of talks for next season, starting in September:
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26 September 2024
Phil Downing “Harvington Hall: Discover the House of Secrets”
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31 October 2024
John Reid “Warwick the “Kingmaker” –
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick”
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28 November 2024
Richard Churchley “Songs of the People
and their Place in History”
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5 December 2024
Gillian White “Henry VIII and the Field of Cloth of Gold”
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30 January 2025
Galen Bartholomew “SS Suevic – A Tale of Shipwreck and Survival ”
27 February 2025
Robin Hill “The Working Countryside: The rural past of the West Midlands as captured by the cameras of the time”
27 March 2025
Julian Hunt “Worcestershire Coaching Inns”
24 April 2025
Carmel Langridge “Some lesser-known aspects of Evesham History”
29 May 2025
Vanessa Morgan “My Father: POW”
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As ever, our talks will be in the Friends' Meeting House in Cowl Street
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For details of our 2023-24 season and earlier talks see
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News of our Collection
We are delighted with the news that the Almonry has, at long last, secured funding for the refurbishment of the building. The project is expected to take several year and, more importantly for the VEHS, the building will need to be emptied for the work to be done. Over the next few months we will collaborate with the Almonry staff to remove the many items owned by the Society into storage. This would be a huge task for the Committee alone, and any help from other members will be welcome.
We are happy to announce that a number of items from the VEHS collection have been moved from the Almonry to Broadway Museum, to boost its forthcoming exhibition about coaching in the 17th/18th centuries and associated trades and industries. The displays are currently in preparation and we hope to see them soon
2024 Annual General Meeting
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Our AGM was held on Thursday 25 April. A report of the year, including finances, was sent to all members beforehand.
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Minutes will be published in due course.
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Our Shop
If you have seen the books the VEHS has published in the last few years, you may like to know that several of these, and recent back numbers of our magazine, are now available through our on-line shop here. All the prices here include p&p.
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St Lawrence’s Church
The church will now be closed for general visitors for the Winter season​.
Group visits may be made by arrangement. Please contact a member of the committee
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Research Facilities
We are continuing to expand and index the facilities held by the Society for research into topics of historical interest, including books and papers at our "library" in Church Lench and in storage at The Hive in Worcester - and also our collection of digital images. This available - to Society members only. If you have a specific interest or are looking for a specific item, please let us know.