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Future Presentations for 2024
June 26th
COUNTRY BYGONES
by Robert Manton
A bit of a hands-on session this month! Robert will bring along some 40 objects, both rural and domestic. We will have the chance to handle, discuss and try to identify these artifacts. Robert will then explain what they are and what they used to be used for.
July - TBA
Visit to Coventry Watch Museum
August 28th
THE FIVE MATILDAS!
by Julie Howard
Set 998 years ago and is about the Matildas (five of them!) and the Norman Kings who ruled England for 88 years from 1066 until 1154.
This was an absolutely fascinating Royal House with power struggles, murder, plotting, fighting, coups…… men backed up by incredibly powerful women in their own right ….all called Matilda and two particular Matilda’s whose actions led to the deposition then restoration of a king.
It is a time which is full of events which changed the course of English history.
October 23rd
THE SWEET LIFE OF BOURNEVILLE
by Robert Booth
Bob Booth, chairman of The Bournville Society, has spoken to many groups and is the author of Bournville Through Time published by Amberley Publishing and The Sweet Life in Bournville: 100 years of the Bournville Works Housing Society. Pictures from many personal collections will be used in this presentation and aspects of the Cadbury legacy, the village architecture, the community and some of the lesser-known facts about Bournville will be revealed.
November 27th
YULE BE SURPRISED! WHY CHRISTMAS IS CHRISTMAS
by Steve Dimmer
A sideways look at the traditions of Christmas that we take for granted.
Why a partridge in a pear tree? When did Santa first begin coming down the chimney?
And Christmas trees were not introduced by Prince Albert.
A fascinating and light-hearted journey through the festive season guaranteed to inform and delight!
This meeting is a Christmas Social Evening and visitors are invited to join members in enjoying some festive cheer.
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