Category: Membership

2022/23 Programme of Events

Cancelled: Monday 19th September 2022 – rearranged for Monday 18th September 2023

All talks take place in the Lifford Memorial Hall, Lower Green, Broadway WR12 7BU, starting at 7pm. There is parking to the rear of the hall.
Membership of the Society cost £10 p.a per person, non-members £5 on the door.

Monday 17th October 2022

Agriculture in Wartime Broadway –  the 1941 National Farm Survey Returns on Broadway’s Farms and Holdings
Dr Robin Woolven, Lifford Memorial Hall, 7pm – 8pm

Monday 21st November 2022

The Royal Flying Corps: Somme Supremacy to ‘Bloody’ April
Robin Goldsmith, Lifford Memorial Hall, 7pm – 8pm

Monday 12th December 2022

Broadway’s People of Influence in the 1880s and Beyond
Karen Bloch, Lifford Memorial Hall, 7pm – 8pm

Monday 16th January 2023

Visitors to Court Farm, Broadway
Michael de Navarro, Lifford Memorial Hall, 7pm – 8pm

Monday 20th February 2023

History of Broadway
Elizabeth Eyre, Lifford Memorial Hall, 7pm – 8pm

Monday 20th March 2023

The Voices of the Past from Places within 40 miles of Broadway
Dr Mike Jenkins, Lifford Memorial Hall, 7pm – 8pm

Monday 17th April 2023

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, King Charles’s ‘Pirate Prince’
Max Keen, Lifford Memorial Hall, 7pm – 8pm

Monday 15th May 2023

AGM followed by Sunnyside, Broadway and Axel Munthe
Christopher Hotten, Lifford Memorial Hall, 7pm – 8pm

Programme of Events 2023/24

Monday 18th September 2023

Update on Broadway’s Flood Alleviation Works
Robin Jackson, Lifford Memorial Hall, 7pm – 8pm

Programme of Events 2019/20 – First Meeting Monday 16th September 2019

The 2019/20 programme of events and talks starts on Monday 16th September. Meetings of the Society are held monthly on the third Monday of the month (except December) in the Lifford Memorial Hall starting at 7pm. Membership costs £10 (£15 per couple) and non-members are welcome to all of the meetings – £3 on the door.

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September – December 2019 talks include:

Monday 16thSeptember: On the Way to London, an illustrated talk by David Ella on the old coaching routes across the North Cotswolds and Vale of Evesham which will include the history and role of the Fish Inn and the many other inns in Broadway.

Monday 21st October: Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt (1792-1872). The Society looks forward to welcoming Gerard Molyneux, the great great great grandson of Thomas Phillipps to give a talk on his bibliophile relative who lived at Middle Hill and established a printing press in Broadway Tower.

Monday 18th November: Doug Eyre will be giving an illustrated talk entitled 1941, HMS Broadway and the Capture of the German Naval Enigma Machine. The US Navy Destroyer was commissioned as HMS Broadway in 1940 and refitted as a convoy escort, serving in the mid-Atlantic passage during the Second World War.

Monday 9th December: Hailes Abbey and the Mystery of the Holy Blood a talk by David Haldred on the holy relic received by the Abbey in 1270 which is believed to be a portion of the blood of Christ and how it transformed the monastery into one of the most important pilgrimage sites in England.

Apart from hosting talks, the Society conducts small pieces of research on Broadway’s history and publishes articles and images on this website, the Society’s Facebook page and its Twitter account (@BroadwayHistSoc).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programme of Events 2019/20

Following the Annual General Meeting held on Monday 20th May 2019, the Society has released its Programme of Events for 2019/20. The meetings resume on Monday 16th September 2019 with an illustrated talk entitled ‘On the Way to London’ by David Ella on the coaching routes across the North Cotswolds, through Broadway and the Vale of Evesham.

David’s talk will start at 7pm on the 16th September and will be held in the Lifford Memorial Hall, Lower Green, Broadway.

For further information about the 2019/20 programme of events and talks visit www.broadwayhistorysociety.wordpress.com

 

 

Annual General Meeting and Quiz on Worcestershire – Monday 20th May 2019

The Annual General Meeting of Broadway History Society will take place on Monday 20th May 2019 in the Lifford Memorial Hall, Lower Green, Broadway, starting at 7pm. Copies of the Agenda and Annual Accounts can be obtained from the Society’s Hon. Secretary, Nigel Smith, and will be available on the night.
County Flag of Worcestershire

After the AGM, starting around 7.30pm, there will be a light hearted quiz on Worcestershire hosted by Robin Hill. A small prize will be awarded to the winning team. The hall will be set up with tables and chairs and it is suggested that Members (and any quiz loving friends they wish to bring along) make up teams of 4 for the quiz.

A complimentary glass of wine and snacks will be served after the AGM. All are welcome to join us for the AGM and the quiz.

A History Society for Broadway

Inaugurated in June 2015, Broadway History Society has been set up to:

  1. Promote the understanding of and study the history of the village of Broadway, in the county of Worcestershire.
  2. Arrange meetings, walking tours, talks and other events on a broad ‘history’ theme to include visits to local historical building or sites.
  3. To provide a forum for the reporting, debate and discussion of issues relating to Broadway’s history and to share knowledge of the community and local area.
  4. To be an educational and non-profit making society.

Membership is open to all (individual £10 p.a., joint £15). For more details please contact Mary Smith (Hon. Treasurer) tel. 01386 853278.

Meetings will take place in 2015/16 on the following dates:

  • Monday 21st September, 7pm in Broadway Methodist Church Hall, an illustrated talk by Gordon Franks ‘The Centenary of the Lifford Hall’.
  • Monday 19th October, 7pm in Broadway Methodist Church Hall, an illustrated talk by Sarah McCormick Healy ‘Arts & Crafts in the Cotswolds’.
  • Monday 16th November, 7pm in The Community Room, The Court, Russell Square, Broadway, a talk by Jon Goldswain on ‘Elgar from Cradle to Grave’.
  • Monday 14th December , 7pm at The Court, High Street, Broadway. Christmas drinks and a talk by Michael de Navarro on ‘Mary Anderson de Navarro’.
  • Monday 18th January 2016, 7pm in Broadway Methodist Church Hall, at talk by Graham Downie on ”The Fairground Calendar’.
  • Monday 15th February, TBA.
  • Monday 21st March, TBA.
  • Monday 18th April, 7pm, venue to be confirmed. A talk by Liz Eyre on the Lygon Arms Hotel,
  • Monday 16th May. Annual General Meeting.