Event Category: Talk
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Tudor education: ‘Birch, Beer and Bibles’ - Kat Keldeen (John Moore Museum, Tewksbury)
A talk on how education changed during the 16th and 17th centuries, the difference in educating boys and girls, rich and the poor, the experience of attending a Tudor grammar school, leisure activities, and corporal punishment. Read more
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Worcester in the 1950's - Paul Harding
Paul Harding from ‘Discover History’, will be talking about Worcester in the 1950s. A period which would see the city making plans for its post war future. Rationing continued, so the British Restaurant in the Cornmarket made a useful resource for local people. Prefab homes also helped house service families who were being reunited again. Sadly, the Council chose this… Read more
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"Cadbury: Legend and Myth" - Ray Barrett
Born and raised in Bournville, Ray has spent many years researching aspects of local history concerning the factory, the village and the people that made it the biggest chocolate company in the world and changed the way we live in the process His talk dives deep into the history of the Cadbury family to discover… Read more
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"The Landscape Legacy of the Normans" - Alan Pilbeam
Popular speaker and author Alan Pilbeam returns to tell us about churches, deer parks, the establishment of the Forest of Dean and so much more. Read more
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"Influential Women Gardeners" - Frances Freeman
Join us for coffee or tea from 10:00 am with the talk commencing at 10.30 am. Read more
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"Conservatory and House Plants" - Philip Aubrey
Join us for coffee or tea from 10:00 am with the talk commencing at 10.30 am. Read more
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"Edward Wilson: From Cheltenham to the Antarctic" - David Elder
Biographer David Elder tells us the riveting and remarkable story of Cheltenham doctor Edward Thomas Wilson whose life can be easily overshadowed by the incredible stories of his famous son Dr ‘Ted’ Wilson who perished with Captain Scott in Antarctica and his brother Sir Charles Wilson who attempted to rescue General Gordon from Khartoum. Read more