The Bromsgrove Society - Pride, Preservation, Progress
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The Bromsgrove Society exists to preserve the history and promote the sustainable development of the town of Bromsgrove in north Worcestershire.
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Bromsgrove Summer School 2025
This year's Bromsgrove Summer School will be held on 8th-10th July. It offers three courses over the three days, celebrating the rich agricultural, industrial, architectural and cultural history of Bromsgrove and district.
This year's topics are:
- Tues 8th July: Bromsgrove’s Home Front, 1939 - 1945 with Pat Tansell, Vice-Chairman of the Bromsgrove Society. Includes a visit to ‘Step Back in Time’ a large collection of WWII memorabilia.
- Weds 9th July: Victorian Railways and the Birmingham & Gloucester Railway with Tony Condor, former curator of the National Waterways Museum at Gloucester. The visit will be to the former station building at Hunnington.
- Thur 10th July: The Arts and Crafts Movement in North Worcestershire with Kirsty Hartsiotis, museum curator, writer, speaker and storyteller. After lunch we will visit Holy Trinity & St. Mary’s Church, Dodford which has examples of work by Amy Walford and the Bromsgrove Guild.
The fee for each course is £55 or £50 for members of the Bromsgrove Society. The cost for attending across all three days will be £150 or £135 respectively. To access the booking form or book online, click 'Read More' below.
Read more...Annual Lecture 2025
The 38th Bromsgrove Lecture "Plenty to Shout About!" will be held in
Routh Concert Hall, Bromsgrove School on Tuesday 8th April at 7.30pm.
Join Kevin Ward as he celebrates 40 years as Bromsgrove Bellman and Town Crier.
In a lively presentation, Kevin will talk about his town crier heritage and look back at some of
the highlights he’s experienced since taking on the role in 1985.
Attend in person: tickets cost £7.50 from the Bromsgrove School website and include a complimentary drink.
Watch from home via Live Stream: link costs £5.00.
Click to hear Kevin's recent interview with Tom Edwards of BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester.
Latest Newsletter
The Bromsgrove Society Newsletter
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The March 2025 issue of the Society's newsletter is now available, containing details of:
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Bromsgrove Rousler 2024
The latest edition of the Bromsgrove Rousler, the popular local history magazine, is now available. The 2024 edition – number 39 in the series – features a fascinating mix of personalities and events that have helped shape Bromsgrove’s history.
Topics in this year’s Rousler are:
- Eddie Palmer: The Epic Story of a Boy Seaman
- The Caulcott Sisters
- All Saints Church: Celebrating 150 Years
- Webbs: A Local Success Story
- Forty Years of the Bromsgrove Methodist Church Centre
- Bromsgrove in Old Postcards.
Members will receive their copies shortly. Find a local stockist.
See here to purchase the Rousler from our online bookstall (leaves this website)
Rouslers make an ideal Christmas present, especially for friends now living elsewhere.
Back issues and a wide variety of books can be bought through our online bookstall.
Annual Lecture Now Online
Alastair Moseley's lecture on the history of the Wychbold masts is now available on our YouTube channel.
This presentation was given at Routh Concert Hall, Bromsgrove School on Tuesday 9th April 2024, as the 37th Annual Bromsgrove Lecture. In the presentation, Alastair describes how the BBC Transmitters came to be located near Bromsgrove, explains their role, and why they have been important, both nationally and internationally, for the past 90 years.
The presentation includes the 1935 film "Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter", by John Griegson. A high-resolution version of the film is available at the British Film Institute website.
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Remember Subscriptions!
Please consider paying by standing order as this significantly reduces administration time.
You can renew online and check the current subscription rates on our Membership Page.
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Buy Books Online
A variety of books about Bromsgrove and the surrounding area are available to purchase via our online bookstall (links to external site).
We accept payment by credit/debit card, using the SumUp gateway, or you can also pay by cheque.
Recent arrivals are: The Vernons of Hanbury, by Andrew Harris; and A History of the Bromsgrove Concerts.
Order Our New History of Bromsgrove
The Bromsgrove Society's new book Bromsgrove: The Story of a Market Town is written by well-known local historians and Bromsgrove Society members Jenny Townshend and Julian Hunt, and chronicles the history of Bromsgrove over the last one thousand years. Based on extensive original research, the authors present an exhaustive account of the town’s development, from a medieval settlement to a prosperous market town and industrial centre whose influence extended across the whole of North Worcestershire.
The book is priced £25 plus p&p and is available from our bookstall.