The Bromsgrove Society - Pride, Preservation, Progress
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Housman Statue, Bromsgrove High Street
High Street, southern end, c.1855
High Street, c.1905
High Street, 1930s
High Street, mid-1950s
Bromsgrove School
Bromsgrove Guild Plaque on the Gates of Buckingham Palace
New Offices, Buntsford Business Park
St John's Church
Ordnance Survey, 19th Century
Welcome to the Bromsgrove Society
The Bromsgrove Society exists to preserve the history and promote the sustainable development of the town of Bromsgrove in north Worcestershire.
Read more about Our Work and How to Join
Next Meeting: Edward VIII
17 October 2017: You Can’t Abdicate & Eat It: Edward VIII & Mrs Simpson
Speaker: Mary Bodfish.
Postponed from 2016, the 80th anniversary of the abdication crisis of 1936, this talk takes a fresh look at these controversial events for the British monarchy.
Doors open 7:15 for 7:45 p.m. at The Methodist Centre, Stratford Road. Click for further details of the 2017-18 programme.
Pensioners' Fair
This popular event will take place this year on Friday, 3rd November from 10 a.m. until 12 noon. It will be held again in the Main Hall of Bromsgrove Council House at Parkside, off Market Street, Bromsgrove.
The Bromsgrove Society will be having a stand to advertise coming events, promote membership and offer books for sale, mainly about Bromsgrove and its local history. Please pay us a visit!
The Bromsgrove Summer School 2017
The Bromsgrove Summer School was held at Bromsgrove School 11-13 July. Over 100 students took part, several attending for all three days. All courses were held in Bromsgrove School’s Learning Resources Centre, those with the most students being accommodated in the Lecture Theatre, whilst those with fewer students used one of the newly-refurbished teaching rooms in the same building. In the foyer, John Weston laid out five tables of books on Bromsgrove and district and did a brisk trade.
The Bromsgrove Lecture 2017
The 2017 Bromsgrove Lecture was given by Rob Hedge, Community Project Officer at Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, on Tuesday, 11th April at The Memorial Chapel, Bromsgrove School. The title was Beneath Your Feet, Behind the Façade: Bromsgrove's Archaeological Heritage.
A full report of the Lecture will be posted here shortly.
Rob is pictured opposite at the Annual Lecture with (from left to right): Bromsgrove Society Vice-Chairs Jo Slade and Chris Nesbitt, President John Weston, and Chair Pat Tansell.
Rob has a blog: https://incurablearchaeologist.wordpress.com/ and is on Twitter @robhedge.
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Plaques unveiled at Bromsgrove Station
The Bromsgrove Society, together with the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, has sponsored plaques to commemorate the lives and achievements of the renowned engineers James Edward McConnell and William Scarth Moorsom. The plaques were unveiled at a ceremony at Bromsgrove Railway Station on Friday 11th November 2016.
Click below to see more pictures from the event.
Read more...Bromsgrove Rousler 2016
The 2016 edition of The Bromsgrove Rousler is now available. Topics in this year’s Rousler include:
- Bromsgrove's Napoleonic warrior;
- The Droitwich Transmitting Station;
- The Hillmans of Stockwood Stud;
- The Clock House, Dodford;
- William Hawkes Lakin-Smith and Alfred Leslie Foster - Bromsgrove Court Leet Bailiffs;
As well as being sold through local outlets, the Rousler is again available as a paid download through this website. Back issues are also available to download.
Online Payments
With postage costs continually increasing, we are keen to encourage more people to pay their subscriptions by either setting up a standing order with their bank or using Paypal on this website.
You can renew online and check the current subscription rates on our Membership Page.
You can also opt to receive your newsletter electronically - please contact the Membership Secretary.
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Upcoming Events
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21.November.2017 | 19.45
Bromsgrove and the Gunpowder Plotte... -
05.December.2017 | 19.45
Shelsley Walsh: the Story of a Vill... -
16.January.2018 | 19.45
A History of Abberley Clock Tower
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