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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This year's Bromsgrove Summer School will be held on 9-11th 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:
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Read more...The Bromsgrove Society, in partnership with Jordan Williams Upholstery, are holding an exhibition in the Old Button Factory to tell the story of the Sanders Family and the business they operated in the town with the Nicholls family.
Last year, in a series of workshops, local residents and those with a link to the button factory, created a piece of community art using buttons to form a tabletop which will be displayed in the Bromsgrove Library. At the workshops individuals came forward to tell their stories or to recall memories from family members and friends who had been employed in the manufacturing of buttons.
The information gathered during the Button Art Project, along with historical findings about the Sanders family, will feature in the exhibition. The exhibition will be open to the public on Saturday 9th March and will take place in the newly-refurbished Old Button Factory on Windsor Street. Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy the exhibition from 10am until 3pm.
The Button Factory Exhibition has received funding from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, awarded via the ReNEW Small Grants Scheme, administered by the Cultural Compact.
On 6th September 1934 the BBC made its first broadcast from what was advertised at the time as being “the World’s most modern long wave transmitter” – the twin masts at Wychbold. Ninety years later, during 2024, the BBC will cease broadcasting through an analogue system and the masts will be taken out of service in the coming years.
At the 37th Bromsgrove Lecture, to be held at Routh Concert Hall, Bromsgrove School on Tuesday 9th April, Alastair Moseley will present “Broadcasting to the World: The Wychbold Masts Reach Every Corner”. In the presentation Alastair will describe how the BBC Transmitters came to be located near Bromsgrove, talk of their significance and why they have been important, both nationally and internationally, for the past 90 years.
Tickets for the evening event are £7.50 and include a complimentary drink after the presentation. Available online from www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk/boxoffice or in person from FotoFactory, 123 High Street, Bromsgrove (cash only please).
The March 2024 issue of the Society's newsletter is now available, containing details of:
Click the links to download the March Newsletter (PDF format). |
Topics in this year’s Rousler are:
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,
and we can post to any address in the UK free of charge.
Back issues and a wide variety of books can be bought through our online bookstall.
Payment can now be made by PayPal |
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.
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.
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