Meetings

The Society generally meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month, September to May, at 7.45 pm - the venue is:

Tewkesbury Methodist Church, The Cross, Church Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5PA    Click HERE for map and directions. 

You can use the front entrance or the rear in Swilgate Road where there is also a public car park. Click HERE for information concerning wheelchair access. The exception to meeting at the church is the January Social Evening which is often held at the Hop Pole.

All are welcome: Members - £2.50, Visitors - £4 (includes tea/coffee & biscuit). [AGM free]

Zoom online events

For those events which will be held on Zoom we have a three page guide here. 
The Zoom program is fairly simple to install and work with - designed for non technical people. You don't need a working microphone or camera yourself to view the event in the "meeting". Hope to see you there!
8  Dec2022Thursday
BALH Dymond Lecture (via Zoom)
18  Jan2023Wednesday7:30pm
I was once a Pub - at Tewkesbury Library
26  Jan2023Thursday7:45pm
THS - Social Evening - for THS Members and their Guests
16  Feb2023Thursday7:45pm
THS - Dendrochronology Report by Dr. Andy Moir
15  Mar2023Wednesday2:00pm
How to date old photographs - at Tewkesbury Library
23  Mar2023Thursday7:45pm
THS - Stoke Orchard - from Cider to Glider by Richard Chatham
19  Apr2023Wednesday11:00am
What can we learn about life in 1471 - at Tewkesbury Library
20  Apr2023Thursday7:45pm
THS - The Biography of an English Merchant in Bengal, 1754-1763
17  May2023Wednesday7:30pm
Tewkesbury's Street Banners - at Tewkesbury Library
18  May2023Thursday7:45pm
THS - AGM + Hailes Abbey - Holy Blood and Holy Monks? by David Aldred
21  Jun2023Wednesday2:30pm
Restoring Tewkesbury's Past - at Tewkesbury Library
19  Jul2023Wednesday
Alley Cats - at Tewkesbury Library
20  Sep2023Wednesday
Talk by John Dixon - at Tewkesbury Library
4  Oct2023Wednesday
The Mop Fair - at Tewkesbury Library

November 2022

Joseph Gabbott gave a thought-provoking talk on 'The War Crimes Trials after the Second World War'. Joseph has written a book on the subject 'Nuremberg: Justice?'.

October 2022 Meeting

Geoffrey Bush gave a very interesting talk on 'The Family of Oliver Cromwell 1300-1821'. Geoffrey is a descendant of the Protector through Cromwell's son Henry.

September 2022 Meeting

Martin Robins and Adrian Buckmaster gave a very informative talk on the Dowty Company.
Photograph shows: Adrian Buckmaster, George Dowty (son of the founder of Dowtys) and Martin Robins.

April 2022 Meeting

David Pegg gave an interesting and informative talk on his favourite Anglo-Saxon king, King Edgar.

March 2022 Meeting

Kirstie Bingham gave a very informative talk on Tudor and Stuart Eduaction - 'Birch, Beer and Bibles'.

February 2022 Meeting

Simon Lawton gave a very interesting talk on the 'Restoration of Abbey Cottages'.

November 2021 meeting

Paul Barnett gave a very interesting and entertaining talk on the Gloucester to Sharpness Canal.

October 2021 Meeting

Bob Skelt, our local spy expert, gave a very absorbing talk on spies of our lifetime in 'A Torment of Traitors in the Cold War'.

September 2021 Meeting

A successful return to physical meetings was made on 16 September when James Boskett presented 'The Changing Face of Tewkesbury - Photos of the 1980s'.
Videos of the meeting are available on our YouTube channel: 

Zoom Meeting 25 March 2021

A very successful 'Zoom' meeting was held on 25 March.
Author and historian, Nigel Messenger, gave a very well received talk entitled 'A First World War Love Story'. 
Click here for a synopsis.

November 2020 - Time and Tide

On 19 November, John Dixon presented via ‘Zoom’ what was meant to be Jon Talbot’s talk on Time and Tide (Tewkesbury photographs related to the rivers). This is a PDF of the slides used in the presentation (reduced quality to make accessible). David Bagley then quickly came up with some excellent follow up research. We are hoping members will keep digging for us to learn more.

THS 29th Season - First Meeting

The first meeting of our 29th Season was held on Thursday 19 September 2019 at the Methodist Church. Terence Pendry gave a very well received and attended talk entitled All The Queen's Horses. Terry is currently the Stud Groom and Manager to Her Majesty The Queen, at The Royal Mews, Windsor Castle. He has held this position for 25 years after retiring from The Riding Staff, of the Blues and Royals Regiment, Household Cavalry, having started his career as a professional jockey riding mainly on the flat.

November 2019 Meeting

Ian Boskett at our November meeting where he gave a very entertaining and well received talk on "The Great Train Robbery".

October 2019 Meeting

Anthony Poulton-Smith at the 17 October 2019 meeting where he delivered alternative views  on some generally accepted historical 'facts'.

April 2019 Meeting

THS President John Dixon, with Richard Chatham who gave a talk on his Chatham and Bishop families of Tewkesbury and district.

March 2019 Meeting

A very successful and enjoyable meeting on 21st March where 'The Boaters' Craft Group' presented Canal Ladies: The Lives of the Narrow Boat Women, their Children and their Crafts. We also launched our latest Bulletin along with a reprint of John Dixon's in demand Railways book.

February 2019 Meeting

John Reid with Helen Carver at our February meeting. John gave an illustrated talk on "Funerary Monuments: Gloucestershire's Hidden Gems of World Class Sculpture". 

November 2018 Meeting

THS Life President, John Dixon, with Peter Dawson who gave an interesting and well attended talk on 'Burgage Plots in Medieval Towns' at our 15 November meeting.

18 October 2018 Meeting

THS President, John Dixon, with Paul Barnett who gave a talk on 'The Severn Bridge Disaster 1960' Information relating to the talk can be found by visiting the 'Friends of Purton' website:

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