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Meetings & visits must be pre-booked by email: bookings@stroudlocalhistorysociety.org.uk
For visits, we meet at the destination.
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| Thurs 23rd October 2025 | Mill Owners’ Houses in the Chalford Valley 1720-1840 | |
| Bedford St Church Hall 7 for 7.30pm | a talk by Linda Baillie who will tell us about the houses and people she discovered when researching these buildings | |
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| Thurs 20th November 2025 | short AGM then Guns Gallantry and Giving | |
| Bedford St Church Hall 7 for 7.30pm | As part of our focus on the 80th anniversary of the end of WW2 Kevin Ward of Stroud's Museum in the Park describes the sometimes surprising fundraising events held in Stroud to raise money for the purchase of war weapons and what the town subsequently was able to pay for. | |
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| A Sunday afternoon in December 2025 | The Wallbridge Automaton and stories of the people and buildings in the Wallbridge picture at the Museum in the Park by Pauline Stevens | |
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| A Sunday afternoon in February 2026 | Members Gala Afternoon | |
| Film – Stroud Before Turnpike Trusts | ||
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| March 2026 | The Strange Case of Tom Long's Post – a talk by Richard Davis | |
| Many theories have been put forward for the name of this famous signpost on Minchinhampton Common. Some say Tom Long was a notorious highwayman; others that he was a suicide buried in the highway; or that the name refers to a popular saying. In this talk Richard Davis discusses the history of the signpost and its name and presents some new evidence based on his research | ||
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| An evening in April 2026 | The Saga of Stroud Subscription Rooms – a talk by Marion Hearfield | |
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