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Non-members are welcome to attend our evening meetings. Advantages of and how to become a member
We usually meet at St Laurence Church Hall (use the door facing the church), in The Shambles, Stroud. Nearest car park is Church Street
Meetings & visits must be pre-booked
For visits, we meet at the destination. Contact us if you need a lift and we will try to help.
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21st March 2024 7.00 for 7.30pm | From Horse-power to Motor-power | |
St Laurence Church Hall The Shambles | A slide-show by Elizabeth Wright with pictures from the Howard Beard Collection. | |
£2.50 members/ £4.00 non-members | A look at many different – and sometimes unusual – modes of transport in the Stroud district in the decades around 1900 – when steam and motors changed everything. | |
Please pre-book by email: [email protected] | ||
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18th April 2024 7.00 for 7.30pm | Cider Making in Gloucestershire – from foxwhelps to firkins!' | |
St Laurence Church Hall The Shambles | Gloucestershire has a strong tradition of cider making and in his talk Andy Meller will explore the history of cider making in the county – from its initial use as wages for agricultural labourers (6 pints a day!) to the cider riots of the 1700s – to its current iteration as a fashionable artisan drink enjoyed by all. | |
£2.50 members/ £4.00 non-members | He will also consider the traditional processes involved in turning an apple into a glass of cider and examine local customs such as wassailing. | |
Please pre-book by email: [email protected] | ||
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21st May 2024 | A walk entitled ‘Footprints and Footpaths rather than Footnotes’ by Stuart Butler | |
Starting at Stroud railway station we saunter via Station Road; Russell Street; Kendrick Street; the Shambles; the High Street and Nelson Street before descending to Waitrose to walk along the towpath to Cheapside; arriving about 12.30. | Stuart Butler is a local historian and poet and his popular walks are studded with stories and the occasional performance. This walk will take us on a trip from the personal to the local to the national and to the global. Stroud's historic links with the outside world will be revealed in just two hours. | Numbers are limited and SLHS members will have priority. £7 members £10 guests. Must be pre-booked by email: [email protected] |