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Events - subject to change. | |
7.30pm |
42nd AGM, Members Forum: Listed Buildings in Wem. Wem Town Hall, High St., Wem |
Wem Agricultural Shows: Talks by Roger Ashton, Oliver Richardson and Display by Tom Edwards | |
My part in the One Hundred Years of RAPRA Techology -
(Rubber and Plastics Research Association) is a Not-for-Profit Membership Association for companies in Polymer manufacturing, processing or end use. A talk by Ivan James FInstP FRMS. Display on a local history topic by Tom Edwards. | |
Heritage Project:Within the Town Gates Talks by George Nash and Malcolm Adkins - Photography Competition - the winning and short listed entries. | |
St George’s Market - Wem Spring Market Town Hall, Jubilee Square and Youth Club< | |
A history of Shropshire Porcelain. A talk by Tim Dawes | |
Nuts in May Social, Wem Town Hall, 7.30pm. | |
Trip - tba | |
Craft of the Silversmith. A talk by Penny Wheat - A lively and amusing talk based on 36 years as a
lecturer at Stafford College. Lavishly illustrated with many items of silverware and jewellery etc. Penny worked as a college lecturer,
teaching silversmithing and jewellery for 36 years, until her retirement seven years ago. The talk will be transmitted to the cinema screen in Wen Town Hall. There will be the opportunity to question Penny Wheat at the end of the talk. | |
Heritage-Wem | |
Food, Glorious Food A talk by Kath Reynolds.Our changing eating habits and convenience foods in our diet. From fish fingers to angel delight, Camp coffee to Chianti in a basket, spam to salmon paste - all the things we have loved... and some of those we have hated! | |
Harvest Market Town Hall, Jubilee Square and Youth Club | |
Arrows Away! Archery – ancient and modern. A talk by Penny Turner | |
Wem’s War Memorial: the stories of the men - at home and at war. A talk by Shelagh Richardson. The stories of some of the men listed on the memorial, both in Shropshire and at war, set against the wider background of the two world wars. | |
Xmas Social | |
43rd AGM; Members' Forum |
The society can be contacted via wemcivsoc@yahoo.co.uk
What makes a Book Valuable. Antiquarian and Secondhand books Neil Robinson | Harris Barges, the Chester and Liverpool Lighterage and
Warehousing Company and Whitchurch Warehousing - the story of a failed enterprise on the Ellesmere Canal John Pinfold. |
Trips:
1. Shrewsbury and Crewe Junction Signal Boxes, 2. Lunch at Sparrow’s Café; followed by Battlefield Church tour led by Canon the Revd William Price |
Shropshire Postal History with reference to Wem, by Brian Atkins | Home Front Heroines - women of Oswestry
from 1914 to 1922,
funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is a year long project ending end of April 2019, fully illustrated and all the time we are finding new stories of remarkable women. The first female postwomen began in WWI, Oswestry had several! A talk by Sarah Gathercole |
Trips:
1. Shrewsbury and Crewe Junction Signal Boxes, 2. Lunch at Sparrow’s Café; followed by Battlefield Church tour led by Canon the Revd William Price |
Local History Evening Flotsam and Jetsam: Horse Racing around Wem and Beyond- John Pinfold; The story of the Horse and Jockey, originally the Pack Horse - a pub from the 1780s - Oliver Richardson; Inside the old pubs of Wem - Roger Dakin; Introduced by David Smith. |
![]() Although work is going on continuously at various points along the line of the canals from Norbury Junction through Newport to Shrewsbury, a particular project of current interest is the restoration of old warehouses at Wappenshall junction, just north of Telford. The aim here is to create a museum of Thomas Telford (the first museum dedicated to the great man) with a permanent exhibition, conference facilities, a café and gift shop which are hoped to open to the general public in the next few months. Wappenshall Junction Severn Valley Railway – Alan Reade |
My career at Shelton Hospital, a talk by Ann Johnson. The Complete Owl, a talk by Michael Leach. Roman Wroxeter, a talk by Dr Roger White
Harvest Images: HERITAGE Wem Weekend - Events |
![]() A journey of 10,000 years showing the Mosses’ importance in everyday life leading almost to the destruction of Great Britain’s 3rd largest lowland bog, its role as a habitat for rare animals; and its future. A new talk by Barry Probin. |
![]() The Tilley Timber Project. Between 2014 and 2017, residents of the small hamlet of Tilley were awarded a HLF grant |
![]() Who built it and why. A talk by Phil Revell, writer and journalist. |
Wem Churches by Tom Edwards; Wem Cinema by Sue Robinson & Shelagh Richardson; The Story of a Brewer by Roger Dakin; Introduced by David Smith 1940s and 1950s in Wem & Surrounds |
David Smith |
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by Dr George Nash |
Local Clocks & Clockmakers [Ellesmere area] - Christopher Jobson plus an update on the archæological work being carried out at Shrewsbury Orthodox Church. | |
Shropshire’s Country Churches by Dorothy Nicolle | ||
Wem Town Hall | an illustrated talk by Andy Wigley: a talk by |
Visit to Shrewsbury Orthodox Church, Church of the Holy Fathers of Nicea, off Oteley Road, Sutton,
Shrewsbury following lunch at Sparrow's Café, Battlefield 1403 |
an account of how maps and mapping inform, direct, order and influence us all through time by Martin Carruthers |
The Crewe to Shrewsbury Railway by Bob Yate | |
The Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403. Francis Frith, Victorian Photographer: a talk by Dorothy Nicolle | A Brick Walk in Wem with Tony Mugridge followed by a Meal at The Castle, Wem. | |
Amazing Trees of Shropshire & Beyond by Rob McBride | ||
The talk concentrated on the West European Theatre. Alex Williamson who has toured the battlefields of this area led this event. |
Industries of Old Wem & Surrounds An illustrated talk by John Ruscoe |
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ranging from Cynddylan in the Dark Ages to Owain Glyndwr in the C15th. An illustrated talk by Christopher Jobson. | An illustrated talk on maps by Roger Michell |
Famous People of Wem & Surrounds: Frederick Alexander Barnett – The Brewer, Joel Stinchcombe - The Postmaster, Harry Strong– The War Hero, and not forgetting The Loppington Bear |
An illustrated talk on bricks, their use and manufacture by Oliver Richardson |
The Story of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings. | |
Paul Johnson |
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led by local historian Tom Edwards |
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Dr Nigel Baker |
Meal at the Dickin Arms | |
Talk: 'Tracing your relatives in WWI' Battlefield1403: Exhibition, Sparrow Café and Farm Shop |
Looked at the impact of the wars on the area - agriculture and food, and the role of women and children. A tasting menu of WWII food was available. |
The Royal British Legion, the Baptist Church and Wem Civic Society staged the Town Hall Exhibition. |