WEM CIVIC SOCIETY: EVENTS 2025

Tuesday January 21st 7.30pm	AGM; Forum: the White Horse - Andy Wigley (SC - Historic Envirnment) will give an update on the project and also discuss the importance of heritage in revitalising market towns.
Tuesday February 18th 7.30pm	Richard Marks: An Eclectic Extravaganza: Victorians at Leisure. Can be accessed via Zoom.
Tuesday March 18th 7.30pm	Matthew Lanham: "The canal reaches Shrewsbury - including the tub boat canals of East Shropshire"
Tuesday April 15th 7.30pm	Oliver Richardson: "The Coalfields of North Wales "
Saturday April 26th 9am to 1pm	Wem Spring Market
Saturday May 17th Saturday	Trip to RAF Cosford - POSTPONED
Tuesday June 17th 7.30pm	Tudor Midsummer Supper: Taste & Talk on the story of food in Renaissance England.
Tuesday July 15th 7.30pm	Anton Garrett – Trench Hall 1940-45: a refuge school for German Jewish children
Saturday September 20th 10am - 12 noon	Wem Heritage: Talk - Romans to Railways; Guided walk
Saturday September 27th 9am - 1pm	Wem Harvest Market
Friday October 3rd The Castle Wem 7.30pm	Wem Combine Harvesters Supper
Tuesday October 21st 7.30pm	Tom Edwards’ Evening – Agricultural Shows
Tuesday November 18th 7.30pm	David Smith - The old railways around the Northern Marches, Part II .

WEM CIVIC SOCIETY: EVENTS 2024

Tuesday January 16th 7.30pm	AGM; Forum: Wem High St.: the White Horse - a catalyst for Change?
Tuesday February 20th 7.30pm	Silver from the West: The Wem Hoard by Dr Roger White.
Tuesday March 19th 7.30pm	Railways of the northern Marches – David Smith.
Tuesday April 16th 7.30pm	The Prees Branch Canal A talk by Matthew Lanham
Saturday April 27th 9.00am to 1.00pm	Wem Spring Market Town Hall and Jubilee Square
Tuesday May 21st 7.30pm	Goose Grease and Brown Paper by Kath Reynolds
Saturday June 15th (10.30am) Workhouse	Trip – Y Tloty Llanfyllin (Workhouse)
Tuesday July 16th 7.30pm	Worldwide Codebreaking in WWII by Howard Cranston
August	No meeting
Saturday September 14th morning	Wem Heritage Event: Walk around Wem: Churches & Chapels led by David Smith - followed by Talk: Wem in 1930s, prelude to war by Oliver Richardson. Displays and sale stalls.
Saturday September 28th 9.00am to 1.00pm	Harvest Market - Town Hall and Jubilee Square
Tuesday October 15th 7.30pm - Zoom	From the Fury of the Vikings by Sandy Leong
Sunday November 10th Parish Church	Remembrance Sunday
Tuesday November 19th 7.30pm - Zoom	Folklore of Houses by Mark Lewis
Tuesday December 17th 7.30pm	Xmas Social: Buffet, Quizzes and Raffle.

WEM CIVIC SOCIETY: EVENTS 2023

AGM; Forum: Development in Market Towns & Rural Areas with Tim Ashton Wem Town Hall, High St., Wem

Spilling the Beans by Sandy Leong

Hawkestone Hills & Follies with Clare Blencowe and David Smith.

Stupid Moments in History by Anthony Poulton-Smith – This talk will be transmitted to the cinema screen in Wem Town Hall. There will be the opportunity to question the speaker at the end of the talk.

Decade of Change – 1960s by Paul Robbins

Trip - Shropshire Flax Mill and Maltings. Guided Tour and access to Exhibition. Also - Textile Exhibition, 'A Stitch in Time' is available.

My Time at Bletchley Park. by Betty Webb, MBE The talk will be transmitted to the cinema screen in Wem Town Hall. There will be the opportunity to question the speaker at the end of the talk.

Heritage Event - Tours of Noble Street. 1st Tour - a walk down Noble Street; 2nd Tour - illustrated talk on Noble Street(Wem's cinema screen). plus Exhibition; Heritage Stalls and Rolling Images of Wem, past & present.

Heritage Event - An Account and History of Food in The Welsh Marches and adjacent Welsh counties includng a Tasting Menu

Hillforts & Castles A talk by Oliver Richardson

British Railways in WWII by Richard Marks -

WEM CIVIC SOCIETY: EVENTS 2022

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 - Two Churches and a Pub. Moreton Say - St Margaret of Antioch; The Red Lion, Wistonwick; Hodnet - St. Luke

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.

Tour of Aston Street - the story of its shops. Starting with a display and short talk in the Schoolroom of the Methodist Church (Aston Street), followed by a tour of Aston Street and ending with Sands the Florist.

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!

"...and the High Street ran with Damson Juice." Talks, Reminiscences and a Tasting Menu: The story of food eaten in Shropshire and surronding counties prior to the present day.

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.