Meetings and Visits 2024 Please click on the link below:
The meeting on 26 April 2024 will be a Members' Evening, but please note that this is open to visitors as well. Allan Howard will talk about 'The Rise and Fall of the Country House' and there will be contributions from other members.
The visit in May will now take place on 31 May, when Historians will have a guided tour of Hoar Cross Church, followed by lunch at The Meynell Ingram Arms.
Historians' meeting 23.2.24: Danny Wells gave a talk on 'The City of Dreadful Night'. For further details, please click on the link below:
Historians' meeting 26.1.24: Allan Howard talked about 'The Four Bagot Ladies'. For further details, please click on the link below:
Christmas events 2023
Christmas meal
Historians enjoyed a Christmas lunch at The Foresters', Yoxall, on Saturday 16 December.
December walk
Allan and Alison Howard organised the post-Christmas walk around Abbots Bromley on Friday 29 December, finishing the walk at St Nicholas Church where they could look at the horns stored there for the Annual Abbots Bromley Horn Dance.
Historians' meeting 24.11.23: This was a Members' evening upstairs in the Village Hall, so there was easy access to the archive. Allan Howard talked about plans for the Parish Boundary Walk to take place on Saturday 21 September 2024 and showed videos of the walk in September 2014. (For further details, look at the News section.) He went on to give a potted history of Kings Bromley from its earliest days to the present, for the benefit of members who had joined more recently. Members enjoyed drinks and cake, together with the opportunity to look round the archive.
Historians' meeting 27.10.23: Mary Bodfish gave a very entertaining and informative talk on 'Early Years at Soho' about Matthew Boulton and the Soho works at Handsworth, Birmingham. For more details, please click on the link below:
Historians' Visit 29.9.23:
As Soho House was closed, the visit was changed to Middleton Hall, near Tamworth. We were lucky with the weather and had a lovely day out including drinks on arrival and lunch. Members were very impressed by all the work undertaken by the volunteers at the Hall. For more details, please click on the link below:
Historians' visit 1.7.23:
Members visited Guys Cliffe and Hill Close Gardens in Warwick. This was a very enjoyable visit to a variety of gardens. For more details, please click on the link below:
Historians' meeting 26.5.23: Video of Ivy and David Butcher's walk round Kings Bromley (Part 2). For more details, please click on the link below:
Historians' meeting 28.4.23: Members' evening. For more details, please click on the link below:
Historians' meeting 31.3.23: Danny Wells talked to Members about 'The Golden Age of Children's Picture Books and Nursery Rhymes'. For more details, please click on the link below:
Golden Age of Children's Books
Historians' meeting 24.2.23: Kath Reynolds came to talk about 'Gymslips and chalkboards', now renamed as 'Schoolday Reminiscences'. For more details, please click on the link below:
Historians' meeting 27.1.23: The Historians joined with members of Kings Bromley Gardening Guild for a very interesting talk by Dianne Barre on 'A Tour of Derbyshire's Historic Gardens'. For more details, please click on the link below:
Tour of Derbyshire Historic Gardens
Christmas Walk 30.12.22: Meet at The Swan, Fradley Junction at 10.30am. Historians enjoyed a fascinating walk around Fradley Aerodrome and Fradley Village. For more details, click on the link below.
Historians' meeting 25.11.22: Allan Howard gave a talk on 'A House through Time', about Forge House in Kings Bromley. For more details, please click on the link below:
Historians' visit 21.10.22: Historians enjoyed a visit to Redfern's Cottage Museum of Uttoxeter Life. For more details, please click on the link below:
Historians' meeting 30.9.22: Mary Bodfish talked about 'A House through Time'. For more details, please click on the link below:
There will be no meeting in the Village Hall in July or August, but Kings Bromley Historians are meeting up with Gardening Guild for a visit to Calke Abbey on Saturday 20 August, meeting at 11am outside the cafe in the stableyard. The group will explore the gardens and people are welcome to stay for lunch and then look around the house if they wish.
Historians' meeting 16.6.22 (with Gardening Guild): Clive Katz came to talk about 'A History of Calke Abbey gardens'. For more details, please click on the link below:
A History of Calke Abbey gardens
Historians' meeting 27.5.22: Danny Wells came to talk about 'Cheers - A History of Pubs and Drinking'. For more details, please click on the link below:
Cheers - A History of Pubs and Drinking
Historians' Visit 29.4.22: Outing to All Saints Church, Kings Bromley. For more details, please click on the link below:
Historians' meeting 25.3.22: Clive Katz came to talk about 'Birmingham Back to Backs'. For more details, please click on the link below:
Historians' meeting 25.2.22: Members enjoyed the talk by Kath Reynolds entitled 'Watching with Mother'. For more details, please click on the link below: