2008 Programme of Meetings for the
Worcestershire Branch
of the Richard III Society
All our meetings start at 2.00 pm unless otherwise stated.
Indoor meetings cost £2 (or £3 if it's a speaker) which includes tea or coffee and a biscuit (or two!)
If you need more details on any meeting please send an e-mail to the web designer - but not at the last minute!
See also Other Events for 2008, which includes events organised by the Richard III Society, and other branches and groups.
Saturday 17th May
Guided tour of Madresfield Court at 2.30pm. Cost £9 each, which will be subsidised by the branch so members pay £5. This needs to be booked and paid for at the AGM.
Saturday 14th June
All day trip to Warwick. Between 11 and 12 we shall have a guided tour of the Beauchamp Chapel in the Collegiate Church of St Mary. After lunch, we'll be at the Warwickshire Museum at 2.30pm, to see a Sheldon tapestry map of Warwickshire and Worcestershire in 1588. Hilary Turner will explain the map. £2 each plus a donation to the church.
Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July
The twenty-fifth Tewkesbury Medieval Festival and battle re-enactment.
Saturday 9th August
Evening visit starting at 6pm to King's Norton Grammar School and the Saracen's Head.
Saturday 13th September
All day trip to Fairford and Duntisbourne Rouse in Gloucestershire.
Saturday 11th October
Social meeting.
Saturday 8th November
A talk about the Worcester Pilgrim by Dr. Katherine Lack. Her book about him is called The Cockleshell Pilgrim and is a fascinating account of the highs and lows of the pilgrim's journey to Compostela in Spain.
Saturday 13th December
Christmas afternoon tea at Upton Snodsbury.
