PHHS MEETINGS
All meetings are held at Wulstan Hall, Priest Lane (next to the school), Pershore, and begin at 7.30pm unless indicated otherwise. There is a car park at the Hall.
Society members £1 at the door.
Visitors welcome, £2 at the door.
NEXT MEETING:
1 November 2018
'The work of Worcestershire Wildlife Trust'
by Harry Green
This year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Worcestershire branch of the Wildlife Trust, founded in 1968, and Harry Green was one of its founder members. The Worcestershire branch is one of 47 throughout the country formed to conserve, protect and restore the county's wildlife. The Trust has 70 nature reserves throughout Worcestershire, including Tiddesley Wood on the edge of Pershore, an ancient woodland and once an enclosed deer park owned by the abbots of Pershore Abbey.
Visitors to the Heritage Centre can see how Tiddesley Wood fits into the story of the Pershore Plum.
Outings: please note that outings will no longer be listed here.
Programme of talks 2018/19:
5 April 2018
PHHS AGM, followed by a talk on the Centenary of the RAF,
by Paul Harding
3 May 2018
'We Did Our Bit', a film about county veterans of World War 2 made by Mike Jackson; he will also talk about how the film came to be made.
7 June 2018
'Country life of yesteryear - blacksmiths, houses and churches'
by David Phillips
5 July 2018
'Beating Beeching - 50 years on: The fall and rise of Pershore's station'
by Mike Clemens, Julian Palfrey and Phil Ralls
2 August 2018
Summer outing to Alcester
6 September 2018
'Florence Nightingale - her life, illnesses and the cold water cure'
by Dr John Harcup
4 October 2018
'Georgian Worcestershire'
by Paul Harding
1 November 2018
'The work of Worcestershire Wildlife Trust'
by Harry Green
6 December 2018
Christmas social
3 January 2019
'A Victoria Cross Hero'
by Gloria Winfield
7 February 2019
'Navigating the Avon: the history and work of the Avon Navigation Trust'
by Clive Matthews
7 March 2019
Annual General Meeting, followed by
'Navigating the Text: an interpretation of the Avon Navigation Act (1751)'
by Matthew Winfield
* * * * *
NEWS and PAST EVENTS
Worcestershire Remembers
Saturday 4 August 2018, The Guildhall, Worcester: commemorating the 1914-1918 war in the county, on the day war was declared in 1914.
Pershore Heritage Centre presented displays about the 'WW1 in the Vale' project, and the current exhibition 'Pershore during the Great War'. We were one of 24 organisations and projects to present research about the Great War in Worcestershire.
About 1,000 visitors came to the Guildhall that day, despite the heat. It was great to talk to so many people.
* * * * *
How the Pershore Plum Won the Great War, edited by Jenni Waugh and Maggie Andrews, published by The History Press 2016.
PHHS members contributed research to this book published for the WW1 in the Vale HLF-funded project, together with members of Pershore Women's Institute who celebrated their centenary in 2016. The Heritage Centre has more copies for sale, and it is also available from various outlets in Pershore and online from the usual suspects.
Copies of the WW1 trail are still available for free from the PHC. An expanded, updated, and better illustrated version of this trail will be available on the website soon.
* * * * *
Tiddesley Wood open day
Sunday 6 May 2018: PHHS members were there with a small display, braving the heat.
* * * * *
Pershore Plum Festival
2018 Plum Fayre Monday 27 August.
The Heritage Centre was open, and secondhand books and jigsaws were again on sale to raise funds for the Centre. Also on display were photographs and objects connected to Pershore's horticultural and plummy history. It was a very successful day.
Thanks to all the PHHS members and others who donated books and jigsaws, and to all the visitors who bought them.
* * * * *