PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Programme 2023–2024
Meetings are usually held at the Museum of Carpet, Green Street, Kidderminster next to Morrisons. Access will be from the black side door to the left of the maine glass entrance.
Non-members are welcome to our meetings. At talks there is a small charge of £3 for members and £4 for non-members. Walks are £2 and £3 respectively.
Meetings and Talks
2025
FEBRUARY Monday 17th 7.30pm at the Museum of Carpet, Green Street, Kidderminster.
“A river runs through me” a talk by Richard Perrin, Chairman of Bewdley Civic Society. A talk about Bewdley
MARCH Tuesday 11th at 7.30pm. at the Museum of Carpet, Green Street, Kidderminster.
Ned Williams will present a talk - ‘Looking at Shop Fronts’
APRIL Tuesday 29th. at 6.30pm ‘Return to Caldwall Castle’, visit hosted at Caldwall Castle by Richard Davies.
MAY Monday 12th Annual General Meeting at 7.30pm at the Museum of Carpet, Green Street, Kidderminster. In addition Councillor Marcus Hart will talk about proposals for the abolition of Worcester County Council, District Councils (including Wyre Forest District Council) and the formation of a Unitary Authority,
JUNE Tuesday 17th at 6.30pm. Town Centre Walk highlighting repurposing and sustainability in buildings. Led by Mike Loftus and Nick Hughes. Meet outside Town Hall.
JULY Monday 21st at 6.30pm.
Bewdley Walk led by Richard Perrin – Meet outside Bewdley Museum. Finishing in local pub for those interested.
SEPTEMBER Saturday 20th 'Waterways, the River and the Canal and their importance to Kidderminster economy over the years' (marking Heritage Week and Rivers Day) - led by Mike Loftus and Dave Laverty. Start from Tram Street at 10.30am - duration about 2 hours. Tickets £10 from John Beard's in Bridge Street. Organised by the Heritage Opportunities Group and Kidderminster Civic Society
OCTOBER Tuesday 28th 7.30pm 'Bubble, Bubble: Witchcraft in Worcestershire'. Talk by Doug Smith.
NOVEMBER Tuesday 11th 7.30pm 'George Holloway - Kidderminster’s Chartist Hero'. Talk by Michael Loftus.
DECEMBER Tuesday 2nd 7.30pm Tour of Town Hall and Christmas Social with Seasonal Refreshments. Please book tickets £5 each. Offers of help or contributions of FOOD refreshments - NOT DRINKS as soon as possible please: PLEASE REPLY TO: Jean Talbot: 01562 744055 (leave a message on the the Answerphone if necessary) or use the 'Contact Us' page on our website.
A link to a fillable FORM to book tickets can be downloaded. Please complete and return to Nick Hughes as directed.
2026
FEBRUARY Tuesday 17th 7.30pm 'How the Stagecoach changed Kidderminster'.Talk by John Butterworth
MARCH Tuesday 17th 7.30pm 'Borders Boundaries and Landmarks'. Talk by Richard Churchley.
APRIL Tuesday 14th 7.30pm 'Rowland Hill: Genius & Benefactor'. Talk by Alan Godfrey
MAY Tuesday 19th 7.30pm The Society's Annual General Meeting will be followed by a presentation by our Chairman Richard Davies on the'Recent past of Caldwall Tower' and refreshments,
JULY Tuesday 7th 6.30pm Phill Ginnings will lead 'A Walk in the Park'. Meet at the gate entrance to Brinton Park by the car park off Sutton Road,
SEPTEMBER The Heritage Opportunities Group (HOGs) are planning an event this month. Look out for further details.
OCTOBER Tuesday 13th 7.30pm 'Cheer Boys It's Hartlebury!' Talk by Doug Smith
NOVEMBER Tuesday 17th 7.30pm 'Saving the Worcester newspaper archives from the skip'. A talk by Chris Wilkinson on
NOVEMBER Tuesday 30th 7.30pm Christmas Social at Caldwall Tower and a talk by Keith Radcliffe about the novelist Dennis Wheatley and a Kidderminster connection.
2027
FEBRUARY Monday 8th 7.30pm 'Harvington Hall - Discover the House of Secrets'. A talk by Phil Downing.
MARCH Monday 15th 7.30pm 'Small Pits, Big Ideas: investigating Worcestershire’s medieval villages.
A talk by Emma Hancox.
APRIL Tuesday 13th 7.30pm 'Plague, pox and pestilence: deadly diseases in days gone by'. A talk by Richard Churchley.
A Bookable Society Walk for Groups
A GUIDED 2-HOUR WALKING TOUR OF KIDDERMINSTER Mike Loftus
From the Gunpowder Plot to the attempted murder of the local MP at the election hustings, from innovation in public health to a deadly typhoid epidemic, international industrial espionage to an exposure of the wretched slave trade. Kidderminster, celebrated as a great centre of carpet manufacture, has so much more to tell.
Learn a lot about the town by talking out two hour walking tour. In the course of a gentle stroll we will reveal both the warp and the weft of the history of the place.
Contact the Civic Society via our website telling us when you would like to take your tour and we will do our very best to accommodate you.
