Hereford Civic Society

 

Meeting Programme January 2025 to December 2025

All meetings are 7.00pm for 7.30pm in Meeting Room Q at the

Kindle Centre behind ASDA, Hereford HR2 7JE unless otherwise stated​

 

2025

  

Thursday January 16th       Jamie Audsley, CEO of Herefordshire Wildlife Trust 

'How can we recover nature in Herefordshire?'

          

Thursday February 20th      Johnny Scrimgeour                                                                 'Wellbrook Manor - a little known medieval gem with a surprising 600 year history'

 

Thursday March 20th        Joe Emmett   

'New Roots in Ancient Lands'

 

Thursday April 24th   (NB a week later because of Easter)  Merry Albright   

'Saving Staick House'

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Thursday May 8th - a special meeting in celebration of VE Day 1945

(please note this is not our usual third Thursday) 

Derek Foxton -  Hereford, VE Day 1945

 

Saturday May 10th – Sunday May 18th Herefordshire Histories Festival 

  https://herefordshirehistories.org/     

 

Friday May 16th  2.30 – 4.00pm in the Assembly Room at the Town Hall, St. Owen Street Hereford   

Launch of a new Award Scheme (jointly with Herefordshire Council). To recognise and encourage the highest standards of design, conservation and sustainability in the County's Built Environment.

 

Friday May 16th  7.30pm Kindle Centre  Rt.Hon. Jesse Norman MP for Hereford & South Herefordshire  Hereford, city of ideas: culture, capability and innovation in the 21st century

This event has had to be postponed as Jesse Norman MP is now not available.  An alternative date will be agreed and publicised

 

Tuesday June 10th 10.30am Visit to the Coningsby Hospital and Museum in Widemarsh Street

Tea/coffee on arrival followed by a talk & guided tour of the Museum. (Entry by donation £5pp to be paid when booking)

 

Thursday June 19th    Dave Marshall & Anne Harbour

Look Up in Hereford 

Hereford history is written in art & architecture above street level – look up to see a mix of the past four or five centuries amidst modern blanks. This talk follows an article written by our speakers in the Friends of Herefordshire Museums and Arts newsletter.

 

Thursday July 17th  Tim Bridges

Hereford’s Victorian and Edwardian Buildings

 

August:    No meeting 

 

Thursday September 18th   Denise North

Herefordshire Hoard Update and New Discoveries

 

Thursday October 16th 7.00pm

Members’ social and AGM followed by Rob Hattersley, former HCS member and recently appointed CEO of Civic Voice

The Future of Civic Movement: Moving from Decline to Growth

 

Thursday November 20th   Speaker TBC

 

Thursday December 18th   Elizabeth O’Keefe

The Notorious but Remarkably Efficient Gurney Stoves

 

Hereford Civic Society annual membership:  £15.00 (£25.00 for two living at the same address).  Membership renewal due each 1st September. 

 

Non-members always welcome to attend our meetings: meeting admission £3 donation.

email: herefordcivicsociety@hotmail.co.uk to receive our free monthly email. Details of our meetings and events can also be found on our website: www.herefordcivicsociety.org.uk