Unless otherwise stated here, our meetings take place at Sneydlands, Bryan's Lane, Rugeley WS15 2JS.

 

Subscriptions for 2025 (£10 per person) were due in January.  If you have not yet paid, please do so as soon as possible.

 

Visitors will be charged £2.00 for each visit.

 

Please note that for all meetings at Sneydlands parking is available behind the Magistrates’ Courts. The barrier will be manned from about 7.10 till 7.25 p.m. The very limited parking at Sneydlands must be reserved for the residents, their visitors and the emergency services. 

 

 

Wednesday 17th September 2025                       

Sneydlands  7:30pm

 

We look forward to welcoming back Duncan Ferguson and his wife Rosemary to our meeting.  Duncan’s subject for this meeting will be “Art & Architecture in Elizabethan England.”

 

 

 

Wednesday 15th October 2025                      

Sneydlands  7:30pm

 

Society member Thea Randall  will give a talk entitled “Fit for a Gentleman– Josiah Wedgwood & Etruria Hall.”.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 19th November 2025   

Sneydlands  7:30 pm       

                                                     

Ann Hughes will visit us to give her talk on the impact of the Civil War on the people of Lichfield and its Environs.

 

Note:  Please consider standing for election to the committee.  Nominations for officers and committee members must be made, in writing, to the Organising Secretary (Glenys Richards) at least 14 days before the A.G.M.  A nomination sheet will also be available at the November meeting

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 21st January 2026   

Sneydlands  7:30 pm       

                                                     

AGM :  This is your chance to influence the way your Society is run.  Do you have any ideas for speakers or visits?   

 

 

 

Wednesday 18th February 2026   

Sneydlands  7:30 pm       

                                                     

Who Killed My Father? Will be the subject of a talk by Dr Michael Goldstein CBE.  This is a 60 year journey to discover who killed Michael’s father, how he died and what happened next. He was Sgt Jack Goldstein AFVR, the only member of a seven man crew to be killed when his Lancaster Bomber was shot down during WW2

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 18th March 2026   

Sneydlands  7:30 pm       

                                                     

It has been five years since our last visit from County Archaeologist, Shane Kelleher and we are pleased he has accepted our invitation to return to update us on Archaeology News.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 15th April 2026   

Sneydlands  7:30 pm       

                                                     

We look forward to welcoming back Gill Sykes, whose subject for this evening will be “A walk down memory lane”  based on Colton’s oral history project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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