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Seasons 2021-2
Reports on the season 2019-21 are here.
All meetings from March 2020 until January
2021 were cancelled. Meetings resumed
using Zoom from February to May 2021. The
January and February 2022 meetings were also
cancelled.
Our September meeting was postponed as it is
unsuitable for Zoom and we could not offer enough
seating in the Ashcroft centre. The good news is that
it may be fitted in later.
We were back in the Ashcroft Centre from October
2021 meetings. If you think you may have COVID
symptoms, please do not attend.
All face to face meetings are free to members. Non-
members are welcome for a small charge of £3.
Those in full time education may attend for free.
Wednesday 27 October 2021
Educating Ciren
Pamela Morris
Since retiring from her career in education, Pam has
been researching aspects of the town’s educational
history for the Victoria County History, due for
publication shortly. She will be talking about some
typical developments and others that are unique to
Cirencester.
Wednesday 24th November 2021
John Bellamy (1808-93) A
Gloucestershire travelling
showman
Dr Steven Blake FSA
Dr Steven Blake was Museum & Collections Manager
at Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum before
retiring. He is a founder member and former
Chairman of the Cheltenham Local History Society
and is currently Chair of the Gloucestershire Local
History Association.
Wednesday 26th January 2022
From Gaulish kiln to Corinium ditch
Cancelled due to hall restrictions
MONDAY 21st February 2022
This meeting was cancelled
The Annual Croome Lecture - A joint meeting with
Cirencester Civic Society
Spokes in a Wheel: Roads and
Turnpikes around Cirencester
David Viner
David is a former Chairman of the Society, currently
Editor and Archivist. He will recall the Society’s
Turnpikes Project of the 1980s/90s and its fieldwork
recording local milestones and routes. The network
of Turnpike Trusts, creating a Cirencester ‘hub,’ will
be described and its modern legacy illustrated. His
talk is based on his Presidential Address to Bristol &
Gloucestershire Archaeological Society in 2020.
Unfortunately the text is not available online.
Wednesday 23rd March 2022
The Arts and Crafts Movement in the south
Cotswolds
Mary Greensted
Mary has published and lectured widely on the
subject of the Arts and Crafts movement. She was
chairman of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen
from 2009-18 and is a trustee of Court Barn,
Chipping Campden. Her talk will provide an
introduction to the designer-makers working in the
area from the 1890s.
Wednesday 13th April 2022
Joint meeting with Cirencester Science and
Technology Society (face to face and also by Zoom)
The Forensic Pathology of the
Female Saxon Skull discovered
in the River Thames at Fairford
in 2013
Linda Ainscough M.Sc. Ch.FA
Senior Reporting Scientist,Anthropology Section,
Cellmark Forensic Services (who analysed the
Fairford skull back in 2013) Abingdon Laboratory
Wednesday 25th May 2022 7.30pm Ashcroft
Centre
Annual General Meeting followed by
The First Ever Olimpick Games
Celia Haddon
Celia is a CAHS member and a keen supporter of the
Cotswold Olimpick Games.
After retiring from full time journalism, she took
second and Masters degrees in applied animal
behaviour. In addition to 30 or so books, she has
written for newspapers and magazines, appeared
on TV and radio, and is as knowledgeable about cats
as the Olimpicks.
Saturday 11th June 2022 - ‘Soils, Snails and
Stonehenge’ A day visit to Mike Allen and his
environmental archaeology lab, followed by a
guided walk along the Stonehenge Avenue.
Page last updated 27 April 2022