Wrekin Historical Group - The Wrekin, Telford, Shropshire - Meeting Schedule

Meeting Schedule

Meetings unless otherwise indicated will be at the St Georges and Priorslee Parish Hall at 7.30 on the first Thursday of the month

7th September 2013 (Saturday) We are going as a group to The Rock Cottages at Kinver we have been able to confirm a guide from National Trust.
The Visit will be by Own Transport We will meet at The Rock Houses In time to Start the Tour at 10am ( It is a 5/10 min steepish walk up from the car park)

3rd October 2013 Dr. Sylvia Watts Will talk to us on Shropshire Alms houses. The predecessors of Lance's Workhouses.
We regret Sylvia due to ill health will not talk to us this month, Edward Bygott has agreed to stand in and will talk on The Hill Family

7th November 2013 George Nash Prepared for War: The archaeology of The Royal Ordnance Factory Featherstone
The British Government became nervous of Hitler's rise to power in 1932 as a result began to slowly establish a series of Royal Ordnance Factories across the western half of Britain. As the crises in Europe deepened several of these factories were in operation from 1936. ROF Featherstone, one of 20 such establishments was conceived in November 1941 but was operational by April 1942. This lecture will discuss the archaeological evidence of this little known piece of modern history and discuss how can we preserve such an important resource in advance of imminent development of the site?
5th December 2013 Members Social Evening
2014 ? January Annual Dinner Date & Venue to be announced

6th February 2014Tim Booth will talk on Shropshire's Water and Wind Mills
6th March 2014Stella Mitchell Talk The Land of Lost Content
3rd April 2014 AGM & Marilyn Higson will tell us What lies beneath Granville Park
1st May 2014 Roger Bruton One of our Paget Trust beneficiaries will discuss The Case for a Shropshire Enlightenment: Intellectual activity in Shropshire in the late 18th and early19th centuries