Message from Co-Chairman David Williams
Copy of the letter sent by post to all members INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS (JULY 2021) Following the difficulties of the past few months, we are now going to try to resume and expand our activities. We are sending this letter to everyone who was a member before the pandemic began to blight our lives, as…
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
We are now accepting membership Subscriptions. The Subscription Rates will be as follows, due to the Pandemic and lockdowns: Subs for the period until 31st March 2022 will be £5.00 and that will be for a household membership. From that date into the future it will be back to the normal of £7.00 from 1st…
Re-Awakening after Pandemic
We are happy to announce that the Bridgtown & District Local History Society has been released from lockdown. The Team met on Wednesday 16th June 2021 for the first time since February 2020 at the Bethel and we have a lot of work to do to get things back to being a Society again. Technically,…
What a year in Bridgtown
What a year it as been, one Lockdown after another. Lets hope with all the vaccinations the numbers of infections say low and we have no more deaths Covid-19. So we are able to get back to some kind of normality. Or maybe a knew normal, as I don’t think things will get back to…
10th JULY 2020
We have just received the sad news that member Peter Bates’ wife passed away on 2nd July 2020. Peter has been living in Wombourn lately but has many friends in and around the Bridgtown.Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family at this sad time.
1st JULY 2020
I hope you are all well and not going too “Doo-lally-tap” as the locals say. With the relaxation of the Lockdown Regulations we have to start looking forward (to look into the past !). Whilst the lockdown has severely hampered our output over the last 4 months we are now starting to think about restarting…
CHESLYN HAY LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
IN LINE WITH GOVERNMENT REPORTS We regret to announce that with immediate effect, all of Cheslyn Hay & District Local History Society’s events, including our normal Tuesday meetings, Chat N Char and Speaker’s Evenings are cancelled until further notice. There will be a full refund of any tickets already paid for, including Lesley Smith’s visit,…
IMPORTANT NOTICE
WE HAVE HAD NEWS FROM THE BETHEL CHURCH THAT AFTER EVENSONG TODAY (SUNDAY 15th MARCH), DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK, THE CHURCH WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THIS MEANS THAT THE SCHEDULED TALK ON WEDNESDAY 18th WILL NOT TAKE PLACE. WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED ON THE BETHEL WITH NEWS AS WE HAVE…
22nd FEBRUARY 2020
LAST WEEKS’ TALK WENT DOWN WITH OUR AUDIENCE. THANKS TO STEVE GEALE FOR STEPPING IN AT SHORT NOTICE TO GIVE US A TALK ON THE HISTORY OF SMOKING – NOT A PC TOPIC BUT STEVE GAVE AN INFORMATIVE AND AMUSING TAKE ON THE SUBJECT WITHOUT BEING JUDGEMENTAL. OUR NEXT TALK WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY 18th…
15th FEBRUARY 2020
IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS WE HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THE DEATHS OF TWO BRIDGTONIANS.TOM EVANS, HUSBAND OF PAT OF CHURCHBRIDGE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON 3rd FEBRUARY.PAT WALTON, WIFE OF MAURICE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY LAST WEEK.WE OFFER SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO BOTH FAMILLIES. ANOTHER CHANGE OF OUR CALENDER OF EVENTS : DUE TO ILLNESS, DEREK DAVIES CANNOT…