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April 9th
Friday
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Walking Group at Ledbury
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April
11th
Sunday
12.30pm |
SPRING LUNCH - ROYAL OAK
BROADWAS.
We have always enjoyed this venue and
there
is plenty of room for a crowd
and time to talk to everyone.
12.30 p.m. for 1.00 p.m.
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April 17th
Saturday |
41st AIA Conference, Pates Grammar School, Oldbury Rd, Cheltenham
Includes Dr. Malcolm Nixon; on ‘The Bromsgrove
Nailers’
Also ‘Unrecorded Coal Mining in the Forest of Dean’.
Details: Ray Wilson, 01453 860595
Contact Email:
conference@gsia.org.uk
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May 8th
Saturday
Coach
9:15am @ New Inn
Cost £8 each
to
cover coach only
Return about 6pm
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Forest Of Dean - Hopewell Colliery + Clearwell Caves – Coach Trip
Organiser: Christine Silvester tel. 01905 354
679
Hopewell Colliery is a ‘Free’ mine
in the Heart of the Forest.
Entrance & guided underground tours £4 each pay on arrival. Cafeteria
[for coffee & lunch] and shop.
Stout shoes for tour!
Afternoon Clearwell Caves, iron mining museum £5.30 each pay on
arrival; 9 caverns, also iron oxide mining for paint pigments.
Stout shoes for cavern tour! Time for tea.
Leave about 4:30pm
for 6pm return to New Inn.
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May 17th
Monday
6:30pm @
Main Entrance
Parking charge
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Henwick Grove, University of Worcester
Organiser: Christine Silvester
tel. 01905 354 679
Evening visit to the original site of our new University. Meet at 6.30pm at
the main entrance.
An opportunity to visit the
original site.
A prelude to a
visit to the new university site, Castle Street, later in the Autumn, or
possibly next year –
see Winter Programme.
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May 22nd
Saturday 9:08am train @ Shrub Hill Station
Arrive in plenty of time to get
tickets
Cost £8 each |
Visit to Bath by train
Organiser: Christine Silvester
tel. 01905 354 679
Self-guided walk, maps provided with/without the group with time for lunch.
Train leaves Shrub Hill @ 9:08 am
PLEASE arrive well before 9:00am to receive tickets [£8 group tickets] from
Organiser.
Arriving in Bath at 11.05
Return train @
16.08pm, arriving Worcester at 18.21pm
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June 1st
Tuesday
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Lunch @ Holland House, Cropthorne
Contact Christine Silvester for further details: 01905
354679
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June
11th
Friday |
Walking Group at Pershore |
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June 19th
Saturday
Coach
9:15am @ New Inn
Cost £10 each for
coach only
Return about
6pm |
R.A.F. Museum Cosford & Weston Park – Coach Trip
Morning to be spent at
RAF Cosford Museum, free entrance, cafe/restaurant available. An alternative
venue is David Austin’s Garden Centre, specialist in roses. Afternoon will
be spent at Weston Park to see the park, lake & follies. A miniature railway
ride is also available. Entrance fee is £4.00 pp. Coach departs New Inn,
Ombersley Road at 9.15 am, fare £10.00pp, returns at 6.00 pm.
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June
23rd
Wednesday
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Shrub Hill Engineering Works, Worcester
Organiser: Christine Silvester
tel. 01905 354 679
Meet in the car park off Shrub Hill road at 6:30pm.
This will be a
guided walk around the various buildings and tunnel under Shrub Hill Road by
the owners/representative.
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June 30th
Wednesday
Meet at the Court
2:30pm
pay on day
£10 each |
MADRESFIELD COURT VISIT
Organiser: Christine
Silvester tel. 01905 354 679
A further opportunity for a visit for those that missed out last year.
Meet at the visitor centre 2:30pm
Pay £10 on
arrival
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July 8th
Thursday
Coach
9:15am @ New Inn
Cost £20 each
Return about 6pm
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Jewellery Quarter
Museums, Birmingham – Coach Trip
Organiser: Mike Hayzelden tel.
01905 456439
An opportunity to visit the Jewellery Q museum, with a guided tour
(included) plus additional galleries to look around.
There will be time here for coffee (not included)
Pen Museum guided tour as well, then time for you to find your lunch in the
area.
Afternoon visit to the Whistle Museum. They will supply afternoon tea for us
after a guided tour [all included in price].
Leave at 4:30pm
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July 9th
Friday
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Walking Group at Bromyard |
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August 5th
Thursday
Coach
9:15am @ New Inn
Cost £12 each
[coach only]
Return about
6pm |
Laycock Abbey & Fox Talbot Museum – Coach Trip
Visit to the historic
former abbey and gardens (National Trust Property). Entrance fee for non-NT
members is £11.00 pp. Afternoon visit to the village for tea and cakes.
Coach departs New Inn, Ombersley Road at 9.15 am, fare £12.00pp, returns at
6.00 pm.
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August 13th
Friday |
Walking Group at Alcester
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September 3rd-5th
Fri-Sun |
Cardiff & Flat Holm Weekend
Fully Booked
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September 10th
Friday |
Walking Group at Great
Malvern |
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September 17th
Friday
Details
To Be Arranged |
Visit To Hindlip Hall (West Mercia Police Headquarters)
Organiser: Christine Silvester
tel. 01905 354 679
This will be a visit of a couple of hours, with a tour around the hall.
Numbers limited on each tour, so several tours may have to be arranged
either am or pm.
Indicate if
you wish to be on a visit and the organiser will contact you with available
times.
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September 18th Saturday
Coach
9:15am @ New Inn
Cost £16 each
[train & coach only]
Return about
6pm
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Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway & Hailes Abbey – Coach/Rail Trip
Organiser: Mike Hayzelden tel.
01905 456439
We have a booked carriage next to the buffet car [light snacks & drinks
available to purchase] on the
11:15 am from Cheltenham
racecourse station. Arrive Toddington 11:51am.
Time in Toddington to look around the station & time for lunch [there is a
station buffet & adjacent garden centre].
Afternoon to Hailes Abbey [joint EH & NT site, so both members free,
entrance £4 adult/£3.40 concession].
On to Winchcombe,
free time to find tea. Leave 4:30pm via Winchcombe station to see last steam
train of day to Cheltenham.
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Autumn Lunch: details - Winter Programme.
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