Meeting Venue
Our meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month in The Chester Road Sports and Social Club on Chester Road North, Kidderminster (Cricket Club) at 2pm. The venue has a car park at the end of the lane along the edge of the Cricket Field.
Upcoming Meetings
2026
| 21 July | Member Heather Flack – ‘Born in Bewdley – Stanley Baldwin’. It is 100 years since Bewdley gave him the Freedom of the Borough. Heather will give an overview of his life and career while identifying the many contributions he made to the area where he was born. This follows a short AGM. |
| August | Summer Break - No Meeting. |
| 22 September | Doug Smith – ‘Pirates of the Caribbean in the late 17th and 18th centuries” ’. The true "Golden Age of Piracy" in the Caribbean roughly spanned the years from the 1650s to the 1730s. In war times, many countries utilised privateers — pirates officially authorised to attack enemy ships and coastal towns. During times of peace, these sailors often turned to unauthorised piracy. Doug Smith will be along to tell us all about it. |
| 22 October | Paul Harding – ‘Gunpowder, Treason and Plot’. Muskets, powder and shot stockpiled in Worcestershire cellars, horses hidden in isolat-ed country barns and the whis-pered talk of treason held in secret meetings. Paul Harding will explain the oft-forgotten part the County played in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. |
| 24 November | Dave Andrews – ‘Three Orphans in Worcester’. Dave will tell the story of his grand-mother and her two brothers during the First World War, with death, excitement, politics, intrigue and untold stories. |
| 15 December | Paul and Alex Thompson – ‘Lo Saturnalia’. How the Romans celebrated the midwinter feast of Saturnalia. Paul and Alex Thompson will make it happen and seasonal refreshments will be served. It will be free to members with an optional festive raffle but also open to visitors for the usual £3 entry fee. |