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Tewkesbury Civic SocietyProtecting Tewkesbury's Architectural Heritage and ensuring today's developments add positively to it.
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Activities
Talks
These regular talks are the principal way Society members socialise. They are open to non-members too and are a convenient way of introducing the Society to potential new members.
In normal times we run one in each of eight months in any year with the AGM, the Annual Trip and the Autumn Supper taking another three and having a clear December.
We try to choose subjects for the talks that have some relationship to our role as a Society and to our locality. They are normally held in the Elmbury Room at the Library in Sun Street usually on the second Thursday in the month. We make a small charge to cover the usual speaker fee and room hire. Over the year we about break even.
To advertise our programme of talks we print it on our membership cards and for each talk we publish a poster, eg.
In normal times we run one in each of eight months in any year with the AGM, the Annual Trip and the Autumn Supper taking another three and having a clear December.
We try to choose subjects for the talks that have some relationship to our role as a Society and to our locality. They are normally held in the Elmbury Room at the Library in Sun Street usually on the second Thursday in the month. We make a small charge to cover the usual speaker fee and room hire. Over the year we about break even.
To advertise our programme of talks we print it on our membership cards and for each talk we publish a poster, eg.
At the time of writing, we have the Pandemic so we decided early, before instructed, to cancel talks meetings for the remaining part of the 2020/21 programme. We have extended this policy to the entire 2021/22 programme. This avoided the dangers of virus transmission but also prevented any socialising and member contact, something of increasing concern to us. We hope to go back to meetings in April of 2022.
However, without the entrance fee these talks are run at a loss (usually between £50 to £70 per talk, covering Zoom software licence and speaker fee/donation) so if attendees are minded to make a donation from time to time, then our Treasurer would be truly grateful to receive your cash or cheque. If using BACS, our Bank code is 20 20 15, our A/C number is 10851744.
Meanwhile, we have rearranged and augmented the Talks programme to use Zoom, and those run so far have proved very successful.
The 2021/2 Zoomed talks scheduled are:
However, without the entrance fee these talks are run at a loss (usually between £50 to £70 per talk, covering Zoom software licence and speaker fee/donation) so if attendees are minded to make a donation from time to time, then our Treasurer would be truly grateful to receive your cash or cheque. If using BACS, our Bank code is 20 20 15, our A/C number is 10851744.
Meanwhile, we have rearranged and augmented the Talks programme to use Zoom, and those run so far have proved very successful.
The 2021/2 Zoomed talks scheduled are:
CORRECTIONS:
The Zoomed talk on 14/10/21 is now “I was once a pub” by Steve Goodchild.
The Zoomed talk “H H Martin & Son – Gloucestershire’s Famous Industry” by James Rendell is now on 11/11/21 instead of an Annual Supper which is cancelled for Covid reasons.
The Zoomed talk on 14/10/21 is now “I was once a pub” by Steve Goodchild.
The Zoomed talk “H H Martin & Son – Gloucestershire’s Famous Industry” by James Rendell is now on 11/11/21 instead of an Annual Supper which is cancelled for Covid reasons.
Members are automatically emailed an invitation with link to connect on the night. If any non-member wishes to be sent a link please request such using this email address info@tewkesburycivicsociety.org. All we ask is that you consider becoming a member?
To see more past posters advertising Talks, see PICTURES.
To see more past posters advertising Talks, see PICTURES.
