Last night’s talk by Tony Roberts and Lee James was the best attended – and longest! - of the year. With over a hundred members and visitors turning up to find out about the latest update on the dig at Stanborough Mead, we were very pleased to be able to accommodate them all using our new audio-visual link into the Jubilee Room. As well as hearing about...
We were delighted to welcome local author – and polar history enthusiast - Katherine McInnes to give our August presentation. Her book Snow Widows recounts the stories of the women behind five of the men who lost their lives during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Antarctic expedition. It was a fascinating look at the lives of these Edwardian women,...
Howard Parker, chair of the Vale of Berkeley Railway Trust, delivered a fascinating talk on the latest developments in the 10-year volunteer project to transform a section of the closed Sharpness branch line into a heritage railway attraction. In particular, there was great excitement about the forthcoming Return to Sharpness event running at the end of...
The local village of Saul played a pivotal roll during the run up to Operation Overlord. New research has unearthed a top secret storage facility, involved in the development of high speed launches for the RAF.