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Stourport Civic Society Events

All events start at 7-30pm at the Elizabeth Mills Centre (formerly the Social Day Centre) in New Street, Stourport. Everybody is welcome – Charge for non-members is £2.00.

Date	Title	Speaker	Contact
13 September2012	Mills and Tall Chimneys	Melvyn Thompson	Melvyn Thompson discusses his recent book dealing with factory buildings in Kidderminster and Stourport.
11 October 2012	Educating Tomorrow’s Citizens	Liz Quinn	The Head Teacher of Stourport High school looks at the role played by the school in preparing young people for the challenges they will meet.
15 November 2012	The Young Diarist of Hartlebury	Diana Clutterbuck	The diary of Emily Pepys, daughter of the Bishop of Worcester, gives us a vivid picture of life in Hartlebury Castle during the Victorian era.
13 December 2012	Birmingham Onion Fair	Ned Williams	Birmingham Onion Fair was an important event in the city calendar which continued until well into the C20.
10 January 2013	Festive Event
14 February 2013	Samuel ThorpClockmaker of Abberley	Charles Hadwell	Stourport town clock celebrates its 200^th anniversary in 2013. Charles Hadwell will remind us of the local clockmaker who made it.
14 March 2013	New Zealand Revisited	Mary Johnson	Mary has recently returned from New Zealand after a gap of many years. She will be describing some of the changes which have taken place.
11 April 2013	From Pillar to Post	Derek Latham	Letter boxes are something we take for granted but there are a tremendous variety of styles and shapes which will be illustrated in this talk.
9 May 2013	AGM	Peter Bassett	A members-only meeting with guest speaker.
13 June 2013	Titterstone Clee Heritage Trust	Glynn Barrett	This talk is aimed to increase our awareness of some of the delights so close to home, many of which we take for granted.
11 July 2013	Avoncroft Museum of Buildings	Speaker tba	An update on what can be seen at Avoncroft and on its wider role within the local community.