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Established August 2023

Last update: 11/09/2024

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From August 2024 We Will Meet 2nd and 4th Tuesdays..

Whilst I enjoy our weekly Tuesday gatherings given all the other commitments that all of us have from August we are going to meet twice per month: Second Tuesday at 7:00pm at One Elm Pub in Guild Street (CV37 6QZ) and the Fourth Tuesday at 10:00am Coffee #1 in Henley Street CV37 6EY.

All welcome.    Please do join us -we welcome your input.

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Our Newsletter is now available here (download 5.7Mb):   StrætTalking_SLHSNewsletter01_July2024.pdf

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Engraving by  J Godfrey

Support We have received very positive support and enthusiasm so far but this needs to translate into action. We hope to be up to the job. Please be patient with us as we grow as we only came into being at the end of June 2023 when this website was created and regular meetings started in the October.

We welcome all contributions. Contact can be made by clicking the link to the webmaster’s address below.

Aims

Registered with the British Association Of Local History we are a new society, here in Stratford, to provide researchers at home or in schools, colleges and universities, initial material to conduct studies and to find forward contacts to people who are likely know more.

We’re not here to usurp any other group about a town that we all know and love. Quite the reverse we would like you to visit the others listed on our Links page. It is wonderfully true that William Shakespeare and his many associates contributed greatly to the richness of the English language, our culture, our humour and how stage drama and poetry are portrayed.

Most people don’t realise how much history there was here before and since The Bard and how many inventions and significant pieces of history were fomented here. Our collected pointers to local resources and archives of local material are not there to seek to exclude Will The Quill but redress the balance of factual support whilst engaging you the reader in some unique ways.

Obviously it is the Histories pages that will significantly expand over time.

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Did you know..

National Rail Railcard lists the 5 most beautiful places to visit in England:  Guess where Stratford is.. Railcard


New pages:  How Physical & Political Geography Changed England and Stratford

£200M Redevelopment in central Stratford announced:  Stratford Gateway

SLHS Expanding. If we are to succeed we need you:  New Museum Officers Needed

Planning funding for a new Local History Museum..   Proposed Local History Museum

Don’t throw away: Repair...

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- LATEST NEWS -

Created: 23/06/2023

First Year Celebrated

On Tuesday 13th August we had a little chat about the Society, huge amounts of salad to go with our
barbecued meats, a fun Music Quiz followed by the Giant Jenga challenge. Everyone joined in.

Thank you for coming.

 

From August 2024 Meetings are twice per month:


  24 Sep 10:00am at Coffee#1 Henley Street


     8 Oct   7:00pm One Elm Pub

    22 Oct 10:00am at Coffee#1 Henley Street



    12 Nov   7:00pm One Elm Pub

    26 Nov 10:00am at Coffee#1 Henley Street


   10 Dec   7:00pm One Elm Pub -Xmas Meal*

   24 Dec No meeting


     *

More Christmas details nearer the time (flexible menu, as last year, not available yet)