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Non-members are welcome to attend our evening meetings. Advantages of and how to become a member
We usually meet at St Laurence Church Hall (use the door facing the church), in The Shambles, Stroud. Nearest car park is Church Street
Meetings & visits must be pre-booked
For visits, we meet at the destination. Contact us if you need a lift and we will try to help.
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| Sunday February 9th 2025; 2pm for 2.30 | Members afternoon tea party and old photos of Stroud and Stroudies in the 20th century | |
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| Thursday March 13th 2025 St Laurence Church Hall; 7pm for 7.30 | Child labour in the woollen mills in 1830s by Jill Shankleman | |
| £4 non-members – pay cash on the day but limited seating so booking is essential by email: bookings@stroudlocalhistorysociety.org.uk | Drawing on interviews with clothiers and workers from local mills – to Parliamentary inquiries – the talk will discuss the work that children did in the mills; the ages of working children and how this changed during the decade; as well as what employers and workers thought about child labour. | |
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| Thursday April 10th 2025 St Laurence Church Hall; 7pm for 7.30 | Funeral trains by Nicolas Wheatley | |
| £4 non-members – pay cash on the day but limited seating so booking is essential by email: bookings@stroudlocalhistorysociety.org.uk | Trains have transported the dead in Britain from 1840 until the present day. Nicolas Wheatley has written the only book on this topic and his talk will highlight some local connections. He grew up in Stroud in the 1960’s and went to school at Upfield Paganhill – the former home of Father Arthur Stanton – who was the most famous person whose coffin was transported in 1913 from Stroud GWR Station. | |
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Link to Past meetings