Violette Szabo Museum, Wormelow, Herefordshire

Meet at Conquest Theatre carpark – 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard, HR7 4LL

Violette Szabo was a secret agent working for the Special Operations Executive during World War II. Violette took on special missions behind enemy lines following the death of her French […]

Herefordshire Place-Names

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

A talk by  Dr David Parsons, Director of the Survey of English Place-Names, and Reader in the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. In 2026 the […]

Society AGM

The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard

At the Falcon Hotel – Oak Room. Members will receive agenda and supporting documents by email prior to this.

Surviving a Hijack

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

In 1986, Mike Thexton travelled to Pakistan to say goodbye to his brother, who died in the Karakoram Himalaya three years before. On the way home, his plane was hijacked […]

Heritage Film Evening – The Golden Age of British Motoring

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

Archival films from the 1930s–1960s highlight the British motor industry, featuring Austin, Morris, and early Land Rover vehicles. Notably, a 1954 film covers the Rallye des Alpes with the TR2 […]

What and when were the Iron Age hillforts of Herefordshire?

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

A talk by Dr Keith Ray – The literature on the Iron Age in Britain is replete with descriptions of the form and the excavation of hilltop or hillslope enclosures […]

Ocean Liners of the 1960S and 1970s

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

A talk by Anthony Lunn.  A nostalgic return to the days when passenger ships looked like ships and passengers had cabins not staterooms. Most of the images are of ships […]

The People of the Peasants’ Revolt

The Conquest Theatre 6 Tenbury Rd, Bromyard HR7 4LL, United Kingdom

A talk by Matt Lewis – In the summer of 1381, the first well documented popular rising in England shook the political foundations of a nation. A teenage king sought […]

Talks are held at the Conquest theatre in Bromyard unless otherwise specified – everyone is welcome; members free, guests £6.00.