Talks are held at the Conquest theatre in Bromyard unless otherwise specified – everyone is welcome; members free (a booking password will be emailed prior to the event), guests £7.00 unless otherwise stated on event. It would be helpful if you can pre-book before the event via this link. This saves queuing at the box office before the start of the talk. Even though there is no charge for members, a complete list of those attending is required for fire safety reasons. 

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  • Katherine of Aragon: Beyond the Stereotypes

    The Local & Family History Centre 5 Sherford St, Bromyard, United Kingdom
    Local & Family History Centre event

    What was life really like for Henry VIII’s six wives? Caroline Willcocks, who has researched and written four successful novels on the Tudor Queens talks about their lives and loves. Was Katherine of Aragon a liar? Was Anne Boleyn a schemer? Did Anne of Cleves smell? Over four talks she discusses these women and the […]

    £10

  • The Enigma of Anne Boleyn

    The Local & Family History Centre 5 Sherford St, Bromyard, United Kingdom
    Local & Family History Centre event

    What was life really like for Henry VIII’s six wives? Caroline Willcocks, who has researched and written four successful novels on the Tudor Queens talks about their lives and loves. Was Katherine of Aragon a liar? Was Anne Boleyn a schemer? Did Anne of Cleves smell? Over four talks she discusses these women and the […]

    £10

  • Medieval Church Chests in Herefordshire and their Conservation

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

    A talk by Rachel Sycamore. Chests were very important items of medieval furniture, with many extant in churches today. Rachel Sycamore provides an insight into the different types of church chests, what they were used for, and what they meant to people in medieval society. She also shares a few of her conservation journeys in […]

  • A Tale of Two Queens: Anne of Cleves & Katherine Howard

    The Local & Family History Centre 5 Sherford St, Bromyard, United Kingdom
    Local & Family History Centre event

    What was life really like for Henry VIII’s six wives? Caroline Willcocks, who has researched and written four successful novels on the Tudor Queens talks about their lives and loves. Was Katherine of Aragon a liar? Was Anne Boleyn a schemer? Did Anne of Cleves smell? Over four talks she discusses these women and the […]

    £10

  • AGM

    The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard

    All members welcome – Oak room at the Falcon Hotel. Information will be emailed to members prior to the meeting.

  • Katherine Parr: Scholar, Survivor, and Queen

    The Local & Family History Centre 5 Sherford St, Bromyard, United Kingdom
    Local & Family History Centre event

    What was life really like for Henry VIII’s six wives? Caroline Willcocks, who has researched and written four successful novels on the Tudor Queens talks about their lives and loves. Was Katherine of Aragon a liar? Was Anne Boleyn a schemer? Did Anne of Cleves smell? Over four talks she discusses these women and the […]

    £10

  • Last of the Great Lake’s Steamers

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

    A talk by Philip Hart The Edwardian Era saw the production of thousands of elegant passenger steams ships, the Titanic being one of the best-known.  These vessels sailed worldwide and were the main mode of transportation across The Canadian Great Lakes up until the creation of the railways and the Trans-Canadian Highway. Today, the only […]

  • Heritage Film Evening – Classic days of motoring

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

    Step back to an era when every car came with a full toolkit, running boards, gleaming chrome bumpers, and a picnic hamper strapped to the rack. It was a time when RAC and AA patrolmen saluted passing motorists, and people dressed up simply to go into town. Notice how quiet the roads were, with so […]

  • Saving the Worcester newspaper archives from the skip

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

    A talk by Chris Wilkinson Telling the story of how the Worcester Civic society members, after a tip off  saved over 250 bound Berrows journals dating from 1801 to the 1990s-120 boxes of cuttings and photographs-Well over a million black & white and colour negatives from 1968 onwards and 1500 glass plate negatives dated from […]

  • 400 Years of Stroudwater Textiles

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

    A focus on the development of mills along the valleys, including details about the cloth-making process.A talk by Ian MacKintosh & Ann Taylor.

  • The Buildings Archaeologist – provisional

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

    To be confirmed – A talk by James Wright Visit any settlement in the land and there will be ancient buildings hidden in plain sight. Behind a Victorian façade is a Tudor house. Underneath a Georgian frontage is a mediaeval cottage. What is now a modern farm may once have been a castle. We know […]

Talks are held at the Conquest theatre in Bromyard unless otherwise specified – everyone is welcome; members free, guests £7.00 unless otherwise stated on event. It would be helpful if you can pre-book before the event via this link. This saves queuing at the box office before the start of the talk. Even though there is no charge for members, a complete list of those attending is required for fire safety reasons.