Annual programme
2017
28th Feb | Peter Walters on "The Story of Coventry". |
28th Mar | AGM. Professor Rebecca Probert - "Illicit and Clandestine Marriages". |
25th Apr | A triple bill! A display about the church's restoration; the tale of a sampler; Stare Bridge through the seasons. |
30th May | SHS Committee members speaking on varied aspects of the history of St Mary the Virgin Church, Stoneleigh, and launching the summer display, Stoneleigh Church - Centuries of Change and Renewal. |
27th Jun | Trip to Toye, Kenning and Spencer, Bedworth. The company specialises in narrow fabric weaving, manufacturing coloured ribbons, braids and laces for military, homeland security, club, association, school and fashion markets worldwide. (No meeting in July or August.) |
26th Sep | Pete James on local industrial decline. |
31st Oct | Change of topic: Sheila Woolf on George Eliot's Stoneleigh connections. |
28th Nov | Pete James / Sheila Woolf on the Wroth Silver. This ceremony, which takes place in Ryton before dawn on November 11 each year, has a history stretching back a thousand years. |
19th Dec | Christmas Social. |