What&#x27;s on in The Knapp

Wed 14 Oct20:30Rob Hall Racing robhallracing.com(2.6mi)

Around £7

Medieval Church Chests in Herefordshire and their Conservation

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 preserving church chests for the future. Rachel Sycamore, a local Furniture Restorer and Conservator, and Furniture Adviser to the Hereford Diocese, recorded many church chests in Herefordshire and Worcestershire as part of her Masters Degree over three years. She continues to restore domestic furniture in her Malvern workshop, but her passion lies in conserving church chests in Herefordshire and the surrounding counties, whilst continuing to record them around England. Everyone welcome, free to members, guests £7

Sat 17 OctLocal and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

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

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 […]

Sat 17 Oct14:00Local and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

Around £10.00

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

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 […]\n

Katherine Parr: Scholar, Survivor, and Queen

Sat 24 OctLocal and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

Around £10

Katherine Parr: Scholar, Survivor, and Queen

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 legacy they have left. PLEASE NOTE: this talk will be held at the Local History Centre. Talk four Katherine Parr: Scholar, Survivor, and Queen A Talk Exploring the Perilous Path of England’s Last Tudor Queen Discover the remarkable life of Katherine Parr in this absorbing talk, where we delve into the dangerous journey she undertook as Henry VIII’s sixth and final wife. Katherine’s intellect and scholarship not only shaped the religious and cultural landscape of her era, but also offered her unique influence over Henry’s children — Edward, Mary and Elizabeth — helping to nurture and set the course of England’s next three monarchs. Yet, beneath her composed exterior lay the heart of a woman who risked everything for love, culminating in a passionate affair that ultimately led to her tragic demise. Join us for an illuminating exploration of Katherine Parr’s courage, her legacy of learning, and the lasting impact of her relationships within the Tudor court. Accompanying novel ‘The Shadow of the King’ by Caroline Willcocks. Caroline has lived in Bromyard for the last six years, with her husband the poet John Pare, a dog and a cat.

Sat 24 Oct14:00Local and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

Around £10.00

Katherine Parr: Scholar, Survivor, and Queen

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 […]\n

Wed 11 NovLocal and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

Around £7.00

Last of the Great Lake’s Steamers

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 one still floating, The Keewatin, sits in the restored Victorian boatyard, located at The Great Lakes Museum, Kingston, Ontario. This is the story of her travels, and how she came to be saved, restored, and to become the main attraction at the museum.

Wed 11 Nov19:30Local and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

Last of the Great Lake’s Steamers

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 […]\n

Wed 11 Nov19:30Rob Hall Racing robhallracing.com(2.6mi)

Last of the Great Lake’s Steamers

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 one still floating, The Keewatin, sits in the restored Victorian boatyard, located at The Great Lakes Museum, Kingston, Ontario. This is the story of her travels, and how she came to be saved, restored, and to become the main attraction at the museum.

Wed 9 DecLocal and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

History & Heritage

Around £7.00

Heritage Film Evening

Content TBA – archival motoring films or local films

Wed 9 Dec19:30Local and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

History & Heritage

Heritage Film Evening

Content TBA - archival motoring films or local films\n

Wed 9 Dec19:30Rob Hall Racing robhallracing.com(2.6mi)

History & Heritage

Heritage Film Evening

Content TBA – archival motoring films or local films

Saving the Worcester newspaper archives from the skip

Wed 10 MarLocal and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

Around £7.00

Saving the Worcester newspaper archives from the skip

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 1936 to the mid-1960s. If CS members had not acted quickly all this precious archive would have been thrown away and lost forever, with lots of local images from the collection featuring scenes from all around old Worcester with emphasis on the 1989 Worcester carnival, floods at Evesham in 1947, Pershore Carnival and images & news from Bromyard.

Wed 10 Mar19:30Local and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

Saving the Worcester newspaper archives from the skip

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 […]\n

Wed 10 Mar19:30Rob Hall Racing robhallracing.com(2.6mi)

Saving the Worcester newspaper archives from the skip

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 1936 to the mid-1960s. If CS members had not acted quickly all this precious archive would have been thrown away and lost forever, with lots of local images from the collection featuring scenes from all around old Worcester with emphasis on the 1989 Worcester carnival, floods at Evesham in 1947, Pershore Carnival and images & news from Bromyard.

Wed 14 AprLocal and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

400 Years of Stroudwater Textiles

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

Wed 14 Apr19:30Local and Family History Centre(0.3mi)

400 Years of Stroudwater Textiles

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