Nina O’Hare of Worcestershire Archives and Archaeology Service gave a talk on the recent excavation of Roman settlement alongside the Broadway Brook in Offenham.
Past Events
Rob Hedge.
For thousands of years, ordinary people have worked small plots of land: for subsistence, for profit, for pride, and for pleasure.
Amelia Bennett.
The fifth Richard Phillips Memorial lecture should have taken place in April 2020 but, due to the pandemic, had to be postponed.
The 19th AGM of The Badsey Society was held on Friday 12th February 2021 via Zoom because of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic; 59 members were in attendance, representing over a quarter of the
Early map of roads.
David Ella began his fascinating talk by looking at the earliest records of roads around Badsey from parish boundaries described in Saxon Abbey Charters.
America - land of dreams.
Nearly 50 people from the Badsey area are known to have emigrated to America in the last quarter of the 19th century – and specifically to the Auburn region of Ohio.
Lest we forget.
Sarah Moody of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission gave a fascinating talk about the history and work of the Commission which works across the globe to ensure that the 1.7 million men and women
Example of an 18th century will.
Alan Tutton gave an introduction to decoding and transcribing old handwritten documents.
The first Council houses to be built in Badsey were those on the west side of Synehurst, beginning to be occupied from July 1920 onwards. Maureen Spinks invited people to take a trip down mem
During the night of 25th October 1960 two river craft collided resulting in a massive explosion. Alan Tutton described this event and also talked about the ship wrecks tha
ALL FUTURE EVENTS FOR THE BADSEY SOCIETY HAVE NOW BEEN POSTPONED FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT'S GUIDELINES.
WHEN WE HAVE A MORE STABLE SITUATION WE WILL ADVISE EVERYONE OF THE NEW DATES.
At the 18th AGM of the Society, the same Committee was re-elected. Mrs Barbara Jerram presented the Tony Jerram Award.
The evening began with three short talks about various aspects of photography – how to keep and preserve your photographs, how a family photograph album led to a fascinating detective story, and wh
Richard Bradley, Project Officer for Worcestershire Archaeology, spoke about the exciting results of the big dig at Broadway.
We arrive at Sulgrave Manor – note both the American and British flags.
On a beautiful day in early September, 20 members of The Badsey Society went on an outing to Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire. The original house (much altered over the years) was first built
After the bad weather of last year, it was a relief to have relatively good weather for this year’s Flower Show.
Around 30 people were present for this year’s Midsummer Walk at Offenham. After all the bad weather that we had had, it was a beautiful evening as we set off from the Village Hall on a walk l
Following on from the success of the first Members’ Night, a further informal evening was held when Wendy Beasley set the ball rolling by talking about her memories of working at Seward House.
Our first Members’ Night, held at The Pub in a Club, proved to be a popular event, so it has been decided to repeat this in May.
St James' Church was full for the launch of our latest publication: Peace, War & Remembrance, The Great War in Badsey, Aldington & Wickhamford by M
Ian giving an introductory talk outside The Wheatsheaf.
Ian Gibson led us on an excellent trip across the fields to Wickhamford, which afforded a rare opportunity to visit Wickhamford Mill, courtesy of John Poulter. A past Chairman, Mike Lovatt, w
Alan began his talk by explaining that the River Avon rises close to the Village of Naseby and flows through the west midlands to Tewkesbury where it meets the River Severn.
The third Richard Phillips Memorial was delivered by Dr Alan Wadsworth of the Worcestershire Farmsteads Project.
During the business part of the meeting, the same Committee and Officers were re-elected. The annual Tony Jerram Award was given to Patrick Sparrow, in recognition of his long record of servi
Ian Gibson took us on an informative tour of the wildlife in the local area – we had no idea there was so much wildlife teeming in our gardens!
The fourth and final evening of “Letters from a Badsey Family” comprised readings of letters from 1917-1919.
The morning of Saturday 22nd July dawned bright and clear, but as the morning progressed, dark clouds threatened and, an hour before the Flower Show was due to start, the heavens opened.
We no longer had the staggeringly high temperatures of earlier in the week, but thankfully the rain held off.
The second Richard Phillips Memorial took place on Friday 28th April 2017 at Badsey Community Sports & Social Club with 45 members present. Richard's partner, Lizzie Noyes, began proceedi
The complete 2016 cast.
St James’ Church, Badsey, was again the venue for a reading of letters from a family who lived in Badsey a hundred years ago.
Tony and Jane at the start.
After a gap of 30 years, it was carnival time in Badsey again. Seven floats took part in a procession which wound its way from the Remembrance Hall, down Synehurst and into the High Street, along Brewers Lane, Chapel Street, School Lane, High Street and back into Brewers Lane, ending up at Badsey Community Sports & Social Club.
Chairman, Maureen Spinks, at The Badsey Society stand.
The church bells were ringing as people made their way to the Recreation Ground on the morning of the 114th Annual Flower Show – either to enter their exhibits or to set up their stall.