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The Rise and Fall of Evesham Abbey

Elizabeth Spencer, former Head Teacher of Badsey First School, delivered the annual Richard Phillips Memorial Lecture.  Elizabeth is Vice-Chair of Evesham Abbey Trust and spoke to us about "The Rise and Fall of Evesham Abbey".

Elizabeth's lecture covered a brief history of the Abbey and the famous people associated with the Abbey throughout history.  In  addition, she talked about the formation of Evesham Abbey Trust (EAT), its conservation, archaeological, and educational projects, and the legacy of EAT and the Abbey Site today.
 

When Evesham Rocked London, Local Cultural History 1975-1983

Garry Smout entertained us to a a fascinating talk about three Evesham bands from the 1970s and 1980s - a subject matter which was quite different to our normal offering.  Garry had given us a taster of what his talk was all about:

Relax, this is not a story of raucous rock ‘n’ roll excesses but one set in very different times that covers hard work, commitment, dreams, disappointment, achievement, cider, blackmail, skulduggery and tragedy. Fortunately, murder is not on the list, well, apart from a rendition of a song or two...

October 1970 - William Seward commemoration service

WILLIAM SEWARD COMMEMORATION SERVICE, Oct 21

Last year we had in our church the first commemoration service for William Seward, the Badsey man who became one of the earliest Methodist lay preachers, and died a martyr’s death at Hay-on-Wye, Oct 22nd 1740.  At that service the minister of the Methodist Church and a large number of the congregation joined us in Holy Communion at the altar which Seward gave to our church.

October 1969 - Service of Reconciliation to commemorate William Seward's martyrdom

A Service of Reconciliation

The anniversary date of William Seward’s martyrdom is 22nd October.  Our Methodist friends in Badsey have agreed with me that we should make this date the occasion of an annual joint commemoration service.  The Methodist minister in Evesham, the Reverend T R Hill, has declared himself to be in favour of such a project, though owing to a previous engagement he would not be able to take part personally on Oct 22 this year.

Friday 2 March 1951 – Badsey Scouts Pantomime

BADSEY SCOUTS PRESENT “CINDERELLA”

Scout funds will benefit by more than £12 as a result of the presentation last week by the Senior Scouts, Scouts and Cubs of the Badsey Troop of the pantomime “Cinderella”, supported by two short plays.

The programme opened with a set piece depicting HMS Scout, in which the company sang the famous gang show number, “Crest of the Wave”.  This was followed by a sketch of Hyde Park Corner, ably played by John Bennett, Charles Perkins, Derek Barrand and Douglas Bott.

Sunday 4 December 1892 – American article about George Washington’s ancestors at Wickhamford

HISTORY SLIGHTS IT – HOME OF GEORGE WASHINGTON’S ANCESTORS IN ENGLAND
Unmistakable traces of the distinguished family to be found in the village of Wickhamford, near Stratford-on-Avon – grave of Penelope, daughter of Colonel Henry Washington, in the parish church – little accurate information to be obtained in regard to them.

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