Staffordshire Heritage Group Diary

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 2008 
Date 	Group 	Event
July
08/07/08 SNT Coach outing to Compton Verney and Charlecote Cost: Members £17.15.  Visitors £18.15.
 	 Organiser:  Alan Jutton (01889 508378 or 07899 957923).
09/07/08 EHS Day Out
13/07/08 WW  Wilks’ Walks Gayton 2.30pm  
15/07/08 BHS Evening Visit to Sinai House, Burton on Trent    
15/07/08 SBH  Staffordshire Heritage Group Annual General Meeting7.00pm Civic Offices Stafford
16/07/08 BEW  Annual General Meeting  Chetwynd Room Civic Offices Stafford
16/07/08 LAN  Chillington Hall 7.00pm  A guided tour around Chillington Hall, the home of the Giffard family 
	for more than 800 years. It sits in the landscaped parkiand designed by Capability Brown during the 1760's. 
	It will also be possible to view the dovecot and ice house.  £6.00 per head. Advanced booking is required 
17/07/08 RHS A guided tour of Middleton Hall and the Robert Peel Collection.
17/07/08 SNT A walk around Musden Low and Hazelton Clump Cost: Members £1.00.  Visitors £1.50.  	
	Leader:  Jean Norman (01827 289356 or 07899 957923)
27/07/08 WW Wilks’ Walks Acton Trussell 2.30pm  
August
02/08/08 LAN  National Memorial Arboretum arrival 10.30 am 
	A visit to the Arboretum and a chance to view the new Armed Forces Memorial and visit the 
	Chapel of Peace and Forgiveness where the silence is observed daily at 11.00. 
	An opportunity, also, to participate in a 2 course lunch for an inclusive price ofL 6.75 
	Main courses: Homemade Beef & Potato Pie, Fillet of Cod in Batter, Vegetable Quiche 
	Desserts: Homemade Apple and Cinnamon Crumble with Custard or Gateau of the Day 
	Advance booking necessary and choice of menu.CONTACT GLENYS RICHARDS on 01889 586040  
06/08/08 SNT Coach outing to Brockhampton Estate.   Organiser:  George Sweeney (01785 613620).
	Cost (covering cost of coach and driver's gratuity only):  Members £10.00.  Visitors £11.00.
09/08/08 SHC Visit to Dunham Massey and Tatton Park Cheshire
	Contact William Reed 01785 255552 CoachbFare £10 plus NT admission
10/08/08 WW Wilks’ Walks Seighford & Creswell 2.30pm  
13/08/08 SNT Ramble at Barton-under-Needwood  Cost: Members £1.00.  Visitors £1.50.  	
	Leaders:  Hilary & Brian Taylor (01785 242305 or 07815 555435 on the day).
19/08/08 BHS Evening Visit to Walsall Leather Museum     
23/08/08 SHC Visit to Shrewsbury and Hawkstone Gardens.  Cost £10.00 plus admission
	Contact Maureen Miles 01785 251021
23/07/08 FSR The Islandwana Lecture by Rob Gerrard on Wednesday 23rd July 2008 at 6.15 at the Ruxton Technology Centre, 
	Staffordshire University, Beaconside, Stafford. Cost £15. You get tickets by sending a cheque to 
	Graham Stow, The Hawthorns Roston, Ashbourne, |Derbys. DE6 2EH.
28/08/08 SNT Car outing to Eyam Hall and Eyam Village Cost: Members £6.00.  Visitors £6.50.  	
	Organiser: Haydn Poulsom (01543 686341).
29-30/08/08 "Celebratingestre"  Local History Display, Talbot Cars, 
		Tours of Ingestre Hall & Church, Mummers Play, etc. etc.
September
11/09/08 RHS A coach trip to the Royal Armouries, Leeds, including an introductory tour led by the senior curator,
	 a handling session from the reserve collection, and a tour of the temporary exhibition by the museum director. 
	Enid Manning Tel: (01543) 254652 Email: roger.manning@tesco.net
11/09/08 SNT Ramble around Draycott in the Clay  Cost: Members £1.00.  Visitors £1.50.
  	Leader: Jean Norman (01827 289356 or 07889 957923).
13-14/09/08 BEW Broad Eye Windmill Open Days
16/09/08 BHS "The Victorian Way of Death " by Danny Wells
17/09/08 HAY  "The Trubshaw Family" by John Bonnet
17/09/08 LAN "Charities of Rugeley " A talk by Dorothy Bradbury on the Charities of Rugeley, 7.30pm Sneylands
24/09/08 ITH  The Mynors Diaries Pt 7 - Early 1900s
24/09/08 SNT Car outing to Morville and Benthall Halls Cost:	 Members £3.00.  Visitors £6.50.
 	 Organiser: Eric Tanner (01952 691156). 
27/09/08 SBH 3rd Staffordshire History Fair, County Buildings & Market Sq Stafford 10.00am-4.00pm
29/09/08 SIA  Lecture - TBA 
October
04/10/08 FSC Visit to Chirk Castle, near Wrexham, on Saturday 4th October 2008
13/10/08 SIA  Members Evening - AIA conference report by Anne & Jim Andrews 
15/10/08 HAY Annual General Meeting plus "A Japanese Journey" (Michael Tyrie)
21/10/08 BHS "The Restoration of a National Trust Village Inn" by  Bill Meeson
27/10/08 SIA  Lecture -TBA 
29/10/08 ITH "Mary Queen of Scots in captivity" by David Templeman 
November
08/11/08 L&H THE DAY-STAR THEATRE COMPANY, Whittington Village Hall
10/11/08 SIA  Members Evening..- Cars by Jim Andrews 
18/11/08 BHS "The Littletons of Teddesley Park  Part II " by Bob Maddocks
19/11/08 HAY "Shugborough from the Bronze Age to the Present Day" by Chris Copp
24/11/08 SIA  Lecture - TBA 
26/11/08 ITH 1766 Evaluation of the Tixall Estate

December
08/12/08 SIA  Members Evening. Christmas Buffet - DVD Evening 
16/12/08 BHS  Christmas Social Evening     The Committee

2009

January
07/01/09 ITH Some Ingestre Families
12/01/09 SIA  Lecture - TBA
26/01/09 SIA  Members Evening. 10 minutes members talk 
February
09/02/09 SIA  Lecture - TBA 
23/02/09 SIA  Members Evening. TBA 
25/02/09 ITH More Landmark Trust Properties
March
09/03/09 SIA  Lecture- TBA 
23/03/09 SIA  Member Evening. Annual Buffet, Landmark properties by Anne Andrews
25/03/09 ITH  The Shrewsbury Papers by Thea Randall -
April
06/04/09 SIA  Lecture - Severn Valley Railway by Clive Smith ( to be confirmed) 
20/04/09 SIA Members Evening - Annual General Meeting. 
29/04/09 ITH The 20th Lord  Shrewsbury's commercial interests
May


June
24.06/09 ITH 7pm start from top of Hanyards Lane by Silage pits  to explore Ingestre Wood (To be confirmed)


July




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