Staffordshire Heritage Group

The others are concerned with a particular topic within the county

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The Local History groups,
whose concern is about their immediate area and include
Bradley History Group
Berkswich Historical Society
Colton History Society
Eccleshall Historical Society
Haywood Society
Hixon Local History Society
Ingestre & Tixall Local History Group
Landor (Local History)
Norbury Local History Group
Ridware History Society
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The groups who ‘befriend’ a particular building or area and include
Broad Eye Windmill (Stafford)
The Association of Friends of Cannock Chase
Friends of the Ancient High House
Friends of Mill Meece Pumping Station
Friends of Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service
Friends of Stafford Castle
Friends of the Staffordshire Regiment (Museum Branch)
Friends of the William Salt Library
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The others
are concerned with a particular topic within the county, but often cover a general interest in a topic
These include
Military Historical Society (Stafford)
Stafford Borough Council
Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire Gardens & Parks Trust
Staffordshire History Association
Stafford Historical & Civic Society
Stone Historical & Civic Society
Staffordshire Historical Churches Trust
Staffordshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Stafford & Mid Staffs Archaeology Society
Stafford Railway Circle

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All the groups contain a mix of amateurs, professional and academics all with an interest in their subject. The groups usual organise a series of talks at a local venue, open to all (with small charge for non-members). Many also have trips and outing both local and further afield. They often produce booklets or journals and many keep photographic archives or 'living history' interviews.

As with any type of society they all 'suffer' from lack of members, a desire for better publicity, availability of good lecturers, and many other common problems. The Stafford Borough Heritage group was formed a number of years ago, under the guidance of the then Borough Archaeologist John Darlington, as a meeting point for the groups. Where they could get together regularly to try add address their problems. By combining forces it is easier to run an annual coach trip and put on a open lecture at a local theatre with speaker of national note.

A group Diary Dates is produced for publicity purposes and this is available to groups
By meeting regularly we can interchange details of suitable lecturers, and in fact many groups find themselves giving talks on their own subjects to other member groups. We also arrange seminars and discussion groups on topics that the members wish to learn about, such as funding or effective use of press releases. We can pool resources and borrow equipment off each other and generally find that we have a lot in common (often sharing the same members). There is an annual fee of £5.00 per group to pay for postage etc.
The current Chairman is Mary E Dodkins Tel (01785) 850345
11 Usulwall Close, Eccleshall, ST21 6AJ. E-mail mdodkins@aol.com

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