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BWS monthly meetings
Our meetings will take place in in the Catholic Church Hall, Martin Street, Bishop’s Waltham, SO32 1DN on the customary third Thursday of the month at the usual time of 7.30pm. There is ample free parking available and we look forward to seeing you there. Should there be any change to this situation, we will update this page with the relevant information and inform members via email.
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Thursday 17th October
George Garnett of Bishop’s Waltham
- a talk by Tony Kippenberger
Exactly a hundred years ago a Bishop’s Waltham resident, George Garnett, purchased a small field and gave it to the Parish to extend St Peter’s churchyard. This was just one of his charitable acts. From a humble background George had worked his way up to became manager of Claylands – the 43 acre brickworks that was the town’s biggest employer. His life story brings Victorian Bishop’s Waltham alive and provides a picture that is, at one level, very familiar and, on another, really very different.
at The Catholic Church Hall, Martin Street, Bishops Waltham
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THE EARLY HISTORY OF WALTHAM told in posters
by Tony Kippenberger
Bishop’s Waltham’s long history is showcased in a unique series of outdoor storyboards.
The 10,000 year timeline covers the Stone Age to the destruction of the Bishop’s Palace during the Civil War, and as a public exhibition it delivers a fascinating picture of the small market town in bite-sized portions.
Click here for more details of each of the storyboards.
You can buy your own copy of all the posters of The Early History of Bishops Waltham for £5 at Sweet Corner, Studio 4, and the Museum.
