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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 November 19th 2026
A Hampshire Midwinter:
How Christmas, and other midwinter festivals, have been celebrated through the years with Erica Wheeler.
A look at Hampshire traditions celebrating midwinter, how they came about, how they changed and some reflections on Christmas from our great writers.
Erica is a Blue Badge Tourist Guide for the Wessex Region as well as a local author and speaker. Erica's book 'The Little Book of Hampshire', published by The History Press is a compendium of quirky, little known and unusual facts, stories, places and Hampshire characters.
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.
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 as well as at our monthly meetings at the Catholic Church Hall in Martin Street.
