The Malvern Civic Society hold monthly meetings with talks from speakers on a wide variety of topics.
Our meetings are held in the Eden Centre, Grovewood Road, WR14 1GD. The Eden Centre is close to The Malvern (Spa) Hotel and Premier Inn, off Townsend way. There is a charge of £2 for members and £4 for non-members, which includes refreshments from 7pm before each meeting.
Doors open at 7pm and the meeting starts are 7.30pm.
Upcoming Meetings
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION
To complement the Civic Society outing to the Worcester Porcelain Museum in October we are having a talk given by Chris Gait on DR JOHN WALL – FOUNDER OF WORCESTER PORCELAIN. This is about the life and times of the remarkable Dr John Wall who was a physician, painter, and porcelain maker.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION
The talk this month is being given by James Cooper and is entitled MADE IN THE COTSWOLDS. This is primarily a look at Arts & Crafts furniture Designers/makers working in the Cotswolds – Ernest Gimson and the Barnsley Brothers etc – beginning with the design principles of Pugin, Ruslin, and Morris.
Robert Barber was originally an apprentice in the motor industry but moved into Insurance . He is giving us a talk on the HISTORY OF SUGAR AND THE KIDDERMINSTER FACTORY. This is a look at how the manufacture of sugar began 5000 years ago and its spread throughout the world including the horrors of slavery. It finishes with the Sugar Factory in Kidderminster and its campaign for building it in the late 19th century and why it did not materialise until the 1920’s.
This will be followed by a workshop reviewing the public debate on Can We Build Better?