Monday 16 September 2024
speaker: Lt Gen (retired) Sir John Kiszely
"General Hastings ‘Pug’ Ismay: Soldier, Statesman, Diplomat"
Extraordinary life of local resident who was chief staff officer to Churchill, then to Mountbatten in India, and then first head of NATO.

Monday 21 October 2024
speaker: Annette Will, in conversation with Linda Hart
"Broadway Tower Country Park: its past, present and future"
Annette successfully juggles many goals, from care and maintenance of the estate to enhancing public enjoyment.

Monday 18 November 2024
speaker: Peter Gill
"Surviving the Great War: how words and music kept the boys going"
Gloucestershire’s talented actor/musician will sing songs, play music and read poems, as we commemorate World War One’s brave soldiers.

Monday 9 December 2024
speaker: Tim Bridges
"Churches of the North Cotswolds"
An illustrated talk explaining the history and importance of several local churches including Broadway’s medieval St Eadburgha’s.

Monday 20 January 2025
speaker: Robin Jackson
The Badsey Brook: Revealing 8,000 years of occupation"
Archaeological investigations, when Broadway’s flood defences were built, unearthed evidence of life and death spanning almost 8,000 years.

Monday 17 February 2025
speaker: Max Hunt
"Shelsley Walsh – The Story Of A Village"
1,000 years in the life of Worcestershire’s smallest parish, located in the Teme valley. The talk will discuss the three influential local families active there from the 13th to 20th century. It will also tell the story of the 14th century water-powered corn mill which was rescued and restored by a team of volunteers (including trustee Max Hunt).

Monday 17 March 2025
speaker: Tony Conder
"Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and the Atlantic Slave Trade"
How the slave trade affected the two shires, the battles to end slavery, and the aftermath.

Monday 14 April 2025
speaker: Julian Hunt
"One Thousand Years of Broadway History"
A fresh look at Broadway’s past, from Domesday to the present-day.

Monday 19 May 2025: AGM, followed by
speaker: Martin Blakeman
"Gordon Russell Furniture: Arts & Crafts, and beyond"
An insider’s account of eight decades of successful furniture-making in Broadway