Museum AGM 2019
The Museum’s Annual General Meeting for 2019 will take place on Thursday 14th March at 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room. All are welcome.
Links to the Minutes of the 2018 AGM and to the Agenda for the 2019 AGM are given below:
Minutes of the Museum Society AGM 2018 Agenda of the Museum Society AGM... Read MoreDiscussion Group: Archives of the Moulton Family of The Hall, Bradford on Avon
Wednesday 6th February, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In our first Discussion Group session of 2019, Claire Skinner, Principal Archivist at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre will be talking about the archives of the Moulton Family following the archive survey undertaken by Claire and other volunteers (including Jess Smith and Sarah...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Local History Question Time
Wednesday 5th December, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
Our December Discussion Group session will be a bit different to the usual format, and a bit special, because we have a panel of four experts ready to answer all of your local history questions!
Our illustrious panel members are:
Roy Canham, former Country Archaeologist for Wiltshire Roger Clark,... Read MoreDiscussion Group: Rowley – Bradford’s Lost Medieval Village
Wednesday 7th November, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In our next Discussion Group session, Rob Arkell will be taking a look at the history of the village and tithing of Rowley and the possible reasons for its decline which include the Black Death, loss of the church, and the expansion of Farleigh Hungerford Castle’s deer park. Rob has presented every year...
Read MoreAutumn Event 2018: A Night with Phil Harding
Bradford on Avon Museum invites you to ‘A Night with Phil’.
Join us for q & a night with Phil Harding, archaeologist and Time Team regular. Phil will be answering questions from former Wiltshire County Archaeologist, Roy Canham and our audience on Saturday, 27 October 2018 at St Margaret’s Hall, Bradford on...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: The diaries of Beth Hignell, ‘It makes you spit!’
Wednesday 3rd October, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In our next Discussion Group session, Colin Johns will be talking about the diaries of Beth Hignell, which he has studied. Elizabeth (Beth) Hignell came to Bradford on Avon in the early 1940’s, a refugee from the bombing in Bristol, and for the rest of her life lived at 7 St Margarets Street. ...
Read MoreDiscussion Group – St Laurence School and its Roman villa: one step beyond
Wednesday 5th September, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, Sophie Hawke will be discussing the discovery of the roman villa site, the School’s involvement and her recent geophysical survey work. Please do join us to find out more!
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you...
Read MoreExhibition: What we bought in the 1950s and 60s
Wednesday 1st August until Friday 31st August.
Bradford on Avon Museum has gone shopping crazy! We have another exhibition on shops showing what housewives were buying in the 1950s and 60s.
As an extension to our current shops exhibition – Brylcreem and Broken Biscuits – in every shop in the town, the Museum is...
Read MoreBrylcreem and Broken Biscuits Exhibition
Bradford on Avon Museum’s summer exhibition, Brylcreem and Broken Biscuits, shows what the shops of Bradford looked like in the 1950s Saturday 21st July until Sunday 2nd September 1950s Britain was very different from the country we know now. In Bradford as in every other town people shopped locally and had a huge variety of goods...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: The History Of Our Station In Pictures
Wednesday 4th July, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, Peter Mann will be taking us through the history of Bradford on Avon Railway Station in picture, and also telling us about the Footbridge Canopy Project. Please do join us to find out more!
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Bradford’s Shops in the 1950s
Wednesday 6th June, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, Stephanie Laslett, author of “Brylcreem and Broken Biscuits”, will be leading the discussion about Bradford on Avon’s shops in the 1950s. Please do join us to find out more!
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: The Saxons in Wiltshire
Wednesday 2nd May, 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, Roy Canham, former County Archaeologist for Wiltshire and leader of the Museum’s Research Group, will be leading the discussion about the Saxons in Wiltshire. Please do join us to find out more!
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Industrial & Provident – Bradford on Avon Co-op Society
Wednesday 4th April, 7:30pm, Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, Roger Clark, our Hon. Curator, will be talking about the Bradford on Avon Industrial & Provident Society Ltd. – i.e. Bradford’s Co-op society. Please do join us to find out more!
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you haven’t been along to...
Read MoreMillennium Embroidery on display
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Bradford on Avon Museum’s Millennium Embroidery will be on show in the Library Gallery/Meeting Room from Wednesday 28th March to Saturday 28th April during Library opening hours and on Sundays and Easter Monday 2-4pm when the Museum is open. Admission is free.
The Embroidery was stitched by local people to...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Bradford’s Turnpike Roads, Tollhouses and Milestones
Wednesday 7th March, 7:30pm, Library Meeting Room
In this Discussion Group session, Ivor Slocombe will be talking about Bradford’s Turnpike Roads, Tollhouses and Milestones. Please do join us to find out more!
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you haven’t been along to a session yet, do...
Read MoreDiscussion Group – What’s in your garden?
Wednesday 7th February, 7:30pm, Library Meeting Room
In the first Discussion Group session of 2018, Jane Mann, aided by Gill Winfield and Roger Clark, will be discussing the sorts of things you might find in your garden…and we don’t mean flowers! If you live in or around Bradford on Avon,...
Read MoreDiscussion Group – List of Talks for 2018
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you haven’t been along to a session yet, do try it out.
The meetings take place on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm in the Library Meeting Room, and are FREE to members (please remember to bring along your new, blue membership card!). Non-members can attend one session before being asked to join. If...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Solsbury Hill Geophysics and Archaeology Survey
Wednesday 6th December, 7:30pm, Library Meeting Room
In December’s Discussion Group, Rick Buettner will be talking about the Solsbury Hill Geophysics and Archaeology Survey which he has been involved in.
Discussion Group covers a wide range of subjects, and if you haven’t been along to a session yet, do try it out.
The meetings take place...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: Bradford Leigh Fair – 200 Years of Trade, Revelry, Wickedness and Vice
Wednesday 1st November, 7:30pm, Library Meeting Room
In November’s Discussion Group, Rob Arkell will lead the discussion on the topic of Bradford Leigh Fair: 200 Years of Trade, Revelry, Wickedness and Vice. Rob has been regular speaker at Discussion Group since it began, and his well-researched talks are always popular. It...
Read MoreDiscussion Group: The History of the Bradford on Avon Fire Brigade
Wednesday 4th October, 7:30pm, Library Meeting Room
In October’s Discussion Group, our Hon. Curator, Roger Clark, will talk about the history of the Bradford on Avon Fire Brigade. The Museum holds a collection of items and photographs from the Fire Brigade through the ages, and it promises to be an interesting evening.
Discussion Group covers a...
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