Society Outing September 2025
Our plan is to visit Avoncroft Open Air Museum near Bromsgrove. This is an exhibition of a local vernacular buildings, from Medieval to miud C20th.. It will be good context for the talk on "Working Countryside in Photographs" scheduled for December. The cost will be £15.50 per person inclusive of a guided talk by a museum guide and a cuppa. Earlier this years John Alexander-Head led an architectural study group around and he will select 5 buildings for more detailed examination.
To keeo costs down we will car share to get there. The date for your diary is September 7 2025 and the start at the museum is 1.00pm. we need to know that we have sufficiant people coming along to make the visit possible. To express and interest, please email: bidfordhistorysociety@gmail.com
Bidford Community Library
In 2018 our History Society assumed responsibility to manage the "Bidford and District Studies" section, which covers all aspects of history in Bidford, surrounding villages and South Warwickshire. We create additional local historical material for the library, accessible through print and the library computer terminals. You can see this material in our Recent Publications tab. I am delighted that members Jacqui Wilson and Sue Blyth have taken on responsibility for its upkeep.
The Bidford Archive
In 2023 we opened The Bidford Archive; a repository of local history, lodged at the Library.
Bob Marshall was a highly valued member of our Society, researching publications and presentations. We have obtained his library of research documents and currently are cataloguing it. It will be preserved in the Archive as the Bob Marshll Collection
More details are within the Bidford Archive tab at the side.
Our role in the library further confirms our position as a leading Bidford community organisation.
Below, the Local Studies section in the Library:
