EVENTS
AGM 2020
Unfortunately, due to the current situation this year’s Annual General Meeting
will not be able to take place.
However, we do intend to arrange this meeting at the earliest appropriate time.
To read more on the topic see the letter from our President issued on 14 June 2020
here
ST MODWEN'S DAY DINNER 2020
A St Modwen’s Day Dinner
is taking place on Wednesday 4th November commencing at 6.30pm in The Mulberry Restaurant at Burton
&
South Derbyshire College, Lichfield Street, Burton. This Wednesday was
chosen
as it is the closest Wednesday that The Mulberry Restaurant is open to St Modwen’s Feast Day which
is 29th October.
After the dinner a talk will be given by the well-known local historian Richard Stone on the Illustrations and Texts used by the monks at the time of Burton Abbey.
If you would like to come along to the event, which is open to both members of the society and their guests, the cost will be £ 25 for a 3 course meal and lecture on Wednesday 4th November, then please contact Mick Clifford either by email smd@burtoncivicsociety.org.uk or phone 01283 536250.
CIVIC SOCIETY TALKS
All talks are held on Wednesday evenings, at 7.00pm for a 7.15pm start.
The venue for this season is Burton Library, Riverside, Burton-on-Trent, DE14 1AH
Car Parking is available at the Library Car Park. Parking is free after 8pm.
Entry to our talks is £2 for Civic Society members and
£3 for non-members.
2019-2020 TALKS
| 25th September 2019 | Everyday Saying By Ian Hingley | |
| 16th October 2019 | Inland Waterway by Jerry Sanders | 20th November 2019 | Robert Bakewell by Richard Stone |
| 19th February 2020 | Laurence Shirley by Gay Evans | |
| 18th March 2020 CANCELLED | Cheers by Danny Wells | |
| 22nd April 2020 CANCELLED | Burton and Ashby Light Railway by Alan Hiley |
For more infomation on the talks and other events please click here to download our flyer...
If you're feeling fit, Burton Civic Society have produced a 12-mile walk you could do on your own (see ACTIVITIES, below).
ACTIVITIES
WETMORE CHARTER WALK
Download this walking map following the old Wetmore boundary. The walk
covering both streets and footpaths, is approximately 12 miles and
attempts to follow the ancient boundary around Burton. The trail was
established by our chairman Richard Stone and the map produced by
Richard and Shelagh Wain. We hope you enjoy the trip.
Please
click here to download the map & instructions...
AND SOME OTHER EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
THAT MAY INTEREST YOU
(recommended by our members)
The Brewhouse Arts Centre, for arts, music and cultural events www.brewhouse.co.uk
Tutbury Castle www.tutburycastle.com
Burton Conservation Volunteers www.bcv.org.uk
Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - Steaming Days www.claymills.org.uk
National Brewery Centre (formerly The Bass Museum) www.nationalbrewerycentre.co.uk
The Red Carpet Cinema and Cafe Bar www.redcarpetcinema.co.uk
Quad, Derby www.derbyquad.co.uk
Magic Attic (in Sharpe's Pottery), Swadlincote www.magicattic.org.uk
Conkers (in National Forest), Moira, Leics. www.nationalforest.org
For any members who'd like to recommend an activities/events website, please email the link to: events@burtoncivicsociety.org.uk
PAST CIVIC SOCIETY TALKS
2015 TALKS
18 February 2015: "North
Staffords in WW1" by Major (Retd) Ted Green
About the talk: "The North
Staffords in World War One" looks very briefly at the history of the
Regiment, its composition in August 1914 and the rapid expansion at the
outbreak of war. It will cover the following Divisions in the German
Spring Offensive of 1918: 46th North Midland and 59th 2nd North
Midland, as well as the Kitchener Battalions (7th, 8th, 9th). It's not
possible in one hour to consider each of the 18 battalions from the
Regiment involved with the war. Men from Burton will have served in all
those battalions but there were particularly close links with the 46th
and 59th Divisions through the local Territorial Force battalions:
1st/6th and 2nd/6th North Staffords. Background
on Ted Green: Major (Retd) Ted Green was commissioned
into The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) in 1967 and
retired in 2002 after serving in many parts of the world. In the latter
part of his service he was Regimental Secretary and Museum
Curator/Director at Whittington Barracks, between Lichfield and
Tamworth. After retirement he retained his involvement with the Museum,
doing research and giving talks to groups throughout the West Midlands.
He first visited the Western Front in 1966, for the 50th anniversary of
the Battle of the Somme as a Sandhurst Officer Cadet, and has been
lecturing on the First World War since 2006, the 90th anniversary of
the same battle. He has toured the main Western Front battlefields from
the period 1916-1918. In October 2014, Ted started a part-time 2-year
MA in First World War studies at Wolverhampton University with
Professor Gary Sheffield.
18 March 2015: "What Shall we Do
– Yesterday?" by John Redfern
About the talk: A survey of
leisure activities locally a century ago
– 1900 - 1910. Reference is made to
Burton Opera House, the Electric Theatre, Al Hambra in Station Street
(now knocked down, but was the Staffordshire Knot pub), and the New
Empire at Swadlincote; the advent of the movies, aviation, charabanc
and train trips to the seaside, advent of aeroplanes, etc.
2014 TALKS
15 October 2014: "Malting and
Malthouses in Burton upon Trent", a talk by Amber Patrick
About the talk: Burton upon
Trent is known for its brewing industry. A prime ingredient of beer is
malt - artificially germinated grain, usually barley. The buildings in
which malt was produced are still a dominant feature of Burton's
townscape. This talk will look at some of Burton's malthouses which
were mainly but not exclusively brewery maltings. It will discuss the
changes in the malting process and the effect this had on malthouses.
Finally it will look briefly at the difficulties in re-using maltings
when they are no longer used for making malt.
19 November 2014: "The Peels of
Drayton Manor", a talk by Nigel Morris
About the talk: This talk
explains the rise and fall of the Peel family, who lived at Drayton
Manor, near Tamworth. The subtitle is "From fortune, fame to a common
grave". It discusses how the Peels went from farming and mill-owning
near Blackburn, Lancs. to Burton upon Trent and on to Drayton Manor;
how Robert Peel, the politician, became as well known as he is, his
family life and his political successes, and how his reputation amongst
the working classes soared after his death. It then goes into the
decline of the family, the destruction of Drayton Manor and the end of
their direct line. This turbulent family story is illustrated with
slides.