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  Events January 2023 to June 2023         
Photo:- Roy Romsey
Meetings held in January and February 2023 will be via Zoom sessions
Other meetings will take place at Romsey Town Hall either in the Court Room, downstairs, or in the
Council Chamber, upstairs, which can be accessed by a new "proper" lift installed in the rear of the Town Hall for the convenience of those who may have difficulty using the front staircase.
 All events maybe subject to change at short notice.
Register your email  "here" to receive notifications of links to Zoom & details of any changes. 

January 2023

Monday 9th January 7.30pm
Archaeology in the Media

Speaker: Mike Heyworth

Venue:  Zoom meeting

 

Thursday 26th January 7.30pm

The man Who Never Was
Speaker: Kevin Patience
Venue: Zoom meeting

February 2023

 

Monday 13th February 7.30pm

Storm in a Teacup - The Waitresses’s Strike
of 1908

Speaker: Dr Ann Featherstone
Venue: Zoom meeting

 

Thursday 23rd February 7.30pm

What did the Romans Leave for us to Find
Speaker: Karen Adams
Venue: Zoom meeting

March 2023

Monday 13th March 7.30pm

Scandal Sheets
Speaker: Cheryl Butler
Venue: Town Hall Court Room

 

Tuesday 14th March 10.30am

The History of English Pottery before 1750
part 2

Speaker: Roger Harris
Venue: Town Hall Court Room

 

Friday 24th March 2.15pm

Cherville Street, north to the Railway Arch - A Slide Show
Host: Phoebe Merrick
Venue: Town Hall Council Chamber

 

Thursday 30th March 7.30pm

Richard III and his Mother
Speaker: Charles Rees
Venue: Town Hall Council Chamber

 

April 2023 

Monday 3rd April 7.30 p.m.

The Timsbury Triangle
Speaker: Richard Backhouse
Venue: Town Hall Council Chamber

April 2023 (Cont.)

Friday 21st April 2.15 p.m.

Lockerley - A Slide Show
Host: Phoebe Merrick
Venue: Town Hall Court Room

 

Thursday 27th April 7.30 p.m.

Archaeological Investigation of Mills in
Southampton

Speaker: Matt Garner
Venue: "Zoom" Meeting


May 2023 

Monday 15th May  7.30 pm

Building Spitfires Without a Factory

Speaker: Alan Matlock

Venue: Town Hall Court Room

Thursday 25th May 6.55 p.m.

A Walk - Hidden Romsey (Part 1) - The Fishlake and The Horsehead Streams 
Leader: Alec Morley
Meet at: The Charter Stone opposite the Post Office.


June 2023

Monday 5th June 7.00 p.m.

A Visit to Timsbury & Michelmersh Churches

Leaders: Roger/Mary Harris

Meet at: Timsbury Church Car Park

Cars needed to travel between the churches.

 

Thursday 22nd June at 7.00 p.m.

** Note** This walk has now been cancelled

Nursling Mill and surroundings - a Walk

Leader: Stephen Cooper

Meet at: tbaThis walk will be several miles long.


 **** Special Event **** 

 Romsey Festival 2023s

 Sat. 1st July to Sunday 16th July 

Poster Display in Market Place,

Bell Street & Church Street 

plus

Guided Walks around the Historic Centre of Romsey on Monday 3rd July at 7.00 p.m.

Wednesday 5th July at 10.00 a.m.

Thursday 13th July at 2.00 p.m.

- book tickets at Information Centre or

online via Romsey Festival website.

plus on 

Friday 7th July

An Exhibition in the Town Hall Court Room

10.00 am to 4.00 pm - Free Entry 

 Organised by: LTVAS members  - all welcome

The Town Hall Basement, 1 Market Place, Romsey, Hants. SO51 8YZ

Romsey Local History Society
is part of the LTVAS Group
 (The Lower Test Valley Archaeological Study Group).
LTVAS Group is a registered charity No. 271293

Web site created

December 2014 

Webmaster - Alec Morley 

romsey.history@gmail.com 

© 2014 - 2025 Romsey Local History Society (LTVAS Group). 

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