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Diary of Events for 2025
January 2025 has so far brought a mix of windy days, snow and ice followed by fog steadily creeping up towards the Clent Hills, obscuring the well loved views. Occasionally the sun shone encouraging us to get moving again. Before… Continue reading
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Thurs 21st Nov – FROM CASTLE TO BISHOP’S PALACE AND BACK AGAIN – Tim Cornah
This is the title of Tim Cornah’s talk for us on Thursday 21st November. Our meeting which will start at -2pm – takes place at Clent Parish Hall. DY9 9QT. Parking is to the rear of the hall, or further… Continue reading
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Events for 2024
All meetings are held in Clent Parish Hall, Church Avenue. (DY9 9Q) Please check times as we have made some changes in order to make our winter meetings more accessible by holding them in the afternoon rather than evening. On… Continue reading
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Raining Again.
The following is an extract from an unpublished book – Six Poor Boys– written by the late Joyce Coley; a well respected teacher and local historian. In this book Joyce explores many aspects of Clent village life from the 1700s… Continue reading
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7th December – Christmas, Past and Present
You are invited to join us at Clent Parish Hall on Thursday 7th December. The doors will be open at 7pm so come and grab a seat ready for Mary Bodfish to begin her talk at 8pm. The season to… Continue reading
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Latest News – Aug 2021
Hopefully Clent History Society meetings will be restarting very soon in Clent Parish Hall. Over the last year we have enjoyed being part of the Zoom meetings put on by Belbroughton and Chaddesley History Societies. Some interesting talks were presented… Continue reading
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Hard Times – Historic experiences of Pandemic in Clent: Plague and Cholera
In the grip of COVID-19, John Amplett relates how Clent coped with a previous pandemic; The Plague, and we read what advice the ‘Sanitary Committee of the County Council of Worcestershire’ had to say about Cholera in 1892 Continue reading
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We’ll Meet Again Sometime Zoom 11/11/2020
Join Belbroughton History Society for a series virtual Zoom lecture: Edward I, The Hammer of the Scots – 18th November Continue reading