Events

Monthly Lectures

All lecture meetings are held in Highworth United Reformed Church, High Street, Highworth, unless otherwise stated. Meetings start at 7.30pm.

Visitors to all events can pay on the door, however, if you wish to book tickets in advance for our lectures or events please email us or telephone Ms. Chris Suter on 01793 764811.
Members are admitted free of charge. Visitors £3.00.

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MONTHLY LECTURE PROGRAMME - 2020

27th January 2020 - Ticket to Ride - by Chris and Judy Rouse
The perils and pleasures of early Victorian rail travel.
24th February 2020 - Wilts and Berks Canal - by John Farrow
A talk on this fascinating canal.
30th March 2020 - Last Orders - by John Stooke
Some stories and photos of the vanished Swindon pubs. Stories of murder, ladies-of-the-night, underground tunnels and more.
27th April 2020 -  Honouring Two Midshipmen at Gallipoli - by Hugh Williams
Alfred Martyn Williams and Hubert Malcolm Wilson both won DSC's at the young age of 17. With six others they towed in the first wave of Lancashire Fusileers on 25th April 1915.
18th May 2020: The Rise and Fall of a Downland Village - by John Dymond
The story of the abandoned village of Snap near Aldbourne.

Other Events

Library Displays

Highworth School Photographs etc from yesteryear