Gloucestershire Archives: Secrets Revealed
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Wednesday 24 August, 1 - 2pm. Free of charge
Gloucestershire is a rural county with lots of agriculture, country estates, woodland and many other green spaces. This presentation will look at the historical records concerning all kinds of ‘growing’ – including farming, orchards and gardening. It’s obviously impossible to cover everything so we’ll be looking at an eclectic ‘selection box’ of items so there will be something for everyone – whether you are interested in the large county estates of the landed gentry, farm accounts, local nurseries, backyard allotments, woodlands, types of apples, flower paintings, orchard pigs, ‘Dig for Victory’ or agricultural machinery.
Haymaking (GPS-69-24) Jefferies seed catalogue- Cotswold pixie sprout (d6464-5-4)
Secrets Revealed are live Zoom seminars that bring together a community of people with a shared interest in history, heritage, culture and their importance in today’s world.
For more information and to book, visit Gloucestershire Archives Events
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Voices Gloucester at the Heritage Hub
Our Living History, told by you
A selection of free events taking place during Gloucester History Festival at the Heritage Hub. Free parking on site.
To book or find out more, visit voicesgloucester.org.uk and see our full programme of year round events.
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Who are you?
Saturday 3rd September
A DNA and Family History focus session
11am - Talk by Phil McCormick: A family business - 167 years of Nicks & Company
1- 4pm - Talk by Amelia Bennett, leading genealogist and historian on using DNA analysis to unlock your family secrets.
Want to do you family history but not sure how to start? Come and chat with experienced volunteers of Gloucestershire Family History Society. Learn how to make permanent memories of friends, family and colleagues through oral history and about archive resources.
The Gloucestershire Family History Centre is open from 10am.
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Hands on History - preserving family photographs
Thursday 8th September, 10.30am- 3.30pm
Discover top tips for handling photographs and preventing damage in this practical workshop with heritage professionals
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Innovations in Gloucester
Friday 9th September, 10.00am - 4pm,
A day of talks, come for the day and bring a picnic to enjoy in the Hub’s community garden, or just pick one or two.
10.00 am Fielding and Platt: Engineering the world John Bancroft
Hydraulic Rivetter on R.M.S. Oceanic c.1898 (F&P)
11.20 am Dowty innovators: the people of the Dowty group Ally McConnell
Sir George Dowty with a Dowty undercarriage for the Avro Lancaster
13.30 pm Gloucester Corporation: innovation in the city in the mid-20th century Karen Davidson
A poster for Sir Alan Cobham's Youth of Britain flights (Gloucester Corporation)
14.50 pm An improving picture: 200 years of mental health provision in Gloucestershire Jemma Fowkes
Barnwood House
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Voices Gloucester Green Day
Sunday 18th September, 1pm - 4pm.
Bring a picnic to the wonderful community garden and learn through films and talks, how Gloucester folk engaged with the environment in the past.
Look to the past for a more sustainable future - learn how to make a wax food wrap or how to darn a sock!
Gloucestershire Heritage Hub, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW
See voicesgloucester.org.uk for full details of all events
Voices Gloucester
Our Living History, told by you
A selection of our events taking place during Gloucester History Festival, 3 - 18th September at various venues in Gloucester.
To book or find out more, visit voicesgloucester.org.uk and see our full programme of year round events.
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People are cities and cities are people
3 - 18th September, weekends 11am - 6pm, Wednesday - Friday 11am - 3pm
162-166 Barton St, Gloucester GL1 4EU
Georgia Williams & Rider Shafique have worked with the local community to create this unique exhibition which animates over 50 years of Gloucester Carnival photographs with stories and memories. Also showing will be images and films from the latest in the Gloucester First series by Rider Shafique and Tarsier Films; The first interracial marriage.
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Unreflective Reflections
Monday 5th September, 4pm - 6pm
The Friendship Cafe, Gloucester GL4 6PR
A project created by the local Muslim community to shed some light into their history in Gloucester
‘Through the Lens’ photography exhibition, and ‘Gloucester’s Glory’ film, tell the untold stories of the early community who settled here, and provide an inspiration for continuing their legacy, as well as to provide a resource for capturing future stories.
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Gloucestershire Observed
Wednesday 7th September, 7.30pm,
Gala Club, Fairmile Gardens, Gloucester GL2 9EB
Popular local historian Tony Conder casts his eye over National and local events, local life and human nature in the county as seen in Journals and Diaries over the last 500 years.
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The Lost Library of Llanthony: Rediscovering Llanthony Secunda’s medieval manuscripts
Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September, 11.00am - 3.00pm
Llanthony Secunda Priory, Priory Junction, Gloucester GL2 5FA
In the medieval period, the scholars of Llanthony Secunda were responsible for the creation of a very special library that is still considered one of the richest and best-documented medieval English book collections in the country. This remarkable library is no longer in Gloucester but is scattered across the world, and this new documentary film traces the stories the books tell, how they were created and how they survived almost certain destruction.
Come along to Llanthony Secunda Priory this Heritage Open Day weekend to find out more about how you can view the film, and to explore how medieval manuscripts were created.
Proud Voices
4pm, Saturday 10th September,
St Mary De Crypt, Southgate St, Gloucester GL1 2DR
Join the cast and crew in this special screening of a new visual documentary by Anna Mouzouri, exploring the LGBT nightlife and community in Gloucestershire, spanning the years 1980 - 1990
The Boys at number 18
Monday 12th September, 6pm
Sherborne Cinema, Sherborne Street, Kingsholm, Gloucester GL1 3BY
‘Get them out!’ in the early years of World War Two, there was an extraordinary effort to rescue Jewish children from Nazi Germany, ten of whom ended up in Gloucester, at a hostel in Alexandra Road, Kingsholm. Commissioned by Gloucestershire Archives, this short film tells the story of these boys through interviews with their descendants.
Accompanying exhibition by History students from the University of Gloucester.
Gloucestershire Heritage Hub, from 2nd - 18th September, 10am - 4pm Monday - Friday
From Department Store to City Campus: the story of the Debenham’s building - A Gloucester University Exhibition
5th - 16th September, 9 - 5pm,
The Music Works, The Hub, 2nd Floor, King’s House, 27 St Aldate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1RP
Tracing the evolution of the building from Bon Marche department store, through to the takeover by Debenhams in the 1970s, and recent acquisition by the University of Gloucestershire as the planned new City Campus.
Slavery & Abolitionism in Gloucestershire - A Gloucester University Exhibition
2nd - 18th September, 10 - 4pm, Monday-Friday only
Shire Hall, Westgate Street, GL1 2TG
Projects by History students focus on two local legacies of the transatlantic slave trade: the life of a Cheltenham resident who was the largest slave-owner in Barbados, and a prominent local activist who campaigned for the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire and beyond
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Discover Gloucester’s famous Rainbow Streets
Tuesday 6th September, 3.30 pm. Meet outside no 20.
St Mark Street, GL1 2QQ
Join with internationally acclaimed colour visionary and Gloucester’s very own ‘Queen of Colour’ Tash Frootko as she takes you on a lively and informative tour of the famous Rainbow Streets
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THREADS - A language beyond words - stitching and stories
Voices Gloucester
Exhibitions 2nd - 18th September
Westgate St, Gloucester
Celebrating collaborative stitching projects across the county, and the proud history of textile in Westgate street, Threads looks to celebrate the past and look to the future with this dynamic full programme of exhibitions and events.
Working with our heritage partners Gloucester Cathedral, The Cathedral Quarter and The Folk as well as shops and business up and down the street, it seems fitting that this street once known for its bustling trade in tailors, is now showcasing community stitching projects. There will also be the opportunity to find out more about the stories and hidden treasures uncovered by the Cathedral Quarter regeneration
Pick up a map at the Cathedral, the Cathedral Quarter Shop, or any of the cafes and explore!
Tewkesbury Stitch Story
10am-5pm Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm on Saturday and 12noon-2.30pm on Sunday
The Lady Chapel, Gloucester Cathedral, 12 College Green, Gloucester GL1 2LX
Please check the Cathedral’s ‘What’s On’ calendar for the most up to date information on opening hours before you visit.
This astonishing collaborative artwork, led by Community Artist Jo Teague, saw over 8000 local people contribute a hand embroidered panel of the history of Tewkesbury. It will be on display alongside some of the Cathedral's historic collection of textiles with local resonance
Westgate Stories
9am-5pm daily
Where - various - pick up a map from the Cathedral Quarter shop
Gloucestershire textiles artists have brought to life your memories of life on the street with beautiful illustrations
Threads through time
10am - 4pm daily
The Folk, 99-103 Westgate Street, GL1 2PG
Work for sale from talented Gloucestershire textiles artists
Talks & workshops
Friday 16th 10.00 am - 7.00pm, and Saturday 17th September 12.00 -6.00pm
The Folk, 99-103 Westgate Street, GL1 2PG
There will be a series of additional workshops and talks to accompany the exhibitions including:
- The historic needlework of Cheltenham Female Orphanage - Jo Teague
- Westgate Stories - Marsha O’ Mahony
- 400 Years of Stroudwater Textiles - Language beyond words,collaborative projects panel discussion, hosted by Jo Andrews, Haptic & Hue
See voicesgloucester.org.uk for full details of all events
Threads is supported by [Cultural Quarter]
Gloucester History Festival
Blackfriars Talks
Friday 16 - Sunday 18 September 2022
The festival theme of families and innovations weaves throughout the programme at the magnificent 12th century Blackfriars Priory. From the archaeological discoveries of Tutankhamen’s tomb to the fortresses of Alfred the Great and Edward III’s longbow archers, and from the dynasties of the Pharaohs and Tudors to the untold stories of families from medieval times to today.
In this year’s programme we premiere a brand new film revealing the Secrets of Westgate Street with new discoveries revealed by City Archaeologist Andrew Armstrong. Top historian and TV broadcaster Michael Wood reveals new details about life in the Dark Ages marking the 40th anniversary of his bestselling book In Search of the Dark Ages.
Michael Wood
We mark the 100th anniversary of the Tutankhamen dig in November 1922 with an exclusive preview of discoveries made in the new BBC series presented by Janina Ramirez.
We also mark 75 years since Indian Partition on 15 August 1947 with a keynote panel featuring Oxford professor Yasmin Khan and Kavita Puri whose award-winning book and Radio 4 series have been adapted into a stage play showing at the Donmar Warehouse in September. We hear exclusive new material from Janina Ramirez’s major new book Femina revealing the true part women played in medieval Europe, and in a new talk written exclusively for the Festival by City Archaeologist Andrew Armstrong reveals the innovations of Alfred the Great and his daughter Aethelflaed, the Warrior Queen, as they built fortifications across England.
Janina Ramirez Kavita Puri (© Jonathan Ring)
We look at Russia’s turbulent history including recent events in Ukraine with former Foreign Secretary David Owen. And with Gloucester centre stage in the story of the English Civil War, we focus on the endgame as the manhunt for Charles I’s murderers is explored by internationally bestselling author of Enigma, Fatherland and Munich, Robert Harris.
David Owen Robert Harris (© Nick Gregan)
For more information visit: www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk