Colwall Village Society Talks and Events

All talks are held in the Colwall Village Hall at 19:30pm. Doors open at 19:00.
Every-one welcome. £2 for non-members of the Colwall Village Society

Previous speakers and events.

19/01/26

Mary Constable: A Literary Trail around the Malverns

22/10/25

Archives Open Day: WW2 - Away from Home

22/09/25

Faith Renger: American Hospitals in Malvern in World War 2

17/05/25

Colwall in World War 2 event

16/05/25

Film: Went the Day Well

14/04/25

Phil Kendrick: Colwall Invasion 1940

24/05/25

Angela Williams: A Munitionette's View

21/10/24

Heather Whatley: Dame Laura Knight

19/10/24

Archives Open Day: Dame Laura Knight

17/06/24

James Ferguson: Colwall - A Special Place

11/04/24

Archives Open Day: Colwall Golf Courses

15/04/24

Georgia Jacobs: Geological Inspirations - Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark

29/01/24

Helen Picton: History of Old Court Nurseries

18/11/23

Archives Open Day: World War 1 Remembered

25/09/23

George Demidowicz : History of Barton Court

17/04/23

David Lovelace: Colwall Parish Hedgerow Survey

15/04/23

Archives Open Day: Aunt Alice

23/01/23

Colin Fenn : Reading the Runes in St James' Churchyard

14/11/23

Herefordshire Council: Kerbside Waste Collections - A Greener Future

26/09/22

Mark Warby : Bruce Bairnsfather

22/10/22

Archives Open Day: Colwall Railway

13/06/22

Rory Johnson : Making Meadows with the the Herefordshire Meadows Group

24/01/22

David Nash (Zoom): A Glove Affair

22/11/21

Rhys Griffith (Zoom): Unlocking the History of your House

27/01/2020

David Whitehead : The Historic Parks & Gardens of East Herefordshire and the Malverns

25/11/2019

Catcher Media : Carousel (film)

29/10/2019

Archives Open Day: Colwall Maps

09/09/2019

James Bowen : The VCH Report on Colwall

29/04/2019

George Demidowicz : Charles I's Thirds sold on the Malvern Hills

21/01/2019

Catcher Media : Hop Picking in Herefordshire (film)

10/09/2018

Mike Jackson : Directing the Antiques Roadshow at Eastnor Castle

23/04/2018

Joyce Clifford : The Design and Development of the new Colwall School

22/01/2018

Joe Hillaby : Craswell Priory: a triple unique Grandmontine Cell in the Marches

11/09/2017

Mike Lewis : Hope End and Elisabeth Barrett Browning

19/06/2017

Duncan Bridges : The Work of the Malvern Hills Conservators

24/04/2017

Penny Platt : The History of Cider

23/01/2017

Peter Sutton : William Langland: Poet of the Malvern Hills

19/09/2016

Edward Nash : Development of the Malvern Water Site

20/06/2016

Gary Butler : Refurbishment of Ledbury’s Master’s House

18/04/2016

Ron Shoesmith : Alfred Watkins

25/01/2016

Cora Weaver : The History of Malvern Water

16/11/2015

Steve Hockett : An Auden/Britten Night

20/04/2015

Tim Dixon : Natural History in Colwall

26/01/2015

Beth Andrews : Building with stone in Colwall

15/09/2014

Jenny Harrison, Nick Neve : Colwall War Memorial

28/04/2014

Richard Bryant : The Ice Age in Colwall

27/01/2014

Gordon Wood : Building the Hereford to Worcester Railway

16/09/2013

Amanda Simons : British Camp

22/04/2013

Janet Cooper : The Victoria County History at Eastnor

28/01/2013

Mark Archer : Restoration of Perrycroft

29/10/2012

Tim Bridges : Coddington Church

23/04/2012

Duncan James : Some old Properties in Colwall

23/01/2012

David Lovelace : The Battle of Colwall Park

19/09/2011

Rebecca Roseff : Colwall Chase

12/06/2011

M Lewis: Visit to Hope End

18/04/2011

Elizabeth Lloyd : The Bright Family of Colwall

17/01/2011

Tim Bridges : Colwall Church

20/09/2010

James Ferguson : Colwall Not just a railway Village 1800-1940

21/06/2010

Mike Beard : Story of a Colwall Blacksmith and a few sheep

26/04/2010

Graham Cowan : Colwall Past & Present

15/03/2010

Ian Rowat (Malvern Hills Conservators) : Malvern Hills & Colwall Green

18/01/2010

Mike Lewis : Hope End House

21/09/2009

Paul Remfrey : Herefordshire Beacon/British Camp

15/06/2009

Carl Attwood : Reminiscences of Colwall

27/04/2009

Freda Ballard : Stephen Ballard & Family

19/01/2009

Paul Picton : History of Old Court Nursery & Picton Garden

22/09/2008

Mike Paulson : The Worcester to Hereford Railway

21/04/2008

Cora Weaver : Wealth of watering holes

21/01/2008

Alastair Ramsey : The Downs School

24/09/2007

Dr James Ferguson : Not just a Railway Village - The history of Colwall to 1800

23/04/2007

Dr Denis Savage : Coddington Vineyard

15/01/2007

Pamela Hurle : The History of the Elms School

25/09/2006

Malcolm Atkin : The Civil War - what it was like for ordinary people

24/04/2006

Douglas Davies : Eastnor Castle

16/01/2006

Dr John Payne : Geology of the Malverns

26/09/2005

Keith Duddy : The Restoration of Park Farm

25/04/2005

Brian Smith : Old maps of Herefordshire

17/01/2005

John Boynton : When the Railway came to Colwall

27/09/2004

Joe Hillaby : St. Katherines Hospital, Ledbury in the Middle Ages

26/04/2004

Ian Rowat (Malvern Hills Conservators) : Managing the Malvern Hills and Commons in the 21st Century

19/01/2004

Tim Hoverd(Herefordshire Archaeology)Archaeology of woodland in the Malvern Hills :

22/09/2003

John Tyson(Malvern Water) : Rain to Bottle

28/04/2003

Jim Savage, Graham Cowan : Colwall then and now Part 3

27/01/2003

Nigel Bailey, Hereford and Gloucester Canal Trust : Restoring the Hereford and Gloucester Canal

16/09/2002

Jim Tonkin : Houses and other vernacular buildings

29/04/2002

Jim Savage, Graham Cowan : Colwall then and now Part 2

28/01/2002

Dudley Brook : A Naturalist on the Malvern Hills

24/09/2001

Ruth Richardson : Field names are fascinating

19/04/2001

Jim Savage, Graham Cowan : Colwall then and now

25/01/2001

Dr Johny Birks : Wild mammals around Colwall

25/09/2000

Cora Weaver : Spouts and fountains of the Malvern Hills

17/04/2000

Nick Neve, Tom Marsh and Tony Sear : Colwall Racecourse, Golf in Colwall and The Purlieu

31/01/2000

Harry Green(Worcestershire Wildlife Trust) : Birds

20/09/1999

Valerie Goodbury : Extraction Industries on the Malvern Hills

26/04/1999

Liz Taylour, Freda Ballard, Julia Boyle : The Charlie Ballard Nature Reserve

04/02/1999

Sue Hubbard, Head of Records : Hereford Record Office about historical documents related to Colwall

03/12/1998

: Visit to Hereford Record Office

01/10/1998

Pamela Hurle : The Malvern Hills - past and present

23/04/1998

Fiona Lickorish (English Nature),Celia Beckham (Ledbury CPRE) : Hedgerow survey - introduction

14/04/1998

Barbara Eagles, Henry Horton, Elizabeth Lloyd, Ann Sealy, Paul Picton, Tom Marsh : A wander down Memory Lane