Page last updated 9 May 2013 Parking for meetings Please note that there is now a charge of £1.50 for evening parking in the Brewery Car Park, but no other car park (except Beeches) has evening charges. Sheep Street and the Forum are not far. Found it in the ground? For advice on what to do with something historical you find in the ground click here Books about Cirencester Palmer Newbould, a CAHS member, and Joanna Palmer of the Library have compiled a list of books about Cirencester. The leaflet is available in the library, bookshops and the Visitor Information Centre. Archaeology Blog Have you seen  Day in the life of an Archaeologist? You might recognise this one. Advertisements We have accepted our first  advert, see right. The Society  reserves the right to accept  or reject adverts, which must  be no bigger than the one  shown and must not contain  any animation. Only adverts  relevant in some way to the  Society’s objects will be  accepted. They will be placed  on a page at the  webmaster’s discretion. Do  support the advertisers. If  you wish to place an advert  contact the webmaster for  more details. Help Still Wanted We are pleased to welcome Kathleen Lindesay to the committee as Minute Secretary. The committee still is in need of volunteers to help run meetings. See Contacts page for details. Museums to try Corinium Museum  This site gives details of their lecture series and other events. Stroud Museum in the Park Free! Gloucester Waterways Museum Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum Steam Cheltenham Museum is closed for refurbishment Bristol’s New M Shed Bath Museum of Astronomy Council for British Archaeology The Society has been a  member of the CBA for many  years, but has decided not to  continue with  membership.  We do however recommend  individual membership, and  several of our committee are  members. Our reason is that  while it costs not much more  than two memberships, we  have not been getting value  for this, as only two paper  copies of the magazine and  newsletter are received,  which are difficult to circulate  far while current. There exist  on-line copies of the  magazine, but only the two  nominees may look at it,  instead of all members! The  society decided that joining  one of the regions of CBA  was not useful as we lie at  the borders of three regions.  We may well promote future  CBA campaigns that are of  interest to the membership. Archaeology News from  the CBA Magnificent Croome Lecture The Croome Lecture held on  Wednesday 27th February was very  different from any before, this time  exploring to the full the abilities of  Cirencester Parish Church’s new organ. Mark Venning of Harrison and Harrison, the builders, gave us a brief history of  organs and then described most of the new stops, illustrated  immediately by  the Church’s Director of Music, Anthony Hammond. Anthony had opened the evening with a  virtuoso Bach Toccata and Fugue, and finished by playing Elgar’s Nimrod and variations by Widor, when we were  invited to wander the church noting that the organ could be heard throughout the building. The evening was  organised by the Civic Society. Projects come together for  Remembrance Day The colours recently rehung in  Cirencester Parish Church were  rededicated on Sunday,  November 11th, after the main  Remembrance Service. This came after a long campaign by CAHS, started shortly after the colours were removed in 1998  while the inside of the church was remodeled. Fred Petrie wrote an  article in 2000 about the history of the local regiments and their  colours which we have  republished (See column right). He also  pictured the original four.  David Viner on behalf of the Society provided much  evidence to the PCC, with the help of the Soldiers of Gloucester Museum. David  has written a more recent and detailed  article about the  colours, published in  “Gloucestershire History”.[It is hoped that this article can be republished when  permissions are obtained] At the same time we launched our new Projects pages on the town’s War Memorials. We hope this answers some of the questions about these memorial, such as why the lists of names are different. It also encourages relatives to  share their stories with us, and even to find out more  about them if they do not know where to start looking. Our local paper, the Wilts and Glos Standard may be the clue in some  cases. The information we have will help narrow the search for some. Tantalisingly, there are gaps where we have not yet  managed to find anything about some people. Perhaps  you can help? If you know others who are aware of local military relatives that died in World War 1, introduce them to this website. At the moment our researches are limited to the first war, as the centenary approaches, but we will be happy to receive any information about the second  world war - it just will not be published for some time. The page has useful links at the bottom. Requests for any  further links will be welcome. Prehistoric Wolves  discovered in Ashton Keynes! Articles republished in full on this website   “The Interpretation of Streams” by Richard Reece and Peter Broxton from Newsletter 53 The Cirencester Obelisk by David Viner from Newsletter 45 The Corps of Militia in the County of Gloucester - The Royal North Gloucestershire Regiment and the Militia Flags - Fred Petrie from Newsletter 42 Got a short local history article to publish? See our Publications page    We have been sent a paper copy of the programme of the Gloucestershire branch of The Historical Association. A more readable version can be found on-line here.   The meetings are all held in Up Hatherly in Cheltenham. The Historical Association has been in existence for about twice as long as we have, and specialises in encouraging History to be taught in schools. Friday 17 May 7pm Cotswold Water Park Trust lecture by Mark Horton, “What happened when the Romans Left? Four Pillars Hotel. Tickets £10 from Cirencester VIC or the Trust on 01793 752730 . Daniel Bingham 2013 is the centenary of the death of Daniel Bingham, who provided our first public library and the Bingham Hall. There are a series of events that can be found online at www.danielbingham.org.uk none of them history related. Gloucestershire Archives  are running a series of courses during 2013 at £10 each session   Details> Next Meeting Wednesday 22nd May 2013 7.30pm Ashcroft Hall Ashcroft Road Cirencester Annual General Meeting Followed by Under Devizes by John Girvan Project News We have now digitised the photo collection of Bob Kibble who used the slides for talks. More on the Projects page. There are also updates to the War Memorial pages   We’ve Changed! The links at the head of each page have been re-organised, but nothing has been lost. In fact we have gained two new pages on the War Memorials under a new Projects heading, where the Regal pictures, (a new set), can also be found. To make navigation easy, About Us  has moved below Latest, Past Programmes below Programme  (What’s on this year). Other links are unchanged. The HOD page is very popular with visitors, and has been simplified. Local Links We have recently joined the newly formed Gloucs Local History Assn which used to be part of GRCC Cirencester Civic Society Cirencester Science and Technology Society Cotswold Archaeology Bingham Library Trust Somerford Keynes History Group Fairford History Society Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology See other events -left hand column News from Heritage Alliance “In 2012 Heritage Open Days nationally smashed all records with more visitors, more volunteers, more events and more awareness than in any of its previous 18 years”... except in Cirencester, when only a small event was held, see the HOD pages. It is rather too late to generate a larger event in Cirencester for this year’s event scheduled for 12th-15th September at this stage. However if you would like to volunteer to help or even manage the process for this year or next, the Cirencester Civic Society would no doubt be delighted to hear from you. “It’s the feel-good event of the year” said Loyd Grossman, Patron of Heritage Open Days. “By turning out in such numbers it proves that history matters to all of us, and all those involved should celebrate this year’s wonderful success” Quotes from ASHTAV Magazine spring 2013