Our Rules -  New Version The Society’s rules were last formulated in 1983, when  the society became a registered  charity. They are in  need of updating, as we do not have all the Officers  described, and are required to have more committee  members than we can manage, as well as other matters.  The committee is considering changes, which need  approval of the Charity Commission, and will put the  changes to the AGM next May. The proposed rules are  available on a tab on the About Us page, and have been  included in the AGM pack sent to members. Fancy a museum trip? Checkout these sites Corinium Museum Cirencester This site also gives details of their regular lecture series. Stroud Museum in the Park Cheltenham Museum is closed for renovation this year Steam Gloucester Museum  has just reopened after a facelift Ashmolean Museum Bristol’s new M Shed Jubilee Celebrations Would you like to appear in a historical pageant to  celebrate Cirencester  through the ages from  prehistory to 1952? Please  contact Cirencester Town  Council for information.  Why stop at 1952?  Because Deer Park School  are bringing history up to  date from then. New Pages added Projects Regal Photogallery Heritage Open Days NEW! We now understand that  there will be some limited  activity for Heritage Open  Days in 2012 in Cirencester,  The society has agreed to  provide some funding for  advertising literature  New Tricks Over last summer we   acquired a new projector and  a refurbished laptop computer  so that we are independent of  the somewhat quirky Ashcroft  system. We expect this to  make the job of those running  the equipment much easier,  and to avoid those delays  caused by speakers  forgetting their passwords  and similar mishaps. We  would be delighted if  members would come  forward to help run the  equipment, so that we are not  dependent on just one or two  persons to be available each  month. Full training will be  given. Please contact any  committee member. The equipment has been paid  for out of reserves, not  current subscription income.  Page last updated 16 May 2012 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. Found it? In the 1960s CAHS members spent long hours cataloguing the W&G Standard on card files. Is this information still available? Apparently it is, says Linda Viner, to be found by the W&G microfilms in the Bingham Library. However by modern standards it is a selection of what seemed to be historical! 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 left. 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. 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. Our next lecture, the last of the current season, is on Wednesday 23rd May 2012 7.30pm at the Ashcroft Centre Museums - Stuff of history and History of Stuff David Mullin will talk about museum artefact collections from his experience as Document and Collections Officer at the Museum in the Park at Stroud. This meeting will also include the Society’s AGM. If you did not collect your AGM papers at the April meeting, they have been posted out to paid-up members. If you have not received yours please contact the Membership Secretary. Our Croome lecturer in February, Henry Russell,  declined to take his fee. Instead it has been donated to  the Victoria County History Trust for Gloucestershire. If  you would like to support the trust, which is slowly  writing a detailed county history, click the link above. In  his thanks for the donation, the treasurer has written  that the first village of Volume 13, Ashleworth has been  written up, and the editor is moving on to Maisemore. If  you want Cirencester to jump up the queue, £10K  should do it!  Following the very successful lecture on 21st March, introducing changes at CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA, Cotswold Archaeology is sad to note the death of John Wacher, who led Cirencester Excavation Committee in the early 1960s. Are you in the picture? See our Newsletters for that period. The Summer Meeting of the Gloucestershire Local History Association will this year be held in Maisemore on Saturday 7th July. Details are here. Other Links Cirencester Civic Society Cirencester Science and Technology Society Cotswold Archaeology Bingham Library Trust Heritage Open Days Somerford Keynes History Group Fairford History Society Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Click for explanation! Chedworth Roman Villa is looking for more guides and other volunteers. They are running a volunteer taster day on Wednesday 6 June from 18:30-19:30 inviting people to come and meet the team, find out more about the potential roles and have a private tour of the site with our curator. Refreshments of course will be provided. Contact David Callaghan on 01242 890256. Open to all, not just members. Cirencester Science & Technology Society are organising a trip to Steepholm on June 24th. This island in the Bristol Channel is only accessible a few times a year. It has interesting wildlife and Victorian fortifications. There are a few places left on the trip, which are open on a first come basis to society members. Please contact Herbert Mould directly on 01285  860233. Cost £45 including transport from Cirencester. Jubilee Web. The Royal Archaeological Institute is inviting local societies to describe their most memorable Archaeological or historical activity of the last 60 years, the best entries to be placed on their website, to be presented to Her Majesty. What do you think we should submit? Send your ideas to us and we will write up the best idea- we are allowed only 1 A4 sheet to include 1 photo and contact details! I want to suggest... See new activities in box below!