Page last updated 9 May 2013Parking for meetingsPlease 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 hereBooks about CirencesterPalmer 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 BlogHave you seen Day in the life of an Archaeologist? You might recognise this one.AdvertisementsWe have accepted our firstadvert, see right. The Societyreserves the right to acceptor reject adverts, which mustbe no bigger than the oneshown and must not containany animation. Only advertsrelevant in some way to theSociety’s objects will beaccepted. They will be placedon a page at thewebmaster’s discretion. Dosupport the advertisers. Ifyou wish to place an advertcontact the webmaster formore details.Help Still WantedWe 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 tryCorinium Museum This site gives details of their lecture series and other events.Stroud Museum in the ParkFree!Gloucester Waterways Museum Soldiers of Gloucestershire MuseumSteamCheltenham Museum is closed for refurbishmentBristol’s New M ShedBath Museum of AstronomyCouncil for British ArchaeologyThe Society has been amember of the CBA for manyyears, but has decided not tocontinue with membership.We do however recommendindividual membership, andseveral of our committee aremembers. Our reason is thatwhile it costs not much morethan two memberships, wehave not been getting valuefor this, as only two papercopies of the magazine andnewsletter are received,which are difficult to circulatefar while current. There existon-line copies of themagazine, but only the twonominees may look at it,instead of all members! Thesociety decided that joiningone of the regions of CBAwas not useful as we lie atthe borders of three regions.We may well promote futureCBA campaigns that are ofinterest to the membership.Archaeology News fromthe CBAMagnificent Croome LectureThe Croome Lecture held onWednesday 27th February was verydifferent from any before, this timeexploring to the full the abilities ofCirencester Parish Church’s new organ. Mark Venning of Harrison and Harrison, the builders, gave us a brief history oforgans and then described most of the new stops, illustrated immediately bythe Church’s Director of Music, Anthony Hammond. Anthony had opened the evening with avirtuoso Bach Toccata and Fugue, and finished by playing Elgar’s Nimrod and variations by Widor, when we wereinvited to wander the church noting that the organ could be heard throughout the building. The evening wasorganised by the Civic Society.Projects come together forRemembrance DayThe colours recently rehung inCirencester Parish Church wererededicated on Sunday,November 11th, after the mainRemembrance Service.This came after a long campaign by CAHS, started shortly after the colours were removed in 1998while the inside of the church was remodeled. Fred Petrie wrote anarticle in 2000 about the history of the local regiments and theircolours which we haverepublished (See column right). He alsopictured the original four. David Viner on behalf of the Society provided muchevidence to the PCC, with the help of the Soldiers of Gloucester Museum. Davidhas written a more recent and detailedarticle about the colours, published in“Gloucestershire History”.[It is hoped that this article can be republished whenpermissions 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 toshare their stories with us, and even to find out moreabout 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 yetmanaged to find anything about some people. Perhapsyou 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 secondworld war - it just will not be published for some time. The page has useful links at the bottom. Requests for anyfurther links will be welcome.Prehistoric Wolvesdiscovered in Ashton Keynes!Articles republished in full on this website“The Interpretation of Streams” by Richard Reece and Peter Broxton from Newsletter 53The Cirencester Obelisk by David Viner from Newsletter 45The Corps of Militia in the County of Gloucester - The Royal North Gloucestershire Regiment and the Militia Flags - Fred Petrie from Newsletter 42Got a short local history article to publish? See our Publications pageWe 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 7pmCotswold 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 Bingham2013 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.uknone of them history related.Gloucestershire Archivesare running a series of courses during 2013 at £10 each session Details>Next MeetingWednesday 22nd May 2013 7.30pm Ashcroft Hall Ashcroft Road CirencesterAnnual General MeetingFollowed byUnder Devizes by John GirvanProject NewsWe 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 pagesWe’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 Ushas 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 LinksWe have recently joined the newly formedGloucs Local History Assnwhich used to be part of GRCCCirencester Civic SocietyCirencester Science and Technology SocietyCotswold ArchaeologyBingham Library TrustSomerford Keynes History GroupFairford History SocietyBristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological SocietyGloucestershire Society for Industrial ArchaeologySee other events -left hand columnNews 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