History of the Worcestershire Branch
of the Richard III Society 1982 - 1989
| 1982 | First attempts to start a Hereford and Worcester group. A few meetings but then it all flounders. All goes quiet until: |
| 1986 | The group restarts with an inaugural meeting on Saturday April 12th attended by fifteen people. It was agreed to meet once a month on the second Saturday of the month. Trips to Tewkesbury and Bosworth. |
| 1987 | A full year of meetings. Two members gave a talk to South Worcester Probus Club. First group trip to York for the banquet organised by the Yorkshire Branch. A report on the group appeared in the Malvern Gazette and Ledbury Reporter on October 30th. Other trips to Minster Lovell, Bosworth, Mortimer's Cross and Wigmore Castle. |
| 1988 | Trips to Great Malvern Priory, Little Malvern Priory, Gloucester and Ludlow. |
| 1989 | Sent £75 to the appeal for funds for Sutton Cheney Church. Trips to Warwick Castle, Minster Lovell, Bosworth, Stokesay Castle and York for the banquet weekend in October. |
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