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Personalities
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President:
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Mr. Tim Porter
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Vice-Presidents:
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Mr. David Day
Dr. D. G. Edwards
Mrs. Z. Lockyer
The Rev. R. N. Mann
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Chairman:
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Mr. Guy Stapleton, C.B.
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Secretary:
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Miss
Margaret Shepard
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Treasurer:
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Mr. John
Barnes
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Membership/Publicity
Secretary:
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Mr. David
Day
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Programme
Secretaries:
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Mr. Ray
Poulton
Mr. Paul Webber
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Committee:
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Mrs. Ann
Morgan
Mr. Mike Rees
Mrs. Jo Stanley
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Activities
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Talks
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125
meetings have offered members talks on Moreton in Marsh, local villages,
local historical personalities and events, houses and transport, the Cotswolds
including its geology, early & mediaeval history, the Civil War and
local churches, Gloucestershire history and records, its farming and
landscape, archaeology and social history, as well as exhibitions, quizzes
and members nights.
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Visits
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To
100 local churches and 30 places of interest.
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Archives
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R
L R Drury Collection of over 1600 documents, pictures, photographs and
postcards of Moreton in Marsh, re-assembled by the Society after being
substantially dispersed.
The
Society’s additional collections, which are continually being augmented.
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Publications
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Memories
of Moreton, 1989
Four
Shires Memories, 1992
Moreton
History, a quarterly magazine launched 1996.
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Projects
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An
annotated photographic record of all the buildings in the town and parish
of Moreton in Marsh.
Caring
for the grave of Viscount Sankey of Moreton, Lord Chancellor 1929-35.
Historical
showcase in Moreton Library.
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Contact
More information on how to join the society
can be obtained by Email: mjrees@versamail.co.uk
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