Welcome to Worle History Society

Here you will be able find out how to contact the committee, and updates on our latest research and projects. Our monthly meetings have been resumed and we look forward to welcoming our members and friends. We have still been researching and archiving our findings. Please come along and join us.

email address: raye.worle@gmail.com

Membership fee is £5 a year, renewable at the AGM in September each year. Members pay £2 at each meeting to help pay for the hall and boost funds. Visitors are always welcome at meetings and other activities for a modest £3 contribution. Our members - numbers vary but usually reach almost 100 by the end of our year - have access to our archives at regular intervals and are able to join our research team. Members also receive update emails from our chairman every month and have membership cards and leaflets.

We all happily research the last 1000 years in Worle, live happily with our memories, enjoy the here and now and plan for the future. Such fun.

Just click on the menu bar, at the left of each page, to change pages.

1953. Worle and the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 2nd.
Powerpoint with pictures of the coronation and the people of Worle celebrating. The Junior School Pageant features bring back many happy memories.
Coronation Year in Worle.pptx
Microsoft Power Point presentation [25.5 MB]

WORLE HIGH STREET POWERPOINT CLICK HERE

We meet on the first Thursday of each month at

Worle Community Centre,

Lawrence Road, Worle

Weston-super-Mare,

Somerset

BS22 6TU

We are delighted to be up and running again on the first Thursday of each month. 7.00 p.m. Click on 'Meetings'
page left.

Thursday Nov 2nd

Alan Turner is helping us to re-live the floods of 1981, when the waves broke down Weston's Boulevard and the College had a boat in the carpark, and no electricity. 7 p.m at Worle Community Centre.

Research Team

Plans made to do further work on the people commemorated on the War Memorial. If you have any information please let us know. Details on War Memorial page.

Saturday 20th May 2023

We had a stall at Our Lady of Lourdes, Baytree Road. Weston Family History Group are hosting. It was good to see so many old friends and exchange ideas

4 June meetings at St Martins

Sunday afternoons 3.00 til 4.30

History of Worle village, Church and Parish from 1066 to 2023. Attendance over 50 and thanks for your generous contributions to Church Funds and Worle History Society.

Decided to Join?

Email or telephone or come to a meeting.

Email Peter Johnson, our membership secretary

peter.j@talk21.com OR phone Raye Green on 01934 516773 OR come along to a meeting - listed on the meetings page. We always have an information desk with Peter and Jenny ready to help. You'll need to part with £5 for your annual subscription and £2 for the meeting. You will get your membership card, programme for the year and a pamphlet with useful info. Welcome to the fun!

What do we do. All this, and make friends!

Walks around Worle and local visits.

Annual walk on the first Thursday in August. 6.30 p.m. followed by supper in a local hostelry. Other local trips of interest.

Meetings 7.00 p.m. on 1st Thurs of month

Range of speakers on topics related to Worle, often with powerpoints showing Old Worle. Quiz in December. All good fun.

Exhibitions from time to time. Pictures, archive files etc

We have put on five exhibitions so far. Number 6 now arranged opening March 1st 2022 at Weston Museum.

Research projects indoors and out in the village.

The research group meets regularly, and presents its findings at meetings. Local history rooms in libraries and Somerset Heritage and chatting to our golden oldies.

Archive and Library Open days

Open Days will resume in 2022

We held a free exhibition in Weston Museum in Spring 2022.

Members, visitors and friends were all welcomed with open arms. Welcome and Membership Table where you can get a leaflet and renew your subs, or join for the first time.

March 1st to 11th. Normal Museum opening hours.

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