Meet the research team

              

  Pete Snook and           Dave Hart             Derek Venn         Brenda Arthur                  Jenny Gosden

                      

             Peter Johnson           Frank Gosden &              Raye Green                                                     Nadine Kilvington

As a history society we would love to investigate everything from the Domesday Book to yesterday.  We certainly hope that members and non-members will contribute anything they possess that is of interest.  Please contact us or come to open meetings with photos, documents, anything that is evidence from the past.

We have some exciting new projects underway, which mad members have suggested and volunteered to research. 

  • Peter Johnson is in the process of producing a pamphlet about maps of the area, old and new, and their various strengths and weaknesses.
  • Derek Venn is spending his summer tying up the relationship between the tithes and the census returns.
  • Sue Hoddinott is looking into the history of policing in Worle
  • David Hart, who is a walker and cyclist, is studying the Lanes and Byways.

Current Projects:

Our snapshot year is 1953                  Raye Green

Scouting and Guiding                          Jenny Gosden

War Memorial -WWI & WW2               Frank Gosden

Tithe maps and apportionments        Peter Johnson

Worle Weddings                                 Nadine Kilvington

2010 Scrapbook                                  Brenda Clayton

Oral History                                        Peter Snook

Worle at War                                      Raye Green

HMS Birnbeck                                      Dave Nock

Lanes and Byways                               David Hart

Policing the Village                             Sue Hoddinott

Census and Tithes                              Derek Venn

Maps of Worle                                    Peter Johnson

Mapping the Churchyard                    Frank Gosden

The Home Guard in Worle                 Raye Green

  • We have also been looking at the village's involvement in the Monmouth Rebellion, and the contribution to village life of Worle Old Boy's football club and Worle Cricket Club.

    Delighted to announce that Brenda Clayton has agreed to take on the 2010 Scrap book.  She will be collecting newspaper cuttings, photos, announcements and events so that history is being written for future generations.  Contact Raye on 01934 516773 [I need to get Brenda's permission before using her number] or bring anything of interest to our meetings.

    Nadine's Weddings file is looking good.  She has accumulated an interesting collection of photos from the sublime to the ridiculous, as they say.

    Raye has started on a new project - a book based on Worle at War.  Contributions urgently requested.  Pictures, articles, ration books, memories.  Everything welcome.  Phone 516773 if you think you can help.

    Dave Nock is writing a booklet about HMS Birnbeck in WW11.  Not in Worle, we know, but fascinating for all that.

    Jenny has visited Nora Jeffries and gathered pictures, info and Nora's precious log book to help with her research into local guiding.