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November 2025 Newsletter

12 November 2025 LHG

The November 2025 Newsletter contains items on:
+ The November meeting;
+ The forthcoming members’ visit to the Loughborough Bell Foundry on 18th November;
+ The December meeting – A Victorian Christmas with Cynthia Brown;
+ The 2026 membership fees are now due, and remain at £15 pa;
+ The 2026 meetings programme is now published and available on our web site;
+ Our 2026 Christmas Tree to be displayed as for of the Lubenham All Saints’ Christmas Tree Festival;
+ Availability of just the book for Christmas, our publication of – Lubenham – A Village History.
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A Victorian Christmas – 9th December 2025 – Cynthia Brown

12 November 2025 LHG

We offer a warm welcome to well known local social historian and author Cynthia Brown, who in her illustrated talk will look at the wider social aspects of Victorian Christmases including charities, presents, sporting and theatrical events, religious festivals and other activities. It appears even the Victorians were concerned about over commercialisation! Don’t forget we have wine and mince pies and a raffle at our Christmas meeting.

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October 2025 Newsletter

15 October 2025 LHG

A PDF/printable copy of this newsletter is also available here. Our November Meeting The History and Work of the British Red CrossTuesday 11th November 7.30pm Lubenham Village Hall At times of national or international crises we hear of the work of humanitarian agencies such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent. What is the link between them and the Geneva Convention? We welcome as our next speaker Jayne Owens, Community Legacy Manager for the Midlands, who will be giving us an illustrated insight

August 2025 Newsletter

12 August 2025 LHG

The August newsletter contains articles on:
+ The September meeting when our local retired priest Pip Clements will look at the education of Lubenham children from the Middle Ages through to the building of the National School in Lubenham.
+ The Members only visit to Anglesey Abbey on 24th September
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Hallaton Festival of Archaeology

24 July 2025 LHG

Hallaton Museum and Hallaton Church Restoration Trust are running events in Hallaton from Saturday 19th July to Sunday 3rd August. They will be showing how the discoveries by community archaeologists and local historians have uncovered Hallaton’s history. For full details of all the events visit the Hallaton Museum web site On weekends “Café in the Church” will offer lunch, cakes and cream teas from 12 noon to 4pm. In addition, there will be exhibits on the work in progress on