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Keeping Faith at The Front during the First World War – 14th October 2025 – Helen Frost

Some people had a faith and some did not – so how did the men and women who served in the Great War cope with the constant mental and physical strain that years of war perpetuated?  So many cultures and faiths came together to serve. So many different nationalities served together. The Great War was truly a shared history. This illustrated talk focuses on two particular aspects: Firstly, the extraordinary and unusual true stories and accounts of the unarmed chaplains and how they not only took and delivered ministry and faith to

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The History of Lubenham School – 9th September 2025 – Rev Pip Clements

On Tuesday 9th September, we welcome back our local retired priest Pip Clements to look at the education of our Lubenham children from the Middle Ages through to the building of the National School in Lubenham, a brief look into Record Books and stories around the school with a variety of illustrations and information about well-known villagers and village families. Can you spot the differences? The earliest record of a school in Lubenham goes back to 1630 when the curate

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The History and Work of the British Red Cross – 11th November 2025 – Jayne Owens

The British Red Cross was formed in 1870 as the British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded and was inspired by the Swiss businessman Henry Dunant. He showed compassion for people fighting on both sides of a war. The British Red Cross is a humanitarian organisation that provides support to people in crisis, both in the U.K. and internationally.  It’s part of the larger Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, a global network with thousands of volunteers

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Bringing a Secret History up to date – 8th July 2025 – Mark Temple

We are not very far from two important centres of research, information, code breaking and listening, which played a very important role in helping the Allies defeat the Axis powers during World War 2, namely: In 1941 MI8 set up a project, under the direction of Churchill’s war office, to establish wireless intelligence (W.I or Y) stations in over 30 locations all over the country. Their job was to intercept communications being sent between enemy forces across Europe. Beaumanor was

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