MEMBERS will lead the next meeting of a town society next week.
The subject for Kidderminster Historical Society on Thursday, October 23 will be ‘The changes we’ve seen in and around Kidderminster in our lifetimes’.
It’s a chance for members and visitors to talk about changes they remember, whether they be large-scale in infrastructure, like the coming of the ring road and demolition of streets in the town, or smaller, more personally-significant changes.
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KHS meetings start at 2.30pm and are held at The Museum of Carpet, Stour Vale Mill, Green Street, DY10 1AZ.
There is a small charge for visitors who are most welcome and are asked to book to ensure a seat.
More information about the society and how to book can be found on the website at kdahs.org or Facebook page KidderminsterHistoricalSociety.
Then on Thursday, November 13, Mark Jackson will give a talk entitled ‘The Worcestershire Regiment, Normandy and North West Europe 1944-45’.
The1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment landed in Normandy on June 22, 1944, as part of the follow-on forces.
After a month of heavy fighting in Normandy the Allies broke out and rushed across a liberated France until the heavily-contested crossing of the Seine prior to a slower advance through Belgium and the Netherlands.
Eventually, they crossed the Rhine into Germany and on VE Day had reached the outskirts of Bremen after 11 months of hard fighting. A total of 268 members of the battalion laid down their lives between June 1944 and May 1945.
Lieutenant Colonel Jackson OBE is chair of the board of trustees for the Mercian Regiment Museum (Worcestershire).
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