Morton Hall Gardens enjoy a dramatic position atop a steep escarpment. Garden and park combine historic and new features and provide the backdrop for a vast plant collection. Accompanied by the owner, we took a tour through a series of distinctive but linked garden rooms. The tour started on the east side of the house … Continue reading Morton Hall Gardens July 26th
Harvington’s imposing moat and artificial island can be traced back to the 13th-century, It is set in beautiful surroundings close to Kidderminster. The tour introduced us to enthralling tales of devotion and Catholic persecution with impressive and ingenious priest holes, seven in all, which can still be seen. The interior is equally impressive with a collection … Continue reading Visit to Harvington Hall June 29th
On Wednesday May 18th a group of members, wives and friends visited Classic Cars in Bridgnorth. They have built an international reputation for classic car restoration, preservation and conservation. In particular the 36 strong team have restored and maintained some of Jaguar's most important road and race cars over the years. We were shown the various … Continue reading Classic Cars Factory Tour
On Wednesday 30th March we held our first social outing since before lock-down. Members, along with their friends and family enjoyed a meal and a glass of wine (or two!) at the Oakley Arms, Brewood. It was so great to be able to get together after such a long time. Everyone is now looking forward … Continue reading social lunch – oakley arms, brewood
The Visitor Centre at Denby Pottery Village was the meeting point for our guided tour of the factory. Gone are the days of hand made pottery - now huge automated machines turn out thousands of cups, plates, dishes and bowls each day. We stared in wonder at the size and energy of the automated kilns … Continue reading Denby Pottery
Under the shadow of the Malvern Hills lies the Morgan Motor car factory. Our Members, their wives and friends enjoyed a 2 hour tour led by our guide Kenneth who showed us how these truly iconic British sports cars are still made by hand. Each car is built to order and to the customers individual … Continue reading Morgan Motors
Our September outing took us to the home of Weston's Cider deep in the Herefordshire countryside. Our tour took us from viewing mountains of apples fresh from the orchard to the finished product stored in enormous oak vats and modern stainless steel tanks. Finally ending up in the tasting room where a few glasses were … Continue reading WESTONS CIDER
It has been a summer of sunshine and showers and today was no exception when our group visited this spectacular site. Our day began with a pre-booked tour on the land train, giving us a snap shot view of the impressive grounds, memorials and monuments. Whilst the site offers many opportunities for reflection on … Continue reading National Memorial Arboretum
In June we had a another great day out, this time at Avoncroft Museum of Buildings. Our guide, Andy, gave us an insight into how, where and why the buildings were originally built. One of the gems of the collection is the Tin Tabernacle – the original ‘flat pack’ design. Eat your heart out Ikea!!. … Continue reading Avoncroft Museum of Buildings
On a warm Wednesday morning in June a group of 19 met on the car park of the Staffs Regiment Museum, just outside of Lichfield, for an organised group tour. We were met by Phil Holmes, an interesting and informative guide who gave us the background history of the Regiment before moving on to the … Continue reading Staffordshire Regiment Museum
Cannock and District 