In November 2015 our Chairman, Jackie Kay, gave a talk to a select audience on the subject of 'Wycombe Pioneers of Progress' (- those individuals honoured in 1911 in a stained glass window at High Wycombe Town Hall for their contribution towards the development of the town). Work is in progress to develop a video version sometime in 2016. … [Read more...]
Charity Past and Present
At the Clare Charity Day on Saturday 11th July, the High Wycombe Society was pleased to be invited to provide guided tours of the Clare Charity Centre building. Although the Centre is in Saunderton, not High Wycombe, so not quite on our usual patch, the site played a significant role in the history of High Wycombe as it was the location of the Wycombe Union Workhouse. Very little remains of the … [Read more...]
Civic Day
On Civic Day - Saturday 20th June - at our "Meet the High Wycombe Society" event at the Riverside (formerly the Royal British Legion) in St Mary Street. there was an opportunity to see most of our recent "Celebrating the Rye" exhibition in a compact form. Members of the Society representing different aspects of our work were also on hand to discuss topics covered by other displays over tea, … [Read more...]
Celebrating the Rye
The first of three special 2015 Rye-related events has its Offical Opening on the morning of Wednesday 3rd June. Join us at an Exhibition entitled "Celebrating the Rye" which depicts the Rye in words and historic photographs. It has been compiled by a small team of High Wycombe Society members led by Mary Woodman, and will be open daily from 2nd-13th June only. 50 years ago this precious … [Read more...]
Collaborative Planning
The Spring meeting of ANTAS - the Association of North Thames Amenity Societies which brings together our own Society with 20 other sister societies in Bucks, Herts and Oxford, took place in Potters Bar on 25th April. A delegation from our Society heard speaker, Charles Campion, talk about "Collaborative Planning" a process which aims to get whole communities actively participating in planning … [Read more...]
2015 Programme
The Society's Programme of Events for 2015 has just been published in our Winter newsletter which is on its way out to members in time for Christmas. It can also now be viewed here. The first event of the New Year will be a talk by Bill Reid, former Town Clerk of High Wycombe, at 7.30 pm. on 21st January at The Riverside (formerly the British Legion). Another early highlight of the year … [Read more...]
“The Power of Social Media in the Civic Movement”
At the AGM of ANTAS (the Association of North Thames Amenity Societies) held in Berkhamsted on 29th November 2014, guest speaker Gillian Wain from the Fleet & Church Crookham Society talked about "The Power of Social Media in the Civic Movement". The meeting took place in the Great Hall (part of Berkhamsted Town Hall) and was hosted by the Berkhamsted Citizens Association who were … [Read more...]
The Gift of the Gavel
An unusual gift in the form of a "Palm Gavel" was presented to the High Wycombe Society when a group of Society members visited the Freemasons' Centre in Old Beaconsfield recently. Chairman of the Society, Jackie Kay, received the gavel on behalf of the Society and promised that it would be passed on to her successor in due course. The visit was part of a programme of local … [Read more...]