Local history groups
For more information, please contact Lynne English on 0117 9373130, or via the email link below.
SGMRG is a voluntary organisation that relies on grants and donations from local people. Our membership is made up of archaeologists, surveyors, historians, engineers, cavers and those simply interested in finding more about what lies under their feet.
We have regular meetings, walks and talks including the opportunity to get involved in exploration, archaeology and resotoration work. If you would like more information contact the Treasurer Roger Gosling by email or on 01454 883607.
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10th August–18th September (Tue-Thu and Sat), 10.30am-4.30pm, Yate and District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG
Local historians have come together to produce a fascinating history of Station road and the people who have lived here from the early Victorians to the shopkeepers and residents of today. Station Road will be full of information about Yate people you could never have imagined.
There have been immense changes to Station Road over the years especially the stretch around the Shopping Centre.
You'll also find interesting objects on display including the Swan Inn pub sign, a potato chip maker used at the workhouse and a 1915 Cow Mills calendar. Sprint Print has part funded the display.
For more information please contact Yate and District Heritage Centre on 01454 862200 or click below.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/history/yat...
Workday 4 – Oldwood
For more information, please click below.
www.sgmrg.co.uk/events
9th-12th September
Heritage Open Days celebrates England’s fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission. Every year on four days in September, buildings of every age, style and function throw open their doors, ranging from castles to factories, town halls to tithe barns, parish churches to Buddhist temples. It is a once-a-year chance to discover hidden architectural treasures and enjoy a wide range of tours, events and activities which bring to life local history and culture.
www.heritageopendays.org.uk
10.30am–12noon, Charter Suite, Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
Edwardian Fashion (Edwardian Series no. 3) Presenter: Geraldine Marchand. All U3A members are invited.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/education/u3a
Evening work - Serridge
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www.sgmrg.co.uk/events
Workday 6 - Serridge
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www.sgmrg.co.uk/events
Talk 3 Close Encounters of the Geophysical Kind - by Rob Vernon
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www.sgmrg.co.uk/events
Outing 2: Hidden remains of the South Wales Coal Industry
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www.sgmrg.co.uk
10th August–18th September (Tue-Thu and Sat), 10.30am-4.30pm, Yate and District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG
The Yate & District Oral history Project present a history of the fallen soldiers which so greatly affected the families and communities of the Yate & Sodbury areas. As well as numerous stories the display will cover the impact of the Great War on our remaining communities
For more information please contact Yate and District Heritage Centre on 01454 862200 or click below.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/history/yat...
10.30am–12noon, Charter Suite, Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
The Suffragettes (Edwardian Series no. 4) Presenter: June Hannam, UWE. All U3A members are invited.
www.myyate.co.uk/yate/education/u3a
Evening work - Serridge
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www.sgmrg.co.uk/events
Workday 7 - Serridge
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www.sgmrg.co.uk/events
