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September's Heritage Open Days The Newsletter of Cheltenham Civic Society | Issue 20 | September 2020 Your regular update on how we are working to keep CHELTENHAM a great place to thrive Pate’s Grammar School’s 20th-century stained glass window September’s Heritage Open Days – walks & talks, visits and now digital Not surprisingly, the Covid-19 Heritage Open Days’ national theme pandemic has had a considerable this year is ‘Hidden Nature’ and this is CHELTENHAM impact on all of the Civic Society’s reflected locally in several of our events. HERITAGE events this year. But in the face of that, One of the highlights will be a guided OPEN DAYS 11– 20 September our dedicated Heritage Open Days’ walk by Cheltenham Borough Council’s 2020 team has pulled out all the stops to Senior Trees Officer, Chris Chavasse, bring you an exciting variety of walks who will be talking about the many fine & talks, visits and – for the first time – specimen trees in Montpellier Gardens. online presentations and videos. Pilley Bridge Nature Reserve will Needless to say, all the activities during also be the subject of a short audio- the festival from 11-20 September will be visual presentation that illustrates the strictly limited in numbers and subject Reserve’s history and its remarkable to all the essential Covid-19 social variety of wildlife. restrictions, including face masks and An ancillary and purely local theme this distancing. year is ‘Secret Places’. One of the events But the complete programme of digital under this theme is a guided walk titled events will be available on our website ‘Cheltenham Backwaters’ led by Mary for all to enjoy at home during the 10- Moxham. This will explore the little day festival. known route of the River Chelt as it flows through the town centre. For example, Cheltenham Playhouse’s contribution to Heritage Open Days One other must-see discussion is about how Pate’s Grammar School first This year’s Heritage Open Days brochure lists will be a series of short films about the all the events, both digital and actual. As numbers are history of this Grade II listed building’s obtained and then later managed to retain strictly limited, free tickets for the walks & talks and life through from a salts laboratory in its stained glass window (see above). some of the visits must be pre-booked and collected up to one day prior to the walk or event from: 1807 to slipper baths, swimming pool, Details of all of these activities are The Suffolk Anthology medical spa and now theatre. outlined overleaf. 17 Suffolk Parade, Cheltenham GL50 2AE What’s in OurTown this time Heritage Open Days events pages 2-3 Planners just need to plan – Oakhurst Rise pages 6-7 Cheltenham’s geographical evolution pages 4-5 Civic Society news page 8 Cheltenham’s Heritage Open Days 2020 11-20 SEPTEMBER LOCATIONS SATURDAY 12th | 10am-2.30pm THURSDAY 17th | 6.30-8pm Cambray Baptist Church Cheltenham Minster Cambray Place GL50 1JS Well Walk, off Clarence Street GL50 3JX A Grade II listed Baptist church built in Ringing of the bells in St Mary’s, the only the 1850s. medieval church in the town. Socially-distanced tours may be available. Please check our website to confirm opening times and to check whether you need to pre-book a visit: www.cambray.org FRIDAY 11th | 3.15pm and SUNDAY 13th | 3pm Christ Church – talk: War Widows and The Whishes SUNDAY 20th | 2.30pm Malvern Road GL50 2JH Cheltenham Minster Guided tours inside the church by local historian Neela Mann in which she Well Walk, off Clarence Street GL50 3JX reveals the stories behind the memorial tablets. Pre-booking essential. Talk (to be confirmed). HOW TO BOOK It is essential to pre-book and collect Booking and collection of tickets can be Please ensure face coverings are your free tickets for all guided walks made in person from: worn when making your booking! and some talks. Entry to all walks is The Suffolk Anthology, 17 Suffolk Our Heritage Open Days brochure can by ticket only. Bookings can be made Parade, Cheltenham GL50 2AE be downloaded from our website at: from Monday 17 August until one day Open Monday-Saturday 9.30am-4pm www.cheltenhamcivicsociety.org.uk before the event itself. WALKS & TALKS SATURDAY 12th | 11am and SATURDAY 20th | 11am SATURDAY 12th | 2pm and th The Making of the SUNDAY 20 | 2pm Honeybourne Line Spas, Squabbles and A 1-hour talk with stories behind the Slave-owners making of the railway line, which will Henry Thompson and his son mostly be given from sitting in Winston Pearson gave us The Rotunda and Churchill Memorial Gardens. Lansdown. This 1-hour (approx.) th Led by Neela Mann | 10 places walk tells the story 1800-1850 of FRIDAY 11 | 10am their paths, pitfalls and particular Gustav Holst’s Cheltenham residents of Lansdown. A 2-hour walk around places in Led by Neela Mann | 10 places Cheltenham associated with Gustav Holst and his forebears. Led by Alan Parker | 15 places FRIDAY 11th | 10am and SATURDAY 19th | 10am Skillicorne to Skillicorne th A 1-hour walk exploring sites connected SATURDAY 12 | 2pm to the ‘father of Cheltenham’ (who Regency Cheltenham developed the spa) and those of his A 90-minute walk exploring the descendants. development of this Regency spa town. Led by Neela Mann | 10 places Led by Mary Moxham | 15 places 2 WALKS & TALKS CONT. DIGITAL EVENTS Due to Covid-19, many organisations aren’t able to throw open their doors and welcome visitors. But many have contributed to Heritage Open Days through a variety of digital media – see: www.cheltenhamcivicsociety.org.uk/events/hods/ Also keep an eye on /Cheltenham Heritage Open Days for extra content. PDF PRESENTATION SHORT FILM Cheltenham Croquet Club Parmoor House Cheltenham Croquet Club is celebrating A short film about the architectural its 150th birthday in 2020 and must splendour of Lypiatt Terrace, with a visit surely be one of the oldest sports clubs inside the beautifully preserved Parmoor in Gloucestershire. House, home of the Cheltenham Civic Society. SUNDAY 13th | 2pm PDF PRESENTATION Cheltenham Backwaters Cheltenham Ladies’ College VIDEO DISCUSSION – Exploring the River Chelt Dating from 1873, the Pate’s Stained Glass Window A 90-minute walk following part of the interior shows the Adrian Barlow and Rob Rimell discuss River Chelt, from Cox’s Meadow through influence of the Arts how the window was commissioned in the town centre and out towards Arle. and Crafts Movement the 1960s, who designed it and how it Led by Mary Moxham | 15 places and the theme of was rescued from the building that was ‘hidden nature’ can be demolished in the 1990s. found in many of the th decorative elements TUESDAY 15 | 5.15pm contained within the original buildings. Trees in Montpellier Gardens SHORT FILMS A 1-hour guide to the trees in Montpellier Gardens. Cheltenham Playhouse A series of short films about the history Led by Chris Chavasse | 15 places of this Grade II listed building’s life from 1807-2020 as a salts laboratory, slipper baths, swimming pool, medical spa and now theatre. AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION SHORT FILMS Pilley Bridge Nature Reserve During the Covid-19 lockdown many A Cheltenham Scrapbook have valued the importance of local A series of short films exploring lost green spaces. One of these is Pilley stories of Cheltenham’s heritage. Come Bridge Nature Reserve. This short SATURDAY 19th | 11am and with us on our fascinating journeys as audio-visual presentation describes its we dive into the archives of the Civic SUNDAY 20th | 11am history and celebrates the remarkable Society and see where it leads! wildlife that inhabits this special place. Naunton Park – the town’s ‘Garden of Eden’ SHORT FILM PDF PRESENTATION Known as ‘The Garden of Eden’ by its Cheltenham Synagogue St Christopher’s Church Victorian benefactor, Naunton Park A short film about the history, heritage, remains one of Cheltenham’s delightful An introduction to the stained glass culture and community of this unique in St Christopher’s Church by the green spaces. This 75-minute walk Grade II Regency Synagogue. celebrates its gardens, alms-houses, renowned stained glass artist Thomas recreation ground, and adjacent school Denny. (used as a WWI Red Cross Hospital). PDF PRESENTATION Led by local writer and historian Hidden Lives: Botanists, PDF PRESENTATION David Elder | 15 places Buildings and Bankruptcy St Luke’s Church A look at the lives, houses and legacies In 1835, Francis Close – considered to of some of the accomplished amateur be ‘the perpetual curate of Cheltenham’ SATURDAY 19th | 2pm botanists who have lived in or near the – had the vision to open ‘a strictly poor Booze, Balloons and Burials Pittville Estate. man’s church’ – a fascinating building. Stories of the development of the All of the above will be available to view on our website from 11-20 September. Lower High Street area, with special reference to the Dobell family. This Heritage Open Days are organised by Cheltenham Civic Society, with support 1-hour walk takes in the gas works, and sponsorship from Cheltenham Borough Council. If visiting a building or a short way up the Gloucester Road, joining one of the walks, please follow the guidelines to keep everybody safe. Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens, Due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation be aware that events may have to be the Honeybourne Line and some of the cancelled at short notice. streets surrounding Honeybourne Gate. Visit: www.cheltenhamcivicsociety.org.uk/events/hods/ for updates. Led by Neela Mann | 10 places 3 A look at Cheltenham’s geographical evolution By Mike Rigby, a local historian and new member of the Civic Society During lockdown, I have spent more time than might otherwise be reasonable looking at old maps of Cheltenham.
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