THE BADSEY SOCIETY - THE FIRST TEN YEARS

The Badsey Society will be celebrating its tenth anniversary in February when it returns to Badsey Church for its AGM, the venue of its inaugural meeting in 2002. There were eighteen members at that first meeting when a committee, and a set of ideals and rules drawn up. The reason to start a local historical group was to provide funding for the updating of Terry Sparrow's book, A Brief History of Badsey and Aldington. This was achieved with the help of a grant, since then the Society has published three more books on local history, all written by its members. The Society is also closely connected with the village's website, badsey.net which is possibly the finest village website's in the country and has information on everyone who has ever lived in the parish. The Society's first Chairman was Tony Jerram, he proposed that the Society make videos on Badsey's horticultural history. This culminated in two DVD's, with a third one currently being made with the help of a Lottery Heritage Grant, which documents the rise and fall of market gardening in the Vale. These videos were filmed and edited by Will Dallimore, who was the Society's third Chairman. Other Chairmen were Terry Sparrow and Mike Lovatt. Since day one, Maureen Spinks has been the Society's secretary. She was instrumental in the Society obtaining several grants to fund the various projects during its first decade.

The Society, which has over 200 members, is holding its AGM on Friday 17th February at Badsey Church, starting at 7.30pm. Following the business part of the meeting, there will be a break for tea and birthday cake. Then there will be the presentation of the Tony Jerram award, followed by mixture of history, tales, slides and a film celebrating the Society's first ten years. 

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The Good Book Celebration, Badsey Church (Photos: Valerie Magan) Collection of bibles throughout the ages Rural Dean, Richard Court in attendance An Elizabethan chalice from the period Tea, cakes, and 400 years of history Local historian, Terry Sparrow gives a talk Much to discuss in these British Aisles

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