The Crabtree Society

 

The Crabtree Society 2000

Events staged since the year 2000

2000

24th October – inaugural meeting to form The Crabtree Society

2001

July - Social Evening at Chuckery WMC

Oct AGM Walsall Leather Museum

2002

Aug - Canal Cruise Walsall – Sneyd Jct

Sept - Social Evening at Chuckery WMC

Oct AGM Walsall Art Gallery

2003

May – Highgate Brewery evening tour

July – Evesham/Holland House & Fladbury Mill (brass plaque)

Aug – Canal Cruise Walsall – Darlaston

Oct AGM Walsall Leather Museum

2004

May – Spring Lunch Walsall Town Hall rest.

June – Highgate Brewery evening tour

July – Evesham river boat cruise & lunch

Aug – Visit to Walsall Fire Station

Sep – Visit to RAC Control Centre

Oct AGM Willenhall Lock Museum

2005

May – Highgate Brewery evening tour

June - Evesham river boat cruise & lunch

July - Social Gathering at Xings St Pauls (Ann French)

Sept – Red House glass cone & SVRailway

Oct AGM Crossings at St Paul's

2006

April – Spring Lunch Walsall Town Hall rest.

May – Highgate Brewery evening tour

June – Evesham cruise and Eastern Festival

Oct AGM Crossings at St Paul's

2007

April – Spring Lunch Lyndon House Hotel

May – Highgate Brewery evening tour

June – Webbs and Avoncroft Museum

June - Social Gathering at Xings St Paul's (David Vodden)

Sept – Ironbridge George Museum

Oct AGM Lyndon House Hotel

2008

April – Spring Lunch Lyndon House Hotel

June – Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway

Sept – Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Oct AGM Crossings at St Paul's

2009

April – Spring Lunch Walsall Town Hall rest.

June – Crabtree Museum at Andrew's House

July – Fladbury Garden Festival

Aug – Social Gathering at Xings St Paul's

Sept – Crich Tramway village and museum

Oct AGM Crossings at St Paul's

2010

April – Spring Lunch Walsall Town Hall rest.

May – Black Country Living Museum

July - Stratford-upon-Avon

Sept – Half Penny Green vinyard + SVRailway

Oct – Isle of Wight 5 day holiday (Parry's)

Oct AGM Crossings at St Paul's

2011

May – Spring Lunch Walsall Tech College

July – Mystery Tour – Llangollen + canal cruise

Sept – Ironbridge + Victorian Town museum

Dec – Christmas Lunch – Walsall Tech College

Oct AGM Crossings at St Paul's

2012

May – Book Launch

July – Mystery Tour – Bantock, David Austin, Cosford

Sept – Gloucester Docks + Sharpness Canal

Oct AGM Crossings at St Paul's

Dec – Christmas Lunch – Ivy House

2013

April – Downton Abbey weekend (Parry's)

May – Spring Lunch at Brewer Fayre (Old Hall Talk)

Sept – Mystery Tour Bakewell + Chatsworth

Oct – Blue plaque evening at Lyndon Ho.

AGM Crossings at Lyndon House.

Dec – Christmas Lunch – Ivy House

2014

May – Spring Lunch at Brewer Fayre (Ted Richardson)

July – Mystery Tour Nottingham River Trent cruise

Sept – Lake Vyrnwy + Welshpool – Llanfair rly

Oct AGM Crossings at St Paul's

December - Christmas Dinner at The Longhorn

2015

May - Spring Lunch The Longhorn Walsall

July - The Annual Mystery (Misery) Tour. This tour took in Ashbourne, Carsington Water, Masson Mills Textile Museum and Matlock Bath.

Oct - A day at "The Big Apple" Weston Cider Works and River Wye Cruise

Oct - AGM Crossings at St Paul's

Dec - Christmas Dinner at The Longhorn

2016

June - Summer meal at The Dilke Walsall

July - Ferry Across The Mersey and Liverpool

October - Visit to Emma Brdigewater Factory and Spode Museum, Stoke-On-Trent

October - AGM and 16th Anniversary Event of the creation of The Crabtree Society, both taking place at The Lyndon House Hotel.

December - A visit to Ashbourne and then to Carsington Water for our Christmas meal.

2017

May - Spring Lunch at Lyndon House

July - A visit to the historical town of Ludlow

Oct AGM - The Crossing, St Pauls. Walsall

December - A visit to Much Wenlock with a meal at the Gaskell Arms

2018

May - Spring Lunch at the Brewers Fayre, The Wharf, Walsall

7th July - A Mystery Trip which ended up at Shrewsbury, with a fine meal and a boat ride

20th Oct - AGM at St Pauls The Crossing, Walsall

2nd Dec - Alvaston Hall, Nantwich to enjoy the pantomime