The Society\u2019s September meeting was a change to the advertised programme due to the booked speaker\u2019s illness.\u00a0 However, the large numbers who attended were far from disappointed with the replacement.\u00a0 After the notices, which included details of the trip to Kenilworth, the October ramble and the AGM, Chairman Ray Porter introduced Goff Jones who would turn out to be a source of considerably entertainment over the coming hour.<\/p>\n
Goff is a great collector of all things connected with the carpet-making town and he had brought a fascinating collection of images of old Kidderminster.\u00a0 We were treated to a vast collection of photographs of a town that is all but unrecognisable from that we see today.\u00a0 Notable were the trams, the railway station, the cricket pavilion and Bertram Mills\u2019 elephants.\u00a0 Then there were the long-gone shops, carpets and canal boats.\u00a0 Equally fascinating were the modern buildings that had disappeared under later developments and the ring road.\u00a0 All of this was delivered in Goff\u2019s unique style, his sense of humour and local knowledge combining to produce a splendid evening much enjoyed by his audience.\u00a0 Speaking on behalf of the audience, Roger Vingoe expressed his appreciation of the evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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