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Special General Meeting, 2nd Dec

Published on Monday, 15 September 2025 16:58

The Bromsgrove Society’s Annual General Meeting was convened on Wednesday 2nd July at Avoncroft Museum. Unfortunately, the formal business could not be completed because not enough members were present.

A Special General Meeting will be held to formally conduct the business of the AGM on Tuesday, 2nd December at 7.30pm at the Methodist Centre, Stratford Road, Bromsgrove prior to the Tuesday Talk.

Agenda for the Meeting:

  1. Agree the Year End Accounts, dated 5th April 2025
  2. Vote on the updated Constitution
  3. Elect Officers and Accountant

Copies of the accounts, the updated constitution and nominations for Officers will be made available in advance at the Tuesday Talks in September, October, November and are available via the links below.

We hope that members will arrive in time to support the SGM, which we anticipate will be concluded before the scheduled talk start time.

About the Bromsgrove Guild

The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts was founded in 1898 by the sculptor Walter Gilbert. During the next 70 years the firm developed into a thriving commercial enterprise, acquiring an international reputation for the high quality of its craftmanship in metalwork, woodcarving, plasterwork, stained glass and other media.

Celebrated Guild contracts included Liverpool's famous Liver Birds, ornate metalwork on the great Cunarders Lusitania and Queen Mary, and the statue of Hygiea which stands in the garden of Chequers, the Prime Minister's country residence. However, the Bromsgrove Guild's most memorable commission was to create the wrought iron gates of Buckingham Palace. As a result of completing this particular task the Guild received a Royal Warrant in 1908.

When not working such high profile projects, the firm produced large quantities of lead rainwater goods, garden statuary, fountains, sundials, wrought ironwork and bronze light fittings.

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