If you would like to hear more about Chesham’s newly promoted and highly regarded football team, come along to The White Hill Centre, White Hill, Chesham, HP5 1AG on Thursday 13th June at 7:30pm when our guest speaker will be Peter Brown, Chairman of Chesham United Football Club. The illustrated talk will look at the […]
If you fancy a country walk followed by a pub visit, please join us on Sunday 14th July for a walk with lovely views of the Chess Valley led by Andrew Clark of Walkers Are Welcome. We will meet at 9:45am for a 10:00am start in Watermeadow car park. The walk will be approximately 5 […]
On Sunday 8th September Chesham will participate in Heritage Open Day, the country’s largest community heritage festival. Established 30 years ago it has been managed by the National Trust since 2011. Thousands of organisations, community groups and individual volunteers organise a fantastic range of site openings and events which jointly attract millions of visitors. Free […]
Our next meeting will be at The White Hill Centre, White Hill, HP5 1AG when our guest will be local film maker Robin Marriott. He will be showing a film he made featuring Chesham twenty years ago entitled A Moment of Luxury. It was made for American TV and will be interesting to watch given […]
This year we will be holding our annual Festive social event at The Drawing Room, which includes pre-drinks and nibbles, and supper. For supper, Members will have a choice from the following dishes: Beef Bourguignon with roast potatoes and greens £21.00Moroccan Harissa Chicken with rice and salad £20.00Chana Masala curry: chickpea curry with rice, pita […]
Registered charity number: 1083213 Replies to secretary@cheshamsociety.org.uk Members are invited to receive the report of the officers and accounts for the year ending 31 December 2024 at the Society’s Annual General Meeting to be held at 19:30 on Thursday 23 January 2025 in the Council Chamber, Chesham Town Hall. Nominations are invited for members to serve […]
Please note revised date Unfortunately, we had to postpone our meeting on Thursday 27 March after YourChesham went to print. However, we are pleased to announce that Dr Wendy Morrison, Heritage and Archaeology Manager, Chiltern National Landscape, will be our guest speaker at our next meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday 10 April in the tiered […]
Val Biro (1921–2014) — illustrator, artist, and author — brought the charming tales of Gumdrop the old car to life, inspired by Chesham and its people. Born in Budapest, he fled to London in 1939, later settling in Chesham in 1955. He illustrated over 400 books, designed more than 3,000 covers, and worked with Radio […]