What an interesting day. I was a guest of the Chair of the John Moore Society, at their Annual General Meeting. Tudor House (now Hotel) in Tewkesbury was for most of John's childhood his home and the AGM kicked off just after 11am with an excellent talk by a conservator from Heritage England. Yes the house is Tudor in origin but most definitely on an older occupied area, most likely Medieval. The current building is a hotchpotch of redevelopment right through to the 1960's. The door below really was bashed in by rioters in 1714. Astonishing.
After that talk we travelled a few miles to Tredington where the rest of the AGM took place after a splendid lunch in a converted barn. I had to give a short address (the brevity of which was lucky for the members). Another member read out John's letters from WW2 and we finished at about 5pm. I thoroughly enjoyed the day, meeting new people and forgetting about routine and work 'stuff'. I need more days like this.
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