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Last year The Bedworth Society organised a Bear Hunt in Bedworth. Over 20 local shops and businesses took part, and there were over 100 entries.
This year we are organising a similar event. Bears will be sitting in shop windows all over Bedworth, and each one has a Bedworth attraction named on its bib. However, don't be fooled. One bear is not a real bear (he is just pretending). Can you find out where he is?
This is a FREE competition for anyone to enter, and Tesco have kindly donated a prize. An entry form is available to download under the newsletter section on the right, or hard copy forms are available from Bedworth Heritage Centre.
We are pleased to announce a new exhibition taking place in the Weaver's Cottage. The exhibition was opened on Friday 8 August by the Mayor of Bedworth and Nuneaton, and he enjoyed seeing the real dinoseaur fossils, the dinosaur trail, crafts - and a quiz. The exhibition has been put together by Ryan Malpas with help from his family, and is open on Fridays and Saturdays.
We now have a Facebook page for The Bedworth Society and Heritage Centre. Find out the latest news and photographs of old Bedworth.
Follow the link from the Facebook icon at the top of the page. We hope soon to have a link to a library of Flashback Fridays, so anyone without a Facebook account can see the items produced by John Burton.
The Bedworth Society has no paid staff - we are all volunteers.
If you would like to join our volunteers, please contact Lynda Burton on 0770 7093335 or email
You may like to help steward in the Heritage Centre or help serve refreshments after the meetings. Perhaps you have IT skills and could help maintain the website.
We would love to hear from you.
Our President, John Burton, is one of 97 volunteers from across Warwickshire to be recognised as a Warwickshire Changemaker. John has won this award for his services to local history and heritage within the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth.
When Bill Basra met John at Monday's Bedworth Society Meeting, he was delighted to meet "THE John Burton".
The November meeting is on Monday 3 November, and entitled "Coventry True Crime Tales" by author Adam Wood. Copies of Adam's book will be on sale at the meeting.
The December meeting will be our Christmas celebration. This year we are having an outing to Stratford Upon Avon, calling in for a festive lunch at the Hatton Arms near Warwick. Please contact Lynda Burton for further information.
Please let us know if you there is a speaker you think would like to come along to a meeting, or anything you would like to hear about. Just contact our Chair, Lynda Burton (details below)
Lynda Burton can be contacted on 0770 7093335 or email