THE winter season began on October 16 with an entertaining talk by Joyce Finnermore called Introducing Family History. Although this is a local history group, not many members have traced their family history and Mrs Finnemore showed everyone how to begin, what pitfalls to avoid and some sources which could be of interest.

The talk was illustrated with details of her own family tree.

By the end of the evening, several members of the group were sufficiently inspired to start delving into their own family background.

The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Thursday, November 20, in St Luke's Memorial Hall, Headless Cross, when Mike Kettle will be speaking on The English Civil War in Worcestershire.

Newcomers welcome. For more details, call 60419.