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About Radley History Club

   

Radley History Club was founded was founded by the late Miss Joy Alexander in May 1997 and now has some 60-70 members. Its tenth anniversary was celebrated with an exhibition in Radley Village Hall in May 2007 featuring all aspects of the history of Radley. The Club is a member of the British Association of Local History (BALH), Oxfordshire Local History Association and Oxfordshire Buildings Record.

The annual subscription is £10 (payable from the AGM in September) or £5 for those joining after 1 March.

Guests are welcome at all meetings. The guest fee is £2.50 (guest fees are refundable if you become a member during the Club year).

Projects

Meetings
The Club organises a series of speakers on local and historical topics for its monthly meetings. In December there is a Christmas social event and, in July, a visit or tour of a local building/place of interest is often arranged. Programme

Meetings are normally on the second Monday evening of each month (apart from August when there is no meeting) in the hall at Radley Church of England Primary School in Church Road, Radley, Oxfordshire OX14 3QF. Doors open at 7 pm for a 7.30 pm start.

There is often a small display at the back of the hall during meetings for members to look at. Copies of magazines taken by the Club may also be available for members to borrow.

Free tea/coffee are served at the end of meetings for those who’d like to stay.

Parking is available in the car park serving Radley Parish Church and Radley Primary School. The entrance to the car park is on the other side of the pond to the drive to the Church Room, the School House and the school.

Entrance to Radley primary School
Club meetings are held at Radley Primary School.
Please use the Children's Entrance.
 
Committee
A chairman, vice chairman and treasurer are elected annually. The committee consists of the officers and 2-6 members, also elected at the Annual General Meeting held in September. The committee meets six times a year.
Chairman Christine Wootton
Tel: 01235 202725
Email: chairman@radleyhistoryclub.org.uk
Vice-chairman Richard Dudding
Tel: 01235 520611
Treasurer and Membership Secretary Joyce Huddleston
Tel: 01235 52486
Email: treasurer@radleyhistoryclub.org.uk
Programme Secretary Jenny Lee
Tel: 01235 799374
Email: programme@radleyhistoryclub.org.uk
Projects Co-ordinator Tony Rogerson
Tel: 01235 550214
Email: projects@radleyhistoryclub.org.uk
Publicity Fliss Henderson
Tel: 01235 520498
Email: publicity@radleyhistoryclub.org.uk
Committee secretary Sally Hemsworth
Meetings secretaries Ann Blake and Jenny Lee
Committee members Rita Ford
Bill Shaw
The project sub-committee (Ann Blake, Eric Blanks, Richard Dudding, Rita Ford, Fliss Henderson and Christine Wootton) is led by Tony Rogerson.
Radley History Club visit to Radley College, July 2012
Radley History Club visit to Radley College, July 2012
Members and guests listen to the tour guide, Clare Sargent (Head of Library and Archives at Radley College) outside The Cottage – a listed building and one of only three buildings on the Radley estate when the school was founded in 1847
Archivist
The Club archivist is Stanley Baker (79 Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3AE).
Tel: 01235 530402
Email: archives@radleyhistoryclub.org.uk

 

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