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All meetings start at 7.30 pm in the hall at Radley Primary School, Church Road, Radley (unless otherwise stated). |
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| 2012-2013 |
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| Monday 10th September |
AGM followed by talk by Tony Gillman 'From Astrolabes to Einstein - 1,000 years of scientific history in Oxford's Ashmolean building' |
| Monday 8th October |
Shaun Morley - '19th Century Emigration from North Berkshire' |
| Monday 12th November |
Rosanne Butler - 'Cowley from Victorian Times to the Second World War' |
| Monday 10th December |
Christmas meal at the Bowyers (7 for 7.30 pm) |
| Monday 14th January |
Liz Woolley - 'The Night Time Haven of the Wandering Tribes: The Common Lodging House in Victorian England' (with particular reference to the St Thomas' area of Oxford). |
| Monday 11th February |
Ivan Cadge - Abingdon Branch Line (including models, photographs and memorabilia) |
| Monday 11th March |
Tony Hadland - 'Recusants in North Berkshire' (Catholics who refused to attend Anglican services following the 1593 Act and the fines and punishments imposed on them) |
| Monday 8th April |
Members' interests |
| Monday 13th May |
Michael Cornwell - 'Maiwand: The Last Stand of the 66th Berkshire Regiment in Afghanistan 1880' (Michael is a former curator of the Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum in Salisbury |
| Monday 10th June |
Richard Dudding - 'Radley in the 17th Century: Yeomen, Gentry and Land' |
| Monday 8th July |
Tour of Lower Radley to see some of the buildings and fields connected to the June talk |
| August |
No meeting |
| Monday 9th September |
Clare Sargent - 'The History of Radley in 100 Objects' (web-based project at Radley College) |
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| 2011-2012 |
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| Monday 12th September |
AGM followed by talk by Andy Lamb, curator of the Bate Collection of musical instruments at the University of Oxford |
| Monday 10th October |
'Alice in Waterland' - Mark Davies (the role played by the River Thames in creating Lewis Carroll's famous books) |
| Monday 14th November |
'From Gough to Google' - John Leighfield (maps through the ages illustrated with maps of Berkshire/Oxfordshire) |
| Monday 5th December |
Christmas meal at the Bowyer Arms, Radley (note change of date) |
| Monday 9th January |
'Early days of the Salvation Army in Oxfordshire' - Robert Sephton |
| Monday 13th February |
'The coming of the Bastilles - Abingdon's first poor law union' - Paul Carter |
| Monday 12th March |
'The Wantage Engineering Company' - Tony Hadland |
| Monday 16th April |
'Mission Aviation Fellowship' - John Ledger (combined meeting with Radley Women's Fellowship - note change of date) |
| Monday 14th May |
'Industrial architecture in Oxford' - Liz Woolley |
| Monday 11th June |
'Hampton Poyle railway crash' - Linda Haynes |
| Monday 9th July |
Visit to Radley College - tour with Clare Sargent, Head of Library & Archives, Radley College |
| August |
No meeting |
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| 2010-2011 |
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| Monday 13th September |
AGM followed by a talk by Club member, David Buckle, on 'Turbulent Times at Cowley' |
| Monday 11th October |
'Scratching the Surface' - talk by John Richards (chairman, Oxford Blues Metal Detecting Club) on metal detecting and finds made by his club's members around Radley |
| Monday 8th November |
'Tudor Abingdon' - talk by Janey Cumber |
| Monday 6th December |
Christmas meal at the Bowyer Arms, Radley (note this is the first Monday in the month) |
| Monday 10th January |
'It will do him more good than going to school' - talk on child labour in 19th century Oxfordshire by Liz Woolley |
| Monday 14th February |
'The soldiers of Oxfordshire - recording stories of county people in war' - talk by Stanley Jenkins, secretary and archivist of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust |
| Monday 14th March |
History of Cowley Part 3 - Rosanne Butler |
| Monday 11th April |
Members' Projects - a chance for members to talk about an interesting object or person |
| Monday 9th May |
Lower Radley, its houses and the people who made them - illustrated talk by Richard Dudding |
| Monday 13th June |
The existing buildings of Abingdon Abbey - talk by David Clark |
| Monday 11th July |
No meeting |
Saturday 16th
& Sunday 17th July |
Exhibition in Radley Village Hall on farming and family life in Radley during the last 400 years
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| Sunday 24th July 2 pm |
Visit to Romano-British excavation project by Oxford University at Marcham/Frilford |
| August |
No meeting |
