Category Archives: Meetings

Programme of talks for 2025-2026 published

The full programme of talks at Radley History Club’s monthly meetings from September 2025 to September 2026 is now available. View details of each talk in the Events calendar on this website.

DateSpeakerTalk title
2025
08-SepSimon WenhamMore than Three Men in a Boat: the rise and fall of pleasure boating on the Thames
13-OctLiz Woolley‘Some may question its flavour, but none its potency’: a history of brewing in Oxford a history of brewing in Oxford
10-NovPaul BoothFrom Roman Britain to Early Anglo-Saxon England: archaeological evidence from Dorchester-on-Thames
2026
12-JanRichard DuddingWick Hall: the story of a house and a family
09-FebSteven GunnEveryday life and accidental death in 16th century Oxfordshire and Berkshire
09-MarJohn Lowe‘Always Ready, Always Willing’: Fires and firefighting in the city of Oxford from 879 to 1974
13-AprHubert ZawadzkiMy Polish father’s experiences in WW2 from Gulag to Normandy and Scotland
11-MayMike HurstTracks to trenches
08-JunStephen WassGarden archaeology: ‘not that kind of digging’
13-JulVictoria BentataAlice and the Dodo in Oxford
08-SepMelanie KingSarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough: taking the waters in Bath, Scarborough and Windsor Great Park

2024-2025 programme announced

Details of the Club’s programme of speaker meetings for 2024-2025 are now available in the Events Calendar on this website.

9 September 2024: Oral History Group presentation on ‘Radley during Covid’

14 October 2024: A Man and his Shed – Herbert George Mullard and the Cowley Concrete Company, 1895 to 1976

11 November 2024: Rationing and Cooking for Victory: a fair share for all

13 January 2025: Radley: the thousand-year evolution of a manor

10 February 2025: A walk along the Thames Path from Oxford to Pangbourne

10 March 2025: Metropolis versus the Meadow

14 April 2025: Putting Radley on the Map: from Gough to Google

12 May 2025: Early women professional gardeners, including the founders of Waterperry

9 June 2025: The Fitzharrys Manor Estate – from Medieval Knights to Atomic Spies

14 July 2025: What a Liberty! Memorable moments along Oxford’s ancient boundaries

8 September 2025: More than Three Men in a Boat: the rise and fall of pleasure boating on the Thames