| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE OF TALK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ||
| 12 October | Joseph Rogers | Tithe Barns (including local barns) |
| 9 November | Mike White | Rogues of the Road: Tales of Oxfordshire Highwaymen |
| 2027 | ||
| 11 January | Martin Buckland | Malting and Brewing in Abingdon |
| 8 February | Liz Woolley | Dream Palaces: A history of the Ultimate Picture Palace and early cinema in Oxford |
| 8 March | Andrew Long | The Naming of Oxfordshire Pubs |
| 12 April | Roger Thomas | The Archaeology of Abingdon |
| 10 May | Jan Marshall | A Tale of Twin Cities |
| 14 June | Stephen Wass | The Peculiar History of Fishponds and Fishing in Oxfordshire and Around: an archaeological perspective |
| 12 July | Gillian Cane | The Miracle of Bletchley Park |
| August | NO MEETING | |
| 13 September | Richard Dudding | Radley History Club Archive |
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.
| Date | Speaker | Talk title |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||
| 08-Sep | Simon Wenham | More than Three Men in a Boat: the rise and fall of pleasure boating on the Thames |
| 13-Oct | Liz Woolley | ‘Some may question its flavour, but none its potency’: a history of brewing in Oxford a history of brewing in Oxford |
| 10-Nov | Paul Booth | From Roman Britain to Early Anglo-Saxon England: archaeological evidence from Dorchester-on-Thames |
| 2026 | ||
| 12-Jan | Richard Dudding | Wick Hall: the story of a house and a family |
| 09-Feb | Steven Gunn | Everyday life and accidental death in 16th century Oxfordshire and Berkshire |
| 09-Mar | John Lowe | ‘Always Ready, Always Willing’: Fires and firefighting in the city of Oxford from 879 to 1974 |
| 13-Apr | Hubert Zawadzki | My Polish father’s experiences in WW2 from Gulag to Normandy and Scotland |
| 11-May | Mike Hurst | Tracks to trenches |
| 08-Jun | Stephen Wass | Garden archaeology: ‘not that kind of digging’ |
| 13-Jul | Victoria Bentata | Alice and the Dodo in Oxford |
| 08-Sep | Melanie King | Sarah 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