CHANGE OF VENUE What a Liberty! Memorable moments along Oxford’s ancient boundaries
Church Room, Radley Church Road, RadleySpeaker: Mark Davies Mark presents dramatic and amusing incidents from five centuries of ceremonial circuits by Oxford's mayors of the city's boundaries which were mainly defined by its waterways. Although serious in intent, numerous pub stops often resulted in ‘high jinks’ and ‘irresponsible jollity’. Mark is an Oxford local historian, author, public speaker, guide, and […]
2025 Annual General Meeting
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireThe 26th Annual General Meeting of Radley History Club This will be followed by a talk by Simon Wenham on the history of pleasure boating on the River Thames. Details of the talk
More than Three Men in a Boat: the rise and fall of pleasure boating on the Thames
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireSpeaker: Simon Wenham Simon looks at the changes in the use of the river Thames above London over the past 150 years and why its popularity for recreational boating grew dramatically and then declined. Simon is a member of the part-time tutor panel of Oxford University’s Continuing Education Department, where he teaches courses on the Victorian […]