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ZOOM talk: Spitfires over Oxfordshire
Speaker: Nic Vanderpeet The Spitfire, the famous British fighter aircraft of the Battle of Britain, later played an important role in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Nic is […]
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CANCELLED: The Great Stink! Engineers, sewerage systems and the Victorian battle against dirt
Speaker: Tom Crook Tom is a lecturer on modern British history at Oxford Brookes University. His talk discusses the notorious ‘Great Stink’ of summer 1858 in London, its causes and […]
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‘Professors of Rowing’: the early Oxford-Cambridge Boat Races
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireSpeaker: Mark Davies The talk details the early history of this famous and competitive event, highlighting the unusual alliance of Town & Gown in the crucial role played by the […]
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Club visit to Botley War Graves Cemetery: 1st group
Botley War Graves Cemetery North Hinksey Lane, OxfordCovid restrictions permitting, Dick Richards will lead a tour for Club members of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site at North Hinksey which contains some 740 burials from both wars. […]
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Club visit to Botley War Graves Cemetery: 2nd group
Botley War Graves Cemetery North Hinksey Lane, OxfordCovid restrictions permitting, Dick Richards will lead a tour for Club members of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site at North Hinksey which contains some 740 burials from both wars. […]
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