Growing up in a 1950s Corner Shop

Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Speaker: Josie Midwinter Josie’s parents, Henry and Esther, ran Midwinter’s Grocery Shop in Didcot opposite the railway station where Josie grew up. Josie describes her memories of her childhood there and the role of corner shops at that time. Josie, a retired minister in the Church of England, has returned to her roots in Didcot […]

Six Warrior Women of the English Civil Wars, 1642-1651

Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Speaker: Stephen Barker During the English Civil War, women were not meek bystanders who took no part in the conflict but actively participated in a variety of ways, challenging the orthodoxies of their day and perhaps our own preconceptions. This talk looks briefly at six women who took part in the fighting, undertook spying missions […]

50 Years in the Thames Valley Police Force

Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Speaker: Christine Bovingdon-Cox Christine joined the Thames Valley Police Force in 1973 and worked in various departments including Child Abuse Investigation, Major Crime, Counter-Terrorism, Protection for the Royal Family and Members of Parliament, and Professional Standards. In recognition of her remarkable career, Christine received a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021. […]

Annual General Meeting

Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

The 25th Annual General Meeting of Radley History Club This will be followed by a talk from Trevor Jackson on the more than a century of history of the cemeteries of Oxford. Details of the talk

Cemeteries of Oxford – More than a Century of History

Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Speaker: Trevor Jackson Oxford today has four municipal cemeteries plus a number of parish cemeteries and churchyards. Trevor tells the story of the development and closure of cemeteries in the city over the years. Trevor was Oxford City Council’s Manager of Cemeteries for 12 years following his retirement from the RAF. Non-members welcome – a […]