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  • Thames Bridges between Oxford and Abingdon

    Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

    Speaker: Keith Parry After the Norman conquest major bridges across the Thames were established at Oxford, Abingdon and Wallingford, initially as wooden structures and later as stone. Keith’s talk focuses […]

  • The History of the Radley Lakes area up to 2000

    Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

    Speaker: Richard Dudding Until commercial gravel extraction began after World War II, the area known today as the Radley Lakes was farmland. Richard, Club archivist and secretary of the Radley […]

  • The History of Oxford University

    Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

    Speaker: Alastair Lack Alastair read modern history at University College Oxford. After a career working for the BBC, he now lives in Oxford where he is a Green Badge Guide. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]