OUR PROGRAMME for 2024/25

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Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month at 7.30 pm at The Baptist Church, High Street, Kidlington, OX5 2DS.

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Visitors are always welcome and need not be accompanied by a member.  The charge is £5.00 on the door (50p if under 26). We have a fascinating new Programme and look forward to welcoming you.     

 

2024

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September 24th - The Bankrupt Butcher & the Butcher who disappeared: The first occupants of Summerhill, Summertown

A Talk by Gareth Winrow

 

October 29th - The Alhambra

A talk by Philippa Joseph

 

November 26th - The Witney to Oxford Branch Line 

A talk by Trevor Jackson

 

December 10th - The 150th anniversary of the Shipton-on-Cherwell Railway disaster, plus a quiz.

A short commemorative  talk by Peter Webber

 

2025

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January 28th - Always ready and willing’: the story of Fires & Firefighting in Oxford City

A talk by John Lowe

 

February 25th - While Memory Lasts - Grandfather’s Wars

A talk by Richard Hancock

 

March 25th - Over the hills to glory’ – the story of the Ascott Martyrs

A talk by Carol Anderson

 

April 29th - Knossos, Myth & Reality 

A talk by Dr John Naylor

 

May 27th - The history and etiquettes of afternoon tea. What you may not know!

A talk by Shaun Todd

 

June24th - WW1 part 3 and beyond 

A talk by Bill King

 

July 29th - The Miracle of Bletchley Park

A talk by Gillian Cane 

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