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Local Oxfordshire talks – October 2015

Information provided by the OLHA (www.olha.org.uk)

October 2015

1^st – Eynsham – Graham Bannell “Evolution of the Built Tradition”. St Leonard’s Church Hall, Thames Street, 7:30pm.

6^th – Henley – Shaun Morley “Drunk and Riotous – Oxfordshire Friendly Societies”. Kings Arms Barns, Market Place, 7:45pm.

6^th – Hook Norton – David Ashby “The Collapsed Medieval Towns of Oxfordshire”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.

7^th – Otmoor – Olaf Bayer “The Archaeology of East Oxford Project”. Islip Village Hall, 8:00pm.

8^th – Banbury – Barrie Trinder “Banburyshire’s Victorian Boatpeople”. Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, 7:30pm.

8^th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Jackie Smith “Christs Hospital in Abingdon”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.

12^th – Chipping Norton – Bill King “Yesterday’s Runways”. Methodist Room, West Street, 7:30pm.

12^th – Goring & Streatley – Alan Turton “In the meadow which is called Runnymeade: The story of the Magna Carta”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

12^th– Radley – Simon Wenham “The History of Salters Steamers in Oxford”. Primary School Hall, 7:30pm.

13^th – Marcham – Martin Buckland “The Invisible Brick – Revealed in Language & Literature, Film & Fiction, Music & Murder in the Local Area and Much More”. Marcham church, 7:45pm.

15^th – Eynsham – Pam Manix “Oxford’s Medieval Jewish History”. St Leonard’s Church Hall, Thames Street, 7:30pm.

15^th – Sibfords – Maureen Hicks “The Sibfords 1914-1918”. Village Hall, Sibford Gower, 8:00pm.

15^th – Whitchurch & Goring Heath – Peter Hawley “The Grey family of Whitchurch House and the Foundling Hospital”. Goring Heath Parish Hall, 8:00pm.

19^th – Adderbury – Martin Bloxsom “The Importance of Local Railways in WW1”. Methodist Chapel, Chapel Lane, 7:30pm.

19^th – Bicester -Stephen Barker “Oxfordshire on the Home Front 1914-1918”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.

19^th – Kennington – Ivan Cadge “The History of the Abingdon GWR Branch Line”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.

20^th – Clanfield and Bampton – Muriel Pilkington “The Lost Railways of Oxfordshire”. Carter Institute, Clanfield, 7:30pm.

20^th – Enstone – Alan Simpson “Tracing Ancestors”. Venue tbc (contact 01608 677246, carolawt@gmail.com), 7:30pm.

21^st – Littlemore – Simon Townley “The Victoria County History in the Chilterns”. Littlemore Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:00 for 7:30pm.

27^th – Hanney – Annual General Meeting and Hazel Brown “Wantage Town Lands Charity”. War Memorial Hall, 8:00pm.

27^th– Kidlington – Alastair Lack “Travels with Auntie”. St John Ambulance Hall, High Street, 7:50pm.

28^th – Dorchester – Robert Kidner “Railway Poster Art: a Special Genre”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

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Local Oxfordshire talks – September 2015

Information provided by the OLHA (www.olha.org.uk)

1^st – Hook Norton – Paul Sergant “Dinosaurs of Oxfordshire”. Baptist Church Hall, Netting Street, 7:30pm.

8^th – Marcham – AGM and Jim Asher “Saving Butterflies”. Marcham church, 7:45pm.

10^th – Wootton & Dry Sandford – Russell Cherry “A History of the Ridgeway”. Wootton Community Centre, 7:30pm.

14^th – Chipping Norton – Mark Davies “Daniel Harris – Oxford Castle’s Gaoler Extraordinaire”. Methodist Room, West Street, 7:30pm.

14^th – Radley – AGM followed by Tony Rogerson “The Oxford Dambusters”. School Hall, 7:30pm.

16^th – Littlemore – Nick Millea “From Black Death to Breznev – Maps of Oxfordshire through the Ages”. Littlemore Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:00 for 7:30pm.

17^th – Sibfords – Julie Ann Godson “The Water Gypsy: ow an 18^th Century Oxfordshire Fishergirl became a Viscountess”. Village Hall, Sibford Gower, 8:00pm.

17^th – Whitchurch & Goring Heath – Martin Buckland “The invisible brick revealed in the local area”. Goring Heath Parish Hall, 8:00pm.

17^th– Wychwoods – Tim May “The Oxfordshire Yeomanry and Winston Churchill”. Milton-under-Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

17^th – Sibfords – Julie Ann Godson “The Water Gypsy: How a Thames Fishergirl became a Viscountess”. Sibford Gower Village Hall, 8:00pm.

21^st – Adderbury – Alan Thornton “The Cadbury Story: a film and talk on George Cadbury”. Methodist Chapel, Chapel Lane, 7:30pm.

21^st – Bicester – Bill King “Archaeology in your Shed, Garage or Attic”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.

21^st – Kennington – Robert Gasser “Film Making in Oxford”. Methodist Church, Upper Road, 7:45pm.

22^nd – Enstone – Dominic Sandbrook “The Ten Top Events that have Shaped Britain since WW2”. Venue tbc (contact 01608 677246, carolawt@gmail.com), 7:30pm.

23^rd – Dorchester – Shaun Morley “Emigration from Oxfordshire in the 19^thCentury”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

24^th – Aldworth – John Harper “Experiencing Worship in the Medieval Parish Church. Tickets £15 on the door, £10 in advance from christopherjpaterson@btinternet.com. All proceeds to the St Mary’s Fabric Fund.

28^th – Oxfordshire Family History Society – Sarah Paterson “What Great Grandma did in the First World War: the Imperial War Museum’s Women’s Work Collection”. Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, 8:00pm.

29^th – Kidlington – Tessa Boase “A housekeeper’s tale: The women who really ran the English country house”. St John Ambulance Hall, High Street, 7:50pm.