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DIARY OF EVENTS All meetings 8.00pm in 2008 September 24th: Dr. Hugh Pihlens: "Mediaeval Hungerford, and the History of the Three Swans" - Read the report October 22nd: Dr David Peacock: "West Berkshire Placenames" November 26th: Clive Priestley, CB: "Somme 1918 - the Tables Turned" - Read the report 2009 January 21st: David Stubbs: "The South West Coastal Paths - a Legacy" February 25th: Dr Ivan Johnson: "Work Activities through Time" March 25th: Martin McIntyre: "The Royal Berkshire Regiment" April 22nd: Mrs. Joan Dils: "Inventories and Social History" May 27th: Leslie Grout: "Burial Grounds of London" June (date to be confirmed): Annual Summer Outing: Windsor Castle, with a guided tour by Leslie Grout of St. George's Chapel. June 24th: Annual General Meeting and Social Evening.
What you missed in the 2007-2008 Season: 2007 September 26th: John Allen Memorial Lecture: "My Life on the Railway" - Andy Midwinter. October 10th - 11:00am: Special visit to The Merchant's House, Marlborough. See more information on the Outings page. October 24th: Special battlefield walk and pub lunch around the site of the 1st Battle of Newbury. See more information on the Outings page. October 24th: "Wellington and Stratfield Saye" - Brig. Michael Aris, CBE, DL. November 3rd: A special visit to the Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop, with lunch. See more information on the Outings page. November 28th: "Earth - a Health Check" - Professor Alan O'Neill (introduced by our Patron, Mr Gerald Ward, CBE, DL). 2008 January 23rd: "In Sickness and in Power" - The Rt. Hon. The Lord Owen, CH. February 27th: "A Prehistory of the Lambourn Downs Hill Forts and Burial Mounds" - Dr. David . Peacock. March 26th: "Somme, 1918" - Clive Priestley, CB. April 23rd: "A History of the Brain" - David Hunt. May 28th: "Churchill: The War Years, 1939-1945" - Fred Bailey. June 25th: Starts at 7:30pm: Annual General Meeting and Social Evening
What you missed in the 2006 September 27th: "The History of Medicine in Hungerford" - Dr. Hugh Pihlens October 25th: "The Story of the Marylebone Cricket Club" - Brigadier Michael Aris, CBE, DL. November 22nd: "Jack of Newbury" - Dr. David Peacock 2007 January 24th: "The Dire Straights - the Dardenelles Campaign, 1915" - Colonel Michael Hickey, FRUSI February 28th: "Cunetio Treasures, Mildenhall" - Mrs. Moira Abell March 28th: "Racing in Berkshire" - Miss Penelope Stokes April 25th: "Nelson - the Thoroughly Modern Man" - Mr. Edgar Vincent May 23rd: "The Battles of Newbury" - Mr. David Stubbs *NB Please note that the May talk has changed. The previously arranged talk on "Churchill - The War Years" by Fred Bailey will be part of next year's programme. June 27th: Annual General Meeting and Social Evening. This will feature a talk on Antiques by the local expert Stewart Hofgartner.
What you missed in the 2005 September 28th: "Nelson and Trafalgar" - Mr Jack Williams October 26th: "William Morris - In Pursuit of Beauty" - Dr. Lois Pihlens November 23rd: "Ramsbury at War" - Mr. Roger Day 2006 January 25th: "St. Paul's - The Changing Cathedral" - Ms Fiona Walker February 22nd: "Ballooning" - Mr. John Baker March 22nd: "Life in The Lords" - Baroness Harris of Richmond April 26th: "National Parks" - Mr. Mervyn Silver May 24th: "The History of Windows and Doors" - Miss Josephine Cormier June 2nd: Summer outing to Kelmscott Manor and Buscott Park (see News section) June 28th: Annual General Meeting and Social Evening.
What you missed in the 2004 September 22nd: "Victorian Hungerford" - Dr Hugh Pihlens October 27th: "Berkshire: The English Hindoostan" (An account of the Nabobs of the East India Company who settled in Berkshire) - Clive Williams OBE, MA. November 24th: "Marlborough - 800th Anniversary of Charter" - Dr Terry Rogers 2005 January 26th: "A Brief History of Wallingtons, Kintbury" - Bro. Anthony Porter. February 23rd: "The Clockmaker" - Chris Bessent March 23rd: "Frosts, Freezes & Fairs - 1000 years of famous winters" - Ian Currie April 27th: "A Roman Soldier's Letters Home" - Mr Nick Griffiths. (The planned talk "Ramsbury: Medieval Church and daily life" by Barbara Croucher has had to be postponed). May 25th: "The Life of Frederick Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell" - Adrian Fort. June 22nd: Annual General Meeting and Social. June 18th: Annual Summer Outing: To Farleigh Hungerford Castle and Corsham Court. Tickets available to members from the March meeting (or The Treasurer).
What you missed in the 2003 September 24th: "A Social History of Narrowboats" – Mr Peter Jordan (Kennet & Avon Canal Trust) October 22nd : "Eastbury: A Berkshire Village" – Mr David Rutherford November 26th: "Redcoats in the Wardrobe" – Lt Col David Chilton 2004 January 28th: "Hungerford Town Hall and Corn Exchange -Part 1" – Mr Robin Tubb February 25th: "A Hint of Heraldry" - Dr Lois Pihlens March 24th: "The Bedwyns" - Brig Bill Marchant-Smith April 28th: "The Wests' Gifts 18th Century Endowment - to provide places for West Berkshire children at Christ's Hospital School" – Mr Donald Willis May 26th "Hungerford Town Hall and Corn Exchange -Part 2" – Mr Robin Tubb June 19th: Summer Outing to Waddesdon Manor June 23rd: AGM & Social evening |