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Berkshire Local History Association

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DATE SOCIETY SUBJECT SPEAKER

May 2008

19th Goring & Streatley L.H.S. Three Men in a Post: Reading Medical Officers of Health 1872-1939 Margaret Simons
21st History of Reading Soc Leisure Along the Thames May Jean Heward
10&17th MERL Hand sewn quilting for beginners, 2.15-4.15pm. £10.  
16th Project Purley Visit to Mapledurham House  
29th Sandhurst H.S. How the English Language Evolved Hugh Granger
25th/26th Sonning and Sonning Eye Scarecrows 2008  
13th Wargrave L.H.S. Caversham Park BBC representative
19th Winnersh & District H.S. Outside Visit to St Pauls Church, Wokingham  
12th Wokingham H.G. Golden Era of Travel Posters David Tinker

June 2008

18th History of Reading Soc Visit to Reading Friends (Quaker) Meeting House  
7th MERL Spring Spectacular 10-4pm  
8th   Introduction to hurdle making, 2.15-4.15pm. £5  
14&15th   Introduction to willow work, 2.15-4.15pm. £10  
21st Sandhurst H.S. Colchester Outing Mark Corney
26th   London's Underground Tony King
22nd Sonning and Sonning Eye Visit to London Wetland Centre, Barnes  
10th Wargrave L.H.S. Wargrave News Tony Barker
16th Winnersh & District H.S. The Red Cross in Berkshire Ann Treater
9th Wokingham H.G A Look at Wokingham's Railways Jack Meatcher

July 2008

16th History of Reading Soc Visit to MERL  
4th Project Purley Visit to Stratfield Saye  
18th   Annual Barbecue  
16th Reading Museum Shipwrecks and Seashells in the Story of Reading Abbey 1-1.30pm.  
23rd   Life at sea by Veterans of HMS Belfast  
8th Wargrave L.H.S. Visit to the Vyne, Sherborne St John  
21st Winnersh & District H.S. The Old Wokingham Times Newspaper Kathleen Neville
14th Wokingham H.G AGM + The Origins of Berkshire Dr Steve Clarke

August 2008

20th Reading Museum The Sea in Peril 1-1.30pm  
28th Sandhurst H.S. History of Aviation in Berkshire Jean Fostekew