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2021-22 Events

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	20-Jan-21History of Reading SocietyReading AbbeyJohn Painter




	Oxfordshire Local History AssociationWhole range of talks are available on their website - https://www.olha.org.uk/events/talks-and-meetings/




	09-Feb-21Wargrave Local History SocietyReading's Smelly Alley and other places of interestKevin Little




	12-Feb-21Berkshire Gardens TrustHogarth, Soane and Turner: revealing some artists’ gardensSarah Couch




	15-Feb-21Goring Gap Local History SocietyElizabeth's Rival & the tumultuous tale of Lettice Knollys.Dr Nicola Tallis




	17-Feb-21History of Reading SocietyCaversham Road: An Industrial History in PicturesDavid Neale




	22-Feb-21Marcham SocietyLinescapes-.Remapping and Reconnecting Britain's Fragmented WildlifeHugh Warwick




	23-Feb-21Hanney History Group

 - for meeting info please email hhgsecretary@gmail.com		Morris Motopolis - the motor works and the transformation of OxfordSimon Wenham




	01-Mar-21BIAGFor the Use of the Inhabitants Forever: Well & Pumps of the Thames & ChilternsEdwin Trout




	05-Mar-21Berkshire Gardens TrustThe Early History of Purley HallBen Viljoen




	09-Mar-21Wargrave Local History SocietyAnnual General Meeting




	15-Mar-21Goring Gap Local History SocietyThe Upper Thames Patrol & the waterborne Home Guard of the River ThamesBill King




	17-Mar-21History of Reading SocietyAGM Followed by Gas: Its History and TechnologiesJo Alexander-Jones




	22-Mar-21BIAGThe story of early incandescent light bulbs (including a case study of the Victorian Robertson Lamp Works in Hammersmith)John Holden




	22-Mar-21Marcham SocietyOxfordshire on CanvasMarie-Louise Kerr




	23-Mar-21Hanney History Group

 - for meeting info please email hhgsecretary@gmail.com		Sex, Drink and Death in the 17th CenturyTim Healey




	13-Apr-21Wargrave Local History SocietyProspect Park MansionKatie Amos




	19-Apr-21BIAGThe Gas Engines & Tylor Pump at the County Hall, AbingdonRuth Weinberg




	19-Apr-21Goring Gap Local History SocietyOxford's PenicillinMarie-Louise Kerr




	21-Apr-21History of Reading SocietyTour of ColeyGraham Turner & Joe Doak




	26-Apr-21Marcham SocietyPagans and Puritans : May Day Celebrations Tim Healey




	27-Apr-21Hanney History Group

 - for meeting info please email hhgsecretary@gmail.com		Oxford in the History of MedicineVictoria Bentata Aziz




	11-May-21Wargrave Local History SocietyRoyal WeddingsCatherine Sampson




	15-May-21Oxfordshire Local History AssociationOxford Paving CommissionDr Malcolm Graham




	17-May-21Goring Gap Local History SocietyA History of Brewing in OxfordLiz Woolley




	19-May-21History of Reading SocietyHome GuardMike Cooper




	24-May-21BIAGWilts & Berks: The Past, The Present and The FutureMartin Buckland




	24-May-21Marcham SocietyBeacons of the Past, LiDAR, and woodland archaeology in South OxfordshireEd Peveler




	25-May-21Hanney History Group

 - for meeting info please email hhgsecretary@gmail.com		Artists in Wonderland - The Pre-Raphaelites in OxfordMark Davies




	26-May-21Maidenhead Archaeological and Historical Society

Windsor Castle and its Environs During the English Civil War.

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	08-Jun-21Wargrave Local History SocietyStanley SpencerCatherine Saker




	16-Jun-21History of Reading SocietyThe Musical World of The Binfield Family In 19c ReadingDr Gordon Cox




	28-Jun-21Berkshire Local History AssociationSwing Riots Walk: Kintbury to HungerfordAnn Smith




	28-Jun-21Marcham SocietyThe History of the Oxford Botanic Garden and ArboretumMark Davies




	14-Aug-21BIAGSummer Day Event Abingdon: Tour of Town Hall Gas Engines and Pumps followed by guided tour of Wilts & Berks Canal




	15-Sep-21History of Reading SocietyAbbot Cook to Zero Degrees: Reading Pubs & BreweriesDavid Cliffe, John Dearing & Evelyn Williams




	14-Sep-21Wargrave Local History SocietyJackson's of ReadingThomas Macey




	20-Sep-21BIAGWhat a load of Rubbish – The history and industrial archaeology of solid wastes managementPeter Daniel (Somerset IA Society)




	12-Oct-21Wargrave Local History SocietyReading in World War 1; The Home Front 1914 - 18Dr Margaret Simons




	20-Oct-21History of Reading SocietyThe Suffragette Movement in BerkshireDr Margaret Simons




	25-Oct-21BIAGAGM – Followed by Caught in Time: The Conservation of Industrial Archival Records 




	09-Nov-21Wargrave Local History SocietyWLHS 40th Anniversary




	17-Nov-21History of Reading SocietyCinemas of ReadingDavid Cliffe




	22-Nov-21BIAGBritish Shipbuilding: My Part in its Downfall 




	15-Dec-21History of Reading SocietyPresidential Address: In Their Own Words: Family and Social Life In Tudor Reading and Other TownsJoan Dils




	11-Jan-22Wargrave Local History SocietyHistory of the Reading HospitalsLionel Williams




	08-Feb-22Wargrave Local History SocietyMy life of Crime: reflections of a former Crown ProsecutorTorie Griffiths