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2019-20 Events

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	14-MayWargrave Local History SocietyWargrave Churchyard Excavations   Dr Stephanie Duensing, and Dr Ceri Boston




	15-MayThe History of Reading SocietyCatholicism in ReadingJohn and Lindsay Mullaney




	JuneWargrave Local History SocietyVillage Festival  (tickets for both of these events will be available on Wargrave Festival ticket sales day, April 27th, or (subject to availability, afterwards )




	16-JunWargrave Local History Society Historic Village Walk




	18-JunWargrave Local History SocietyThe Magic of the Auction – an evening with Thomas Plant




	10-JulWargrave Local History SocietyVisit to the Gilbert White House and Oates Museum at Selborne




	10-SepWargrave Local History SocietyHistory of the NHSDr Mark Puddy




	11-SepBerkshire Family History SocietyIs your ancestor a railway policeman? - Steve Beamon




	16-SepBerkshire Industrial Archaeology GroupGas: Its History and Technologies




	18-SepThe History of Reading SocietyGeorge Lovejoy – bookseller of ReadingMartin Andrews




	08-OctWargrave Local History SocietyCaversham Court & the Families Who Lived ThereLinda Humphrey-Evans / Dr John Evans




	09-OctBerkshire Family History SocietyThe life and times of Robert Tebbot  - Dr David Lewis




	16-OctThe History of Reading SocietyQuakers In ReadingNaomi Iliff




	21-OctBerkshire Industrial Archaeology GroupAGM followed by - Henry Scott and the invention of Selenitic Cement




	12-NovWargrave Local History SocietySonning: The History Explored Through 10 BuildingsDiana Coulter




	13-NovBerkshire Family History SocietyBoiled cats, mercury and Jesuit drops: - Penny Stokes




	18-NovBerkshire Industrial Archaeology GroupDaniel Gooch: Saviour of the Great Western Railway




	20-NovThe History of Reading SocietyThe Heroes Of Woodley AirfieldJoy Pibworth




	09-DecBerkshire Industrial Archaeology GroupIndustrial Archaeology Films and Christmas Social




	10-DecWargrave Local History SocietyChristmas Party




	11-DecThe History of Reading SocietyPresidential Address: What Did Newcomers Do For Reading C1400-1960Joan Dils




	2020




	14-JanWargrave Local History SocietyThe Role of Women at Danesfield & Phyllis Court in Photographic Interpretation in WWIIAldon Ferguson




	11-FebWargrave Local History SocietyGeorgian CookingCatherine Sampson




	10-MarWargrave Local History SocietyAnnual General Meeting




	Wargrave Local History SocietyOur meetings (except for April, June and July) take place in the Old Pavilion, at the Recreation Ground, Wargrave, and start at 8pm.