In late September almost fifty History Society members and friends made their planned visit to Portsmouth and its Historic Dockyard. Whilst the weather was not quite as good as in previous years it was fine and dry and there were many interesting things to see. Top of the list was the newly opened £35,000,000 Mary …
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The History Society’s first meeting following the customary Summer Break was a delightful illustrated talk by Cymon Snow, the General Manager of Sulgrave Manor (who replaced the published speaker, Thea Young who has now left Sulgrave) entitled ‘Cousins in War’ subtitled The Priest, The Farmer and The Soldier. Once again members enjoyed an outstanding evening …
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Before the summer break in June the Society maintained its recent cultural theme when members were treated to a fascinating illustrated talk by regular speaker historian, James Bond, entitled ‘Monastic Estates and Land Exploitation in the Middle Ages in the Thames Valley’. James explained how enormous areas of the country were owned by the Church …
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In May the Society had an illustrated talk by Richard Smith entitled ‘Oxford Eccentricity’ : How madly and badly the City and University have behaved over the last 900 years. This Title really didn’t give a clue to what turned out to be perhaps the most amusing Talk the Society has had in it’s 10 …
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As we go to press the members are looking forward to an illustrated talk by Richard Smith entitled ‘Oxford Eccentricity’ : How madly and badly the City and University have behaved over the last 900 years. ‘this month’ On Monday the 17th June 2013 in the Methodist Church at 7:45pm the Society, maintaining the …
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There was a very good turn-out again at the History Society’s March Meeting when members were treated to fascinating talk by fellow member, David Butler entitled ‘Passport to Paris : The Start of a Family Story’. David told the interesting and sometimes amusing story of his wife Iris’s family history based on historic letters written …
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In February the History Society held its Annual General Meeting. The Chairman opening the meeting said he felt the Society was at a cross-road because, although he was able to report yet another very successful year, many members of the committee had served since the Society’s formation in 2003 and some, including himself, were looking …
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The first meeting of the new year in January was an excellent illustrated talk by Society member and popular speaker David Holt entitled ‘Charles Babbage – his life and achievements’ very aptly subtitled ‘200 Years to Recognise a Genius’. As with David’s previous talks this one was very entertaining and informative being well received by …
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In November the History Society welcomed back local historian, James Bond, whose popularity was clearly illustrated by the packed hall which included 20 visitors. On this visit James gave a highly informative talk entitled ‘The Deserted Villages of Medieval Oxfordshire’ This illustrated presentation showed where most of these lost Oxfordshire villages were located, in many …
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