Major general (Retd) Peter Williams spills the beans on life as a Cold War spy.
No entry fee but a donation of £4 towards expenses is welcome.
For more information visit the website: https://bradfieldhistoricalsociety.org/?cat=11
Date: Monday, 28 April 2025 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Organiser: Thatcham Historical Society
Dr Nick Young will be talking about Thatcham Hundred. In medieval time, a hundred was an administrative district, part of a county or shire, which was an important unit for local government, taxation, and the administration of law and justice.
Doors open 7pm for a 7.30 pm start. Members free, visitors £3. Refreshments (50p) are served before the start of the meeting.
For more information check the Thatcham Historical Society website.
Date: Thursday, 8 May 2025 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Organiser: Aldermaston History Group
Commemoration of VE Day at Aldermaston. For more information on the event and the procession from the war memorial, please visit the website:
https://group.aldermastonhistory.uk/event/v-e-day-80th-anniversary
Date: Thursday, 8 May 2025 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Organiser: The Newbury Society
A talk by sculptor Johannes von Stumm, which relates the journey of how his work developed. He started making sculptures combining glass, stone and metal; but in trying to create larger pieces of glass he had to accept the technical limitations. Replacing glass with empty space led him in the early years of the 21st century to create material and immaterial figures. One example, called “Couple in Conversation,” stands on the Robin Hood roundabout, another one welcomes everyone entering the Greenham Common Trust.
Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2025 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Organiser: Stockcross and Surroundings History Association S&SHA
A talk by Angela Tyler on Sir Richard Sutton, 6th baronet, who fought as a lieutenant and later a Captain in WW1, and died during that conflict. He is buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, France.
Members free, visitors £5. For more inforation please visit the website:
Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2025 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Organiser: Berkshire Family History Society (BFHS)
Talk on the Foundling Hospital, founded in London by Thomas Coram, and its links to Newbury - between 1750 and 1780, hundreds of foundling children were sent to Newbury - some to be fostered for a short while, but some remaining for the rest of their lives. Surviving correspondence attests to this story and a remarkable local hereo, Dr John Collett. The talk will be preceded by a short Branch Meeting.
Members free, visitors £5. Refreshments available from the Museum cafe. For more information, visit the BFHS Newbury branch website:
Date: Monday, 19 May 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Organiser: Newbury District Field Club (NDFC)
Dave Stubbs arrived in Newbury to police Wash Common. His finding of a musket ball in his back garden sparked a lifelong interest in local history - the subject of his talk.
Members free, charge on the door for visitors. For more information, visit the website:
Date: Monday, 19 May 2025 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Organiser: Thatcham Historical Society
Most people have heard about King Alfred, the only British Monarch called 'The Great", but this talk looks at the wider context of his life, his reign, and his military achievements, against a backdrop of a country at war. Sue Ellis presents The Age of Alfred.
Doors open 7pm for a 7.30 pm start. Members free, visitors £3. Refreshments (50p) are served before the start of the meeting.
For more information check the Thatcham Historical Society website.
Date: Wednesday, 28 May 2025 - 7:00pm
Organiser: Hungerford Historical Association
John Dymond talks about the rise and fall of a Downland village.
Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Members free, visitors £5. For more information visit the website:
Date: Wednesday, 11 June 2025 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Organiser: Berkshire Family History Society (BFHS)
A talk, based on a single house in East Ilsley, on researching the history of a house, and its occupants, as well as the changes to its structure which have taken place over time.
Members free, visitors £5. Refreshments available in the Museum cafe. For more information, visit the BFHS Newbury branch website:
https://berksfhs.org/events/if-these-walls-could-talk/?occurrence=2025-0...