TALKS PROGRAMME
The Society holds ten talks a year on a range of historical topics. These take place in Goring Village Hall. From October to March inclusive the talks take place in the afternoon, starting at 2.30 pm. In April, May, July and September the meetings begin at 8.00 pm. There are no talks in June or August.
Refreshments are served after each meeting.
A party for members is held after the formal business of the Annual General Meeting in July.
The fee for visitors to a meeting is £4 to include refreshments.
You may download the programme of talks by clicking here.
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Refreshments are served after each meeting.
A party for members is held after the formal business of the Annual General Meeting in July.
The fee for visitors to a meeting is £4 to include refreshments.
You may download the programme of talks by clicking here.
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15 April 2019
8pm 20 May 2019 8pm 15 July 2019 8pm 16 September 2019 8pm 21 October 2019 2.30pm 18 November 2019 2.30pm 16 December 2019 2.30pm |
,Alan Turton
Arson in His Majesty's Dockyards - the story of John the Painter Arson in royal dockyards was among the last offences that were punishable by execution in the United Kingdom as it remained a capital offence even after the death penalty was abolished for murder in 1965. John the Painter, a Scotsman apparently acting as a secret agent for America during the American War of Independence, was the only person ever convicted for it, when in 1777 he was hanged from the highest gallows erected in British history. Julie-Ann Godson 1066: Oxfordshire and the Norman Conquest AGM and Social Graham Twemlow The Golden Age of Posters in Britain Barbara Allison British Schools Jill Eyers Boudicca; Warrior Queen or Rebel? Mark Davies Stories of Oxford Castle: 17th and 18th Century Crimes, Escapes and Punishment |