Meeting dates 2024

Meetings are held at The Barn, Goosecroft, Purley on Thames RG8 8DR

Friday 19th January, 7:30 pm.  Nick Brazil:  Swan Upping – a 900-year Royal Tradition

Friday 16th February, 7:30 pm.  Sarah Somerville: The History of Shaw House in Newbury

Friday 15th March, 7:30 pm.  AGM followed by Richard Marks: Biscuits for Queen Victoria – the story of the early days of Huntley and Palmers

Friday 19th April, 7:30 pm.  Dr Stephen Goss: From Doomsday Book to listening in for doomsday: Caversham Park’s 930 years at the centre of history

Saturday 8th June, 1:00 pm.  D-Day Commemoration Event

Friday 7th June, 7:30 pm  Rain or Shine Theatre Company: The Importance of being Earnest (A Trivial Comedy for Serious People) by Oscar Wilde

Friday 12th July.  Outing by coach to Chiltern Open Air Museum

Friday 20th September, 7:30 pm.  Members’ meeting – Hobbies and Collections

Friday 18th October, 7:30 pm.  Ellie Thorne: The Shops, Trades and Businesses of Pangbourne, 1949 to the Present Day.

Friday 15th November, 7:30 pm.  Richard Marks: Berkshire’s Forgotten Railways

Friday 20th December.  Social: Christmas Party