Talks & meetings

July 2026

27^th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Sophie Kay “Six Hats”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online talk, 7:45pm.

28^th – Kidlington – Al Sylvester “Exercise Southern Reach – the conception of an Antarctic expedition”. Baptist Church, High Street, 7:30pm.

30^th – Aston – Alistair Wray “Wells, Waste and Water”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.

August 2026

10^th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Linda Hammond “Help! What do I do before 1837?: Researching your Ancestors before Civil Registration”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online talk, 7:45pm.

12^th – Florence Park, Oxford – Jan Marshall “Oxford’s twin towns”. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, 7:30pm.

September 2026

2^nd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Nigel Leavy “Oxfordshire: the Silicon Valley of Formula 1”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.

3^rd – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Ami Bouhassane “Lee Miller”. SOFO Museum, 7:00pm. More details and tickets: https://www.sofo.org.uk/whats-on/.

7^th – Chalgrove – Tim Healey “The History of St Giles’ Fair, Oxford”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.

9^th – Florence Park, Oxford – Tony Ferguson “The Irish War of Independence, 1920-22”. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, 7:30pm.

9^th – Stanford in the Vale – Nicola Cormack “300 Years of the Craven Family and Ashdown House”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

9^th – Wallingford – Simon Townley “South Oxfordshire Chilterns, with special reference to Crowmarsh Gifford and Newnham Murren”. St Mary’s Church, Market Place, 8:00pm.

9^th – Wychwoods – Andrew Meller “Tolkien and the Cotswolds”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

14^th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – David Eniffer “Missing from Home”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online talk, 7:45pm.

14^th – Radley – AGM and Melanie King “Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough: taking the waters in Bath, Scarborough and Windsor Great Park”. St James Church, 7:30pm.

14^th – Chipping Norton – Trevor Hodkinson “Twentieth Century Medals”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.

16^th – Faringdon – Andrew Long “Oxfordshire Place Names”. Old Town Hall, Market Place, 7:45pm.

17^th – Abingdon – AGM followed by Richard Martin “MG Cars: Abingdon’s Legacy”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.

17^th – Longworth – Byron Russell “Everyday Life in North Leigh Roman Villa”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.

17^th – Sibfords – Dale Johnston “The Canary Girls and their Weapons of Mass Destruction”. Sibford Village Hall, 7:30pm.

16^th – Enstone – Simon Townley “Reflections on Enstone”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone, 7:00pm.

17^th – Whitchurch & Goring Heath – Stephen Barker “Trench Humour of the First World War”. Goring Heath Parish Hall, 2:30pm.

21^st – Adderbury – Rowena E Archer “The rise and fall of Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk (d. 1475)”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.

24^th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Chris Green “What Happened to the Heroes of Rorke’s Drift?”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.

21^st – Goring Gap – Karen & Brett Wiles “The Women’s Institute in World War II”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

24^th – Aston – Lizzy Rowe “John Piper in Oxfordshire”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.

24^th – Launton – Joseph Rogers “Tithe Barns”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.

25^th – Bensington – Tim Coulson “‘The Greatest Story ever Told’: The history of you, me and everything – of how we all came to be”. Benson Parish Hall, 7:30pm.

29^th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Sue Honore and Peter Evans “Using BOND to explore communities and surnames in Oxfordshire before 1700”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online talk, 7:45pm.

October 2026

5^th – Chalgrove – Malcolm Airs “Nuneham Courtney: the house, landscape and village”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.

6^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Richard Gibbons “Berlin – A Divided City”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

6^th – Henley – Godfrey Cole “The Preservation of Abingdon Abbey” (preliminary title). Chantry House, St Mary’s Church, Hart Street, 7:30pm.

7^th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Jemma Davey “Celebrating 60 years of the Oxfordshire Museum”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.

7^th – Stanford in the Vale – Sally Luther “Cox’s Hall: A House Through Time”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

8^th – Thame – John Gilbert “Tetsworth Through the Ages”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.

12^th – Chipping Norton – Marian Winckles “Lechlade an Inland Port”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.

12^th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Liz Woolley “Felicia Skene: Oxford Writer, prison reformer and friend to the poor”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online talk, 7:45pm.

13^th – Thame – Tim Healey “The Green Man Trail in Oxfordshire”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.

14^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Ross Beadle “There was more to it than Tanks – The Battle of Cambrai”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.

14^th – Wallingford – Garry Elliott “Shops and shopping in nineteenth-century Wallingford”. St Mary’s Church, Market Place, 8:00pm.

14^th – Wychwoods – Julia Phillips “Witches of the Cotswolds”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

15^th – Abingdon – Eddy Smythe “The Life of John Smythe QC, MBE, OBE”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.

15^th – Longworth – Dick Richards “The Unknown Warrior”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.

15^th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Laura Mayer “Jane Austen and the English Landscape Garden”. Online talk, 6:00pm, booking at https://ogtevents.eventcube.io/.

15^th – Sibfords – Gillian White “The First Duke of Marlborough”. Sibford Village Hall, 7:30pm.

15^th – Whitchurch & Goring Heath –Stephen Goss “Gilbert and Sullivan in Berkshire and Oxfordshire”. Goring Heath Parish Hall, 2:30pm.

17^th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – James Wilkins “David Eastwood: Arnhem Pathfinder”. SOFO Museum, 2:00pm. More details and tickets: https://www.sofo.org.uk/product/talk-david-eastwood-arnhem-pathfinder-2pm-17-october-2026/.

19^th – Adderbury – Melanie King “Cold Comforts: The hidden ice houses of Oxfordshire”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.

19^th – Goring Gap – Katrina Cooper “Soldiery of the English Civil War seen through the lens of the Sealed Knot”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

21^st – Enstone – Liz Woolley “Beer, Sausages and Marmalade: Food, drink, politics and tourism in 19^th-century Oxford”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone, 7:00pm.

21^st – Faringdon – AGM, grand sale of books, and presentation on “History of Faringdon & FDAHS”. Old Town Hall, Market Place, 7:45pm.

21^st – Littlemore – Katie Hambrook “The Littlemore Psalter”. Community Centre, Giles Road, 7:30pm.

22^nd – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Christopher Tyerman “How to Plan a Crusade”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.

26^th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Sarah Pettyfer “A Practical Approach to Chancery Court Records”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online talk, 7:45pm.

29^th – Aston – George Lambrick “The Rollright Stones”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.

29^th – Launton – Graham Harrison “Aspects of Prehistoric Britain”. Parish Hall, 7:30pm.

30^th – Bensington – Edwina Johnson “Three Wayward Women and Wallingford Castle: Dark deeds in the shadows of history”. Benson Parish Hall, 7:30pm.

November 2026

2^nd – Chalgrove – Marie-Louise Kerr “Romans of Oxfordshire: Roman settlement and impact in the local area”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.

3^rd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Richard Phillips  “German Spies in Britain in WW2”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

3^rd – Henley – Lucy Lawrence “Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Buckinghamshire”. Chantry House, St Mary’s Church, Hart Street, 7:30pm.

4^th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Byron Russell “Everyday Life at North Leigh Roman Villa, 300AD”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.

7^th – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Ross Beadle “The Origins of The Schlieffen Plan 1914”. SOFO Museum, 2:00pm. More details and tickets: https://www.sofo.org.uk/product/the-origins-of-the-schlieffen-plan-talk-with-ross-beadle-2pm-saturday-7-november-2026/.

9^th – Chipping Norton – Hugh Thomas “RAF Flying Training in the Chipping Norton area in WW2”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.

9^th – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Andrew Hamilton “Stolen Lives: Individual Tragedies of the Great War”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online talk, 7:45pm.

9^th – Weston on the Green – Tim Healey “A Victorian Christmas”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

10^th – Thame – Charles Boundy “A Norman Inquest. The Aftermath of 1066: what it really meant for England”. Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, 7:30pm.

11^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Chris Finn “Buccaneer and Tornado Operations in Operation GRANBY”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.

11^th – Florence Park, Oxford – Buffy McClelland “The History of Littlemore ”. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, 7:30pm.

11^th – Stanford in the Vale – Fay Pendell “My Father’s War Years”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

11^th – Wallingford – Richard Oram “Roundup of the year in Oxfordshire development archaeology”. St Mary’s Church, Market Place, 8:00pm.

11^th – Wychwoods – Stephen Barker “Armistice 1918 and After: Some Local Perspectives”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

16^th – Adderbury – Simon and Patrick Bradshaw “Lampreys of Banbury”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.

16^th – Bicester – Nigel Walton “1918 – Peace & Remembrance in Bicester”. Clifton Centre, Ashdene Road, 7:30pm.

16^th – Goring Gap – Melvin Seaborne “Black Wantage”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

18^th – Enstone – Mallam’s, Oxford “The Society’s Antiques Road Show”. St Kenelm’s Church, Church Enstone, 7:00pm.

18^th – Faringdon – David Mitchell “The North Wessex Way”. Old Town Hall, Market Place, 7:45pm.

19^th – Abingdon – Sarah Foot “Æthelstan: The First King of Britain?”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.

19^th – Longworth – John Lowe “Always Ready and Willing”. Southmoor Village Hall, 7:30pm.

19^th – Oxfordshire Gardens Trust – Oliver Spacey “Mistletoe: Magic, Myths and Mysteries”. Online talk, 6:00pm, booking at https://ogtevents.eventcube.io/.

19^th – Sibfords – Stephen Wass “Secret Gardens and the Birth of Modern Science: Tales from Oxfordshire Gardens”. Sibford Village Hall, 7:30pm.

19^th – Stonesfield – Deborah Hayter “Lost Villages of Oxfordshire”. St James’s Centre, High Street, 7:30pm. Contact megsoc25@gmail.com in advance to check availability of places.

19^th – Whitchurch & Goring Heath – Tom Crook “Satire, Scandal and the Establishment”. Goring Heath Parish Hall, 2:30pm.

23^rd – Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) – Rachel Rowe “A Forger in the Family”. OFHS members only (https://www.ofhs.uk/become-a-member); online talk, 7:45pm.

25^th – Florence Park, Oxford – Paul Johnston, talk title tbc. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, 7:30pm.

26^th – Aston – Deborah Haytor “The Lost Villages of Oxfordshire”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.

26^th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Sally Frampton “The History of Vaccination Refusal in the UK”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.

December 2026

1^st – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Jerry Cockeram “The Long Range Desert Group – Pirates of the Desert”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

1^st – Henley – Geoff Wood “The History of Marlow”. Chantry House, St Mary’s Church, Hart Street, 7:30pm.

2^nd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Gillian Cane “A Tour of the Bodleian Library”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.

9^th – Stanford in the Vale – Mary Vizoso “Where in the Village: A Jaunt Through the Archives”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

9^th – Wychwoods – Tim Healey “A 17^th-Century Christmas”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

14^th – Chipping Norton – Tim Guile “1549 Oxfordshire Rising”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.

15^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Helen Fry “The White Lady – The story of British Intelligence Networks behind German Lines”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

17^th – Abingdon – Clare Goodall “Medieval Pilgrimage – Its Dangers, Rewards and Scandals” (words and music presentation, followed by Christmas social). Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.

21^st – Goring Gap – Malcolm Summers “Signs of the times: Some of Reading’s memorials”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

January 2027

4^th – Chalgrove – Liz Woolley “Beer, sausages, and marmalade: Oxford food and drink in the 19^th century”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.

6^th – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Colin Hill “Swalcliffe Barn, Behind the Scenes”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.

13^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Gary Sheffield “The Dominion of Fear”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.

13^th – Stanford in the Vale – Sem Seaborne “The Port of Wantage”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

13^th – Wychwoods – Liz Woolley “From Axtell to Zacharias: The men who built Oxford”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

18^th – Adderbury – John May “Not that sort of Sheriff: the Thousand-Year Story of the High Sheriff”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.

18^th – Goring Gap – Roy Larkin “The invisible corps”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

21^st – Abingdon – Philip Kenrick “‘Arretine’ Ware: How to Manage (and Not Manage) a Luxury Product in the Roman World”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.

28^th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Maurice East “Lost in the Woods: Rediscovering Slade Camp and Slade Park”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 2:30pm.

February 2027

1^st – Chalgrove – AGM followed by Colin Oakes “Downing Street and its inhabitants”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.

2^nd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Rachel Pistol “World War Two Internment in UK and USA”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

3^rd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Liz Woolley “From Axtell to Zacharias: The men who built Oxford”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.

8^th – Chipping Norton – Liz Woolley “Olive Gibbs (Local Oxford politician and Campaigner)”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.

10^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Mike Tickner “A Head Ache and a Heart Ache. The Indian Army at Partition”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

10^th – Stanford in the Vale – Gillian Cane “The Mitford Sisters”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

10^th – Wychwoods – Douglas Butler “Mutiny on the Bounty”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

15^th – Adderbury – Liz Woolley “From Axtell to Zacharias: the men who built Oxford”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.

15^th – Goring Gap – Nick Millea “Maps as art”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

18^th – Abingdon – David Miles “Caring for the Wonder Horse: Five Decades on White Horse Hill”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.

25^th – Aston – Joseph Rogers “Tithe Barns”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.

25^th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – James Hamilton “JMW Turner” (title to be confirmed). Kirtlington Village Hall, 2:30pm.

March 2027

1^st – Chalgrove – Gillian Cane “Coleshill – Nerve Centre of British Resistance”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.

2^nd – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – James Porter “Battle of Narvik 1940”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

3^rd – Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum (Woodstock) – Lizzy Rowe “William Morris: An Oxfordshire Designer, Artist and Writer”. The Coach House, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, 7:30pm. Also available online; e-mail friendsoftheoxfordshiremuseum@gmail.com for further details.

8^th  – Chipping Norton – AGM followed by David Meara “50 Gems of Oxfordshire”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.

10^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Jack Bowsher “Battle of Burma – Meiktila”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.

10^th – Stanford in the Vale – Julie Ann Godson “Memories of the Vale Before the Railways Came”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

10^th – Wychwoods – Bill King “The Australian Flying Corps in the Cotswolds in WW1”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

15^th – Adderbury – John Hall “The early development of mental health services in Oxfordshire”. Adderbury Institute, The Green, 7:30pm.

15^th – Goring Gap – Aldon Ferguson “The lady pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary in World War II”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

18^th – Abingdon –Mike Greig “The Illustrated History of Garford”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.

25^th – Aston – Bill King “The Thames Path”. Fellowship Centre, Cote Road, 7:30pm.

25^th – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Matthew Spring “William Herschel, the Musician/Astronomer”. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.

April 2027

5^th – Chalgrove – Edwina Johnson “Three Wayward Woman in Wallingford Castle”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.

6^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Andy Stuart “Churchill’s Intervention In Northern Russia: 1918-20”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

12^th – Chipping Norton – Bruce Coombs “Shipton-Under-Wychwood”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.

14^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Andy Richardson  “Britain’s Atomic  V Bombers – The Ultimate Peacekeepers”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.

14^th – Stanford in the Vale – Simon Wenham “Living the Lexicon: The Oxford English Dictionary”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

14^th – Wychwoods – Mark Davies “James Sadler, Oxford pastry cook and the first English aeronaut”. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

15^th – Abingdon – Tom Bruce “The Palaeolithic Excavations at Lodge Hill”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.

19^th – Goring Gap – Debbie Hall “Adventures in maps”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

22^nd – Kirtlington & Bletchington – Members’ evening. Kirtlington Village Hall, 7:30pm.

May 2027

4^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Maggie Andrews “The Home Front During the Great War”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

10^th – Chalgrove – Lizzie Rowe “The Oxford of Christopher Wren”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.

10^th – Chipping Norton – Carol Anderson “Woodstock Cut Steel”. Methodist Church Lower Hall, West Street, 2:00pm.

12^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Matthias Strohn  “The Battle for Berlin”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.

12^th – Stanford in the Vale – Alistair Lack “Oxford in the Civil War”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

12^th – Wychwoods – AGM plus stories from our archive. Milton under Wychwood Village Hall, 7:30pm.

17^th – Goring Gap – Mike Tickner “A headache and a heartache: The Indian Army at partition”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

20^th – Abingdon – George Lambrick “Religious Lifestyles of Controversy: Monks and Friars in Medieval Abingdon and Oxford”. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.

June 2027

1^st – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Guy Walters “Berlin Games – How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail zoom@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

7^th – Chalgrove – Rowena Archer “The Rise and Rise of Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk (d. 1475) ”. John Hampden Hall, 7:45pm.

9^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Tony Insall  “Secret Alliances and Intelligence in Norway 1940-1945”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.

9^th – Stanford in the Vale – Emma Nicholls “In the Steps of Dinosaurs”. Village Hall, 7:30pm.

17^th – Abingdon – Open evening with short presentations by members, followed by summer social. Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, 7:45pm.

July 2027

6^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Mike Nicholas “The Battle of Ulundi”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

14^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Tony Bray  “How Rotary Winged Aircraft Changed Our World”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.

September 2027

20^th – Goring Gap – Robert Hulse “Watermen and lightermen of the Thames”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

October 2027

5^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – James Goulty “Air War Korea”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

13^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Timandra Slade  “From a Hard Place to a Rock.  Soldiers in the BEF on the Run”. Woodcote Village Hall, 7:30pm.

18^th – Goring Gap – Liz Woolley “Dream Palaces: a History of the Ultimate Picture Palace and early cinema in Oxford”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

November 2027

15^th – Goring Gap – Rob Clarke “Brunel and his Great Western legacy in Reading, Bristol and the Thames Valley”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

December 2027

5^th – British Modern Military History Society (Woodcote) – Spencer Jones “U-Boat War 1914-1918”. Online talk, 7:30pm; e-mail info@bmmhs.org or check www.bmmhs.org for more details.

20^th – Goring Gap – Timothy Walker “The twelve plants of Christmas”. Goring Village Hall, 2:30pm.

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