The History of the Radley Lakes area up to 2000
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireSpeaker: Richard Dudding Until commercial gravel extraction began after World War II, the area known today as the Radley Lakes was farmland. Richard, Club archivist and secretary of the Radley […]
The History of Oxford University
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireSpeaker: Alastair Lack Alastair read modern history at University College Oxford. After a career working for the BBC, he now lives in Oxford where he is a Green Badge Guide. […]
Growing up in a 1950s Corner Shop
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireSpeaker: Josie Midwinter Josie’s parents, Henry and Esther, ran Midwinter’s Grocery Shop in Didcot opposite the railway station where Josie grew up. Josie describes her memories of her childhood there […]
Six Warrior Women of the English Civil Wars, 1642-1651
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireSpeaker: Stephen Barker During the English Civil War, women were not meek bystanders who took no part in the conflict but actively participated in a variety of ways, challenging the […]
50 Years in the Thames Valley Police Force
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireSpeaker: Christine Bovingdon-Cox Christine joined the Thames Valley Police Force in 1973 and worked in various departments including Child Abuse Investigation, Major Crime, Counter-Terrorism, Protection for the Royal Family and […]