CANCELLED – The Oxford of Inspector Morse
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireSpeaker: Alastair Lack Alastair read history at University College Oxford. After a career working for the BBC World Service, he now lives in Oxford where he is a Green Badge Guide. The Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter and the popular television series based on them and starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately are set […]
CANCELLED – Tour of Botley War Graves Cemetery
Botley War Graves Cemetery North Hinksey Lane, OxfordThe tour will be led by Dick Richards as a follow-up to this talk to the Club on Monday 10th February. Visit the cemetery's page on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website for a map of how to find the cemetery.
CANCELLED – Spitfires over Oxfordshire and the D Day Landings
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireSpeaker: Nic Vanderpeet Nic is the Learning and Outreach Officer at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock. The Spitfire, the famous British fighter aircraft of the Battle of Britain, later played an important role in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. An important site for Spitfires in Oxfordshire was the repair unit at Witney Aerodrome
CANCELLED – “The Great Stink”! Engineers, Sewerage Systems and the Victorian Battle against Dirt
Radley Church Church Road, Radley, Abingdon, OxfordshireSpeaker: Tom Crook Tom is a lecturer on modern British history at Oxford Brookes University. His talk discusses the notorious 'Great Stink' of summer 1858 in London, its causes and the approach adopted to combat the problem of vast amounts of untreated human waste and industrial effluent entering the Thames.
Annual General Meeting – by ZOOM (updated 13 September)
Radley Village Hall Gooseacre, Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire23rd Annual General Meeting of Radley History Club Apologies for the late change of plan - the meeting will now be by Zoom and not in Radley Village Hall. Members have been sent details of the link to join the Zoom meeting.