For more information, please contact Lesley Charnock or Danièle Manktelow (Group Leaders - History).

2026 Programme

DATE	TALK	SPEAKER
5th January	Victoria’s Daughter: Alice	Sue Jenkins
2nd February	Mary Seacole	Anne Hedges
2nd March	Water Mills and Water Fountains	Social History Group
6th April	No Meeting
4th May	No Meeting
1st June	Tudor England: how spies saved the Crown	Danièle Manktelow
6th July	Visit to St Mary’s Church
3rd August	No Meeting
7th September	Richard III	Rita Fidler
5th October	History of English Footpaths	Charles Boundy
2nd November	Vindolanda and Hadrian’s Wall	Edward Bray
7th December	Christmas Quiz

2025 Meetings
January 6	Victoria’s daughter - Vicky Sue Jenkins
February 3	Henry Boddington - David Bretherton
March 3	The American Dream - Jackie Ainsworth
April 7	Thames - Social History Group
May 5	BANK HOLIDAY - NO MEETING
June 2	Mary Shelley - John Gardner
July 7	History of the Theatre Part 2 - Bernadette Tildesley
August 4	NO MEETING
September 1	The Underground - Rosemary Taylor
October 6	Richard III - Rita Fidler (Postponed) Gino Watkins: Arctic Explorer-Bernadette Tildesley
November 3	My Dad - Lesley Channock TBA - Naz Reed
December 1	TBA

2024 Meetings:
1 January	No meeting
5 February	Famous People - Thame Connections - David Bretherton
4 March	Social History Group 10 minute talks
1 April	no meeting - Easter Day
6 May	no meeting - Bank Holiday
3 June	History of the Theatre - Bernadette Tildesley
1 July	TBA - John Gardener
5 August	No meeting
2 September	Richard III - Rita Fidler
7 October	Memories of Childhood- Lesley Charnock
4 November	Gallipoli - Len Davidson
2 December	Collections - Members

2023 Meetings:
January	No meeting
6 February	7 minute talks
6 March	At home by Rita Fidler
3 April	No meeting
May	No meeting
5 June	Growing up in the 60s
3 July	History walk in Thame - meet at St Mary’s church
August	No meeting
4 September	The Glorious Revolution
2 October	Jack the Ripper
6 November	TBA
4 December	Quiz