Thame & District

History

The History Group meets on the first Monday of the month at 10.15 am at the Guide Headquarters, Southern Road.

The History Group is a joint group with the Greater Thame U3A.

Below are details of the planned meetings for 2019 and the meetings for the previous two years.

For more information contact Julie West on 01844 215792

2019 Meetings:

• 7 January - No meeting
• 4 February - 10 minute talks - Members
• 4 March - Issac Merrit Singer - Marcus Summerhayes
• 1 April - Snippets from late Victorian and Edwardian England - Social History Group
• 6 May - No meeting
• 3 June - The Battle of the Dunes - Molly Milner
• 1 July - 1918-19 - The forgotten aftermath of war - Derek Turner
• 5 August - Queen Anne - the last Stuart - Julie West
• 2 September - Childhood Reflections - does this bring back your own memories? - Lesley Charnock
• 7 October - 3000 German canaries and 4 packs of curl-papers - more leaves from The Girls' Own Paper - Sue Jenkins
• 4 November - Our ancestors' superstitions - Hugh Grainger
• 2 December - Quiz

2018 Meetings:

• 1 January - No meeting
• 5 February - 10 minute talks - Members
• 5 March - The early Victorian – Social History Group
• 2 April - No meeting
• 21 May -Emily Wilding Davison - The Suffragette martyr - Julie West
• 4 June - Your History - Members
• 2 July - The history of Quebec -Len Davidson
• 6 August - Gandhi - Bernard Foot
• 3 September - Postcards from the Seaside - Sue Oswell
• 1 October - Perverted pipes and a dried starfish - Sue Jenkins
• 5 November - 1918 /19 – The forgotten aftermath of war - Derek Turner
• 3 December - Quiz

2017 Meetings:

• 2 January - No meeting
• 6 February - The Story of Rudolph Hess - Ken Mason
• 6 March - Your History – Members’ Meeting
• 3 April - Jane Austen’s England – Social History Group
• 8 May - Outing to Oxfordshire Museum’ Resource Centre
• 5 June - The Curious Curies – Peter Hewitt
• 3 July - The History of Bathing – Lesley Charnock
• 7 August - No meeting
• 4 September - Scott of the Antarctic – Ann Barrington
• 2 October - Queen Victoria’s Daughter Alice – Sue Jenkins
• 6 November - The Black Death – Derek Turner
• 4 December - Quiz - How well do you know Thame?