An Audio Clip: Duncan Waugh’s Vicar’s Tale
Here is another in a series of extracts from our many Oral History audio files. Our archive contains many recordings of talks given to the society in the 1980s and […]
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Our January 2025 Evening Talk: Costwold Quarries – Part Two
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonSpeakers: Jonathan Maisey and Joe Duxbury Subject: Cotswold Quarries Part 2 Jonathan Maisey’s 2023 presentation with Joe Duxbury on the Windrush Quarries was particularly well-received and attracted interesting questions and feedback. […]
An Audio Clip: Duncan Waugh’s Jail Cell Anecdote
/in Personal Memories/by David BettertonHere is another in a series of extracts from our many Oral History audio files. Our archive contains many recordings of talks given to the society in the 1980s and […]
Our December 2024 Evening Talk: A Victorian Christmas
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonSpeaker: Tim Healey Subject: A Victorian Christmas Tim Healey is a freelance writer and broadcaster who has presented many programs on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. The author of over 60 […]
Jim Pearse – Farmer and Entertainer
/in Personal Memories/by David BettertonIn the society archive, there is an extended audio recording of an interview with Jim Pearse by Trudy Yates, made on December 2nd 2006. Here is a copy: Towards the […]
Our November 2024 Evening Talk: The Cospatrick 150th Anniversary Reflections
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonSpeakers: John Bennett/Carol Anderson Subject: The Cospatrick 150th Anniversary Reflections The Society’s evening Talk on 13th November was themed around the Cospatrick story. Talks by Carol Anderson and John Bennett […]
Our October 2024 Evening Talk: Our Boys 1914 – 1918
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonSpeaker: Julie Ann Godson: Subject: Our Boys 1914 – 1918Julie read history at the University of Oxford under Dr Rowena E Archer. She made so many good friends at Oxford that, […]
Wychwoods Harvest-home and Farming Life: Our Latest Library Exhibition
/in Library Exhibitions/by David BettertonOur latest library exhibition running now until mid-November 2024 features a selection of images of autumn harvest activity in Wychwoods farms over the years As with all our exhibitions in […]
Our September 2024 Evening Talk: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonSeptember 11th 2024 The first in our 2024/5 season of talks was by Edward Caswell, who presented with great enthusiasm his work with the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). Edward started […]
The Society at Shipton Fete 2024
/in Society News/by David BettertonWe were pleased to have a presence at the Shipton Fete on Bank Holiday Monday August 26th, and enjoyed a great deal of interest from a steady stream of visitors […]
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