Our May 2024 Evening Event: AGM and “From Our Archive”
The Wychwoods Local History AGM took place in Milton Village Hall on May 8th 2024 Agenda (PDF) | Chairmans Report (PDF) After the AGM, our final talk of the season included 3 presentations […]
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From Journal No 17: Some Wychwood Neighbourhoods about 1900
/in Journal Extracts/by David BettertonChurch Road and The Heath Selected from the article by Anthea Jones, Joan Howard Drake, Sue Jourdan & John Rawlins: From WLHS Journal No 17 p37. [ Download the […]
A Selection of Audio File Extracts
/in Personal Memories/by David BettertonOur collection of Oral History audio files has recently been digitised. Almost 100 audio records of selected society talks, BBC features and many interviews of Wychwoods residents are included in […]
Schooldays and Childhood in the Wychwoods: A Review
/in Library Exhibitions, Research/by David BettertonHere is an article by Carol Anderson written to accompany an exhibition of photographs recently on show in the Wychwoods Library in Milton Our library exhibitions continue to highlight some […]
Our April 2024 Evening Talk: “Down in the Dumps” – How Oxford Helped Win World War Two
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonSpeaker: Maurice East Subject: “Down in the Dumps” – How Oxford Helped Win World War Two Another fine evening was enjoyed by 40+ members and guests, with plenty of response […]
WLHS Photo Displays in Milton under Wychwood Library
/in Library Exhibitions/by David BettertonOur programme of photograph displays continues in the Wychwoods Library in Milton. We aim to change the theme regularly throughout the year. In doing so, we will be hoping to […]
Dorothy Thomson and the Tale of Mr Samuda’s Model T Ford
/in Personal Memories/by David BettertonHere is a snippet from one of our many Oral History audio files. In it, former 1920s Shipton Court resident Dorothy “Dor” Thomson tells the apocryphal tale of Mr Samuda […]
Our March 2024 Evening Talk: Known Unto God – A Great War Detective Story
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonSpeaker: Ingram Murray Subject: ‘Known unto God’: a great War Detective Story Around 50+ members and guests enjoyed the latest in our season of evening talks, which this time covered […]
Datchet Gate Lodge, Windsor – Some Snapshot Research
/in Research/by David BettertonAmong the many photographs scanned by the Society photo scanning group, was a picture of a village outing, for which no information was (or could be) supplied at the time […]
Our February 2024 Evening Talk: The Effect of Enclosures on Common Right
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonSpeaker: Deborah Hayter Subject: ‘Common right : private property and how enclosures shaped the Oxfordshire/Northamptonshire landscape’ There was a hectic period of enclosure by Parliamentary Act in the late 18th century which […]
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