Early Days at Shipton | From the Society Journal No.7
Here is an extended piece by Dorothy Brookes, taken from the WLHS Journal No. 7 (1992). We republish it here as part of an occasional series celebrating the work of […]
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Observations on Ridge and Furrow in Honeydale Field | From the Society Journal No. 7
/in Journal Extracts/by David BettertonHere is an extended piece by Jim Pearse, taken from the WLHS Journal No. 7 (1992). We republish it here as part of an occasional series celebrating the work of […]
The 19th Century Letters of Thomas and Hannah Groves | From the Society Journal No. 2
/in Journal Extracts/by David BettertonHere is an extended piece by Norman Frost, taken from the WLHS Journal No 2 (1986). We republish it here as part of an occasional series celebrating the work of […]
The Burford – Shipton Omnibus: A Note from the Past
/in Journal Extracts/by David BettertonHere is short piece by Norman Frost, taken from the WLHS Journal No 2 (1986). We republish it here as part of an occasional series celebrating the work of the […]
Bones under the Pew
/in Journal Extracts/by David BettertonHere is short and somewhat mischievous piece by Jack Howard-Drake, taken from the WLHS Journal No 2 (1986). We republish it here as part of an occasional series celebrating the […]
Exhibition at Churchill Heritage Centre
/in Society News/by David Betterton“A case of tax avoidance in Churchill” – a new exhibition is now on until September, at the Churchill Heritage Centre. Curated by local historian Christine Gowing, the exhibition tells […]
The Society’s 25th Anniversary Remembered
/in Society News/by David BettertonIn this year of the society’s 40th anniversary, here is a short trip down memory lane to the society’s 25th Anniversary in 2006. Amongst activities that year, the society produced […]
A Hero of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry: April 2021 Evening Talk
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonOn April 15th 2021 the society hosted a talk by Brigadier David Innes, who spoke movingly and with vivid detail on the life and times of Captain Ralph Kite M.C. […]
Local Casualties of a Forgotten War in Iraq
/in Journal Extracts/by David BettertonIn advance of our next evening talk on April 15th 2021, we reproduce here the article by Wendy Pearse from the society’s Journal No 18 published in 2003. Wendy Pearse […]
Recent Evening Talk: “The Journey From Afghanistan”
/in Talks & Events/by David BettertonHere is a synopsis of the latest of our regular evening talks. In the winter of 1842, 16,500 soldiers and civilians fled Afghanistan with a single survivor staggering into a […]
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