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History of Reading Society

14/03/22

AT the February meeting of the History of Reading Society, John Missenden gave a talk entitled “a tale of two windows”. John, who is closely associated with conservation in the Reading area, spoke about the architecture of the town’s historic ...

History of Reading Society

15/04/24

THE History of Reading Society’s next meeting will hear from Ann Smith about “The history of Woodley”. She will describe how a village grew into a suburb of Reading with its own hidden history. Ann published a book with the help of local U3A ...

History of Reading Society

History of Reading Society

08/10/18

THE subject of the September talk was Amelia Dyer and “The Baby Farm Murders”. The speaker was Angela Buckley who, after a career in teaching modern languages, is now a writer on the subject of crime history. A keen family historian, she ...

History of Reading Society

20/05/24

AT the History of Reading Society’s April meeting, Ann Smith gave us “A history of Woodley”. A few years ago, she edited a book with the same title from work done by members of the Reading and Wokingham U3A, who were joined by Woodley ...

History of Reading Society

23/05/22

AT the April meeting of the History of Reading Society, Lindsay Mullaney gave a talk called “Henry I and his abbey”. Why Reading and, more importantly, why Henry? Henry was the ninth child and fourth son of William the Conqueror but ...

History of Reading Society

06/09/21

THE History of Reading Society has published a new book called Abbot Cook to Zero Degrees: an A-Z of Reading’s Pubs and Breweries (£12). It will be launched at Zerodegrees microbrewery and restaurant on the corner of Gun Street and ...

History of Reading Society

18/09/23

THE History of Reading Society will continue its in-person meetings at the Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, Reading, on Wednesday at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm), when David Downs will be giving a talk entitled “Biscuits and Royals”....

History of Reading Society

History of Reading Society

12/03/18

THE subject of the February talk was the “History of the Abbey Baptist Church, Reading” and the speakers were members of the congregation. The talk began with a brief history of the Baptists in England. The Baptist Church emerged ...

History of Reading Society

History of Reading Society

03/06/19

THE subject of the May talk was “The return of Catholicism in Reading” and the speakers were John and Lindsay Mullaney. Both John and his wife, Lindsay, were teachers at the Catholic Blessed Hugh Faringdon School in Reading. ...

History of Reading Society

19/02/24

THE History of Reading Society will continue its online meetings at 7.30pm on Wednesday (February 21). Mike Cooper will give a talk entitled “Early closing: air raids on Reading in the Second World War” via Zoom. Forty-one ...

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History of Reading Society

07/01/19

THE subject of the November talk was the “Architectural history of Caversham: a personal view”. The speaker was Dr Megan Aldrich, who began her career at the Victoria & Albert Museum and later became an academic director ...

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History of Reading Society

09/04/18

THE subject of the March talk was “Coley and Coley Park: an historical introduction”. The speakers were Katie Amos and Mike Cooper who co-wrote a recent book about Coley’s history. The origin for Coley’s name is ...

History of Reading Society

History of Reading Society

11/02/19

THE subject of the January talk was the “Influence of Victorian mourning at Reading Cemetery”. The speaker was Anna Ellis who has completed a degree in archaeology at the University of Reading as a mature ...

History of Reading Society

25/04/22

AT the March meeting, which was also the society’s annual meeting, Lionel Williams gave a detailed and sometimes entertaining overview of hospital services in Reading. Lionel came to Reading as chief ...

History of Reading Society

History of Reading Society

09/12/19

THE subject of the November talk to the History of Reading Society was “The heroes of Woodley airfield”. The speaker was Joy Pibworth, a member of the society’s committee who lives in a house built ...

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