The format is that of a usual Aldermaston History Group Meeting with the main section being an interesting talk. The talk at this meeting will be entitled "Motoring in the Kennet Valley" by Roger Day & Tim Green who authored the book Motoring History of the Kennet Valley Provisional date & venue for Aldermaston History […]

At this meeting there will be updates about the History Group followed by a talk "Not all Beer and Skittles" A Short History of Pubs, Beer and Breweries by Sue Ellis Sue Ellis is an amateur historian who moved to Thatcham in 1983, and has since become immersed in the history of West Berkshire. She […]

Josh Dugdale, owner of Wasing Estate, will talk about the history of the Mount family and the Wasing Estate.

A.E.I. bought Aldermaston Court after WWII and there developed the first private nuclear reactor. This meeting is free for AHG members and a meeting fee of £5 for non-members.

A talk about the Swing Riots by Dr David Peacock, who has promised us a connection to The Hinds Head in Aldermaston This meeting is free for AHG members and a meeting fee of £5 for non-members. The Swing Riots were a widespread uprising in 1830 by agricultural workers in southern and eastern England in protest of […]

Dr Richard Marks will be our speaker this January on the topic of the Great Western Railway History in the Kennet Valley and he will highlight Aldermaston presence in that history. Dr Marks specialises in industrial, military, and railway history, as well as the history of science.  More information on Dr. Richard Marks can be […]

Alan Turton will be our speaker on "The Sieges of Basing House" Alan is a military historian, who specialises in the English Civil War and the period up to the mid-18th century.  From 1987-2011 he was the curator of the English Civil War site of Basing House (once the largest private house in Tudor England), which underwent the longest […]

Following an update on Ald4rmaston History Group activities there will be .... 3 Talks by Aldermaston History Group Members

The 2025 Annual General Meeting of Aldermaston History Group that will be followed by a talk on "After the Great War : History in the 1921 Census" by Sue Ellis Sue Ellis is an amateur historian who moved to Thatcham in 1983, and has since become immersed in the history of West Berkshire. She is […]

Flying from Aldermaston's 1942-1952 by Paul Burton