Information sheet on Oral History produced by Karen Dignan after the training on 25 June 2020
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D-Day Lantern Workshops
Sat, June 1 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Participate in fun workshops to create a lantern for D-Day, at 10am and 2pm, in Aldermaston Parish Hall
Meeting & Talk – t.b.d.
Wed, January 15, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
This meeting is free for AHG members and a meeting fee of £5 for non-members.
Meeting & Talk – “The Sieges of Basing House”
Wed, April 16, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
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 siege of the English Civil War.
This meeting is free for AHG members
and a meeting fee of £5 for non-members.
A.G.M. & Talk “Portable Antiquities Scheme”
Wed, November 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Talk on P.A.S. by Dr Phil Smithers, Finds Liaison Officer for West Berks Council
P.A.S. = Portable Antiquities Scheme
Short profile:
Phil has been working as the Finds Liaison Officer for Berkshire since August 2020. Prior to this he studied for a BA in Ancient History and Archaeology and MRes in Archaeology at the University of Reading, currently completing a PhD thesis on the Roman site at Richborough at the University of Kent.
Phil has also worked as a field archaeologist in the UK as well as working on excavations in Catalonia, Portugal and Italy.
His main area of interest in Roman small finds, particularly scales and weights, and Late Roman belt sets.
2024 Heritage Open Day
Sun, September 8 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
This year’s theme is “Routes – Networks -Connections”
80th Anniversary of D-Day
Thu, June 6 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Aldermaston’s marking of the 80th Anniversary is being discussed by the History Group Committee, any suggestions will be welcome
Meeting & Talk “The Swing Riots”
Wed, July 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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 agricultural mechanisation and harsh working conditions.
Previously Dr David Peacock gave the History group a talk on Padworth House and then subsequently lead a party of members in a tour of the house.
Meeting & Talk “Reminiscences of A.E.I. 1956-1963”
Wed, April 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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.
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