D-Day Lantern Workshops
Participate in fun workshops to create a lantern for D-Day, at 10am and 2pm, in Aldermaston Parish Hall
Meeting & Talk – “GWR – Kennet Valley Railway History”
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,…
Meeting & Talk – “The Sieges of Basing House”
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…
A.G.M. & Talk “Portable Antiquities Scheme”
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…
2024 Heritage Open Day
This year’s theme is “Routes – Networks -Connections”
80th Anniversary of D-Day
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”
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…
Meeting & Talk “Reminiscences of A.E.I. 1956-1963”
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.
Talk by Rosie Everritt, Archivist at RBA
AGM 1st November 2023
Slides from AGM
AGM 2nd November 2022
Slides from AGM
Heritage Open Day, 2023 – Exhibition in the Hinds Head
As part of this year’s Heritage Open Days national festival, with a theme this year of “Creativity Unwrapped”, Aldermaston History Group are putting on an exhibition of the creativity that has come from the resident in the form of crafts,…