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Previous Programmes
2001
18 October, 7.30pm Speaker: Jan Warner, a collector of infantilia from the 18c onwards,
Survival of the Fittest, A Brief History of Child Rearing.
15 November, 7.30pm. Speaker: Stephen Capel-Davies, Chairman of the Wallingford Society,
A History of Malting and Brewing.

13 December, 7.30pm.

Christmas For Elizabethans,
Details to be announced.

2002		  
21 February, 7.30pm. Speaker: David Vaisey, Bodleian Librarian Emeritus,
Victorian Shops and Advertising in Oxford.
21 March, 7.00pm
(please note the time).

Visit to Oxfordshire County Records Office,
Details to be announced.

 
18 April, 7.30pm.

Speaker: James Godfrey, Verger,
Christ Church Cathedral - A "Peculiar" Place.
16 May, 7.30pm.

A.G.M.
Speaker: David Eddershaw, former Education Officer, C.O.S.,
Victoria's Jubilee Celebrations in Oxford.

20 June

 

 Society Outing to Thame
17 October Speaker: Rosemary Kelly
A City at War: Oxford 1642-1646
21 November

Speaker: John Pilling
Oxfordshire Houses
12 December

Fifty Years of Iffley
(Details to be announced)
2003

20 February

 

 Speaker: Graham Keevill
Looking for God's Sisters - Godstow Nunnery

20 March

Speaker: Martin Way
The Golden Age of Coaching
17 April Speaker: Sheila Fairfield
A Celebration of the Willow
15 May A.G.M. and talk
Speaker: Peter Coveney
The Magic Lantern
June or July Society Summer Outing
(Details to be announced)
2004  

15 April, 7.30pm

 Speaker: Christopher Hall
The first Parish Council Elections - with specific local references

20 May, 7.30pm

 

 Speaker: Dr Elizabeth Wells
Early Stuart Iffley, from Parish records

June/July

 

 Society Outing (Details to be announced)
21 October, NB 6.30pm Visit to the University Press Museum, Great Clarendon Street.
18 November, 7.30pm Speaker: Robert Sephton
J.J. Faulkner, Oxford Grocer, Pacifist & Temperance Advocate
16 December, 7.30pm Christmas Exhibition with Seasonal Fare,
Grove House and its inhabitants.
2005  
17 February, 7.30pm Speaker: Godfrey Townsend,
Oxford Postal History
17 March, 7.30pm Speaker: John Ashdown,
New Images of Oxford, 2001-2004
21 April, 7.30pm Speaker: Manfred Brod,
Religion, Politics & Magic in the Thames Valley.
Dr Pordage & His Circle 1646-54
19 May, 7.30pm Speaker: John Dils,
The Medieval Guilds
June/July Society Outing, Details to be announced

20 October, 7.30pm

Speaker: Dr Barrie Juniper
Fellow Emeritus of St Catherine's, Reader Emeritus in Plant Sciences.
The History of the Apple.
17 November, 7.30pm

Speaker: Dr Arthur MacGregor of the Ashmoleum Museum.
Major GWG Allen and his "Discovery from the Air".
Major Allen (d.1945) was the recognised pioneer of aerial photography for archaeology, and an Iffley man.

15 December, 7.30pm

Music of the People.
The group "Skeleton Crew" will play, and talk about, period songs and dances. Seasonal food and drink.

2006

  
16 February, 7.30pm

Speaker: Martin Way
A Glimmer in the Dark
Art and craftsmanship in Anglo-Saxon England, set against the backdrop of everyday life.
16 March, 7.30pm

Speaker: Chris Day, University Lecturer in Local History
Vivien Greene Memorial Lecture
"No Little Scandal to God and to Man": the extraordinary story of town-gown relations in Oxford.
27 April, 7.30pm (later date to avoid Easter Week)

Visit Long Hanborough Museum of motor transport and Oxford's motor industry. Details to be announced.
18 May, 7.30pm

New Thoughts on Old Places: recent work by the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire.
Speaker: Dr Simon Townley, County Editor, Victoria County History.
June/July:

Summer Visit.
To be announced.
2008

Tuesday 21 October, 7.30pm

MEET AT THE MUSEUM, BROAD ST
Assistant Keeper Stephen Johnston conducts us round the Oxford Museum of the History of Science
Tuesday 18 November, 7.30pm

Speaker Brian Moylan Behind the Octagon Badge - the story of the MG at Abingdon
Tuesday 16 December, 7.30pm

Speaker John Wilson formerly of Cogges Farm Museum, Farming and Village Life in the late 19th century (with artefacts)

2009
Tuesday 17 February, 7.30pm

Speaker Edmund Gray The Evolution of House Design in Iffley and beyond Part 2
Tuesday 17 March, 7.30pm

Vivien Greene Memorial Lecture Speaker Hugo Brunner The Historic Office of Lord Lieutenant (refreshments are served - visitors will be charged £4 for this Lecture)
Tuesday 21 April, 7.30

Speaker Tom Pickles of St Catherine's College The Church in Saxon Times
Tuesday 19 May, 7.30pm

AGM + Slides from our own archives
June/July:

Summer visit (evening guided tour to a local village) Details to be confirmed.