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18 January 2021 |
The Cotswold Canal: past,
present & future - Brian Stanley |
Memorial Hall - 7:30pm |
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A journey
through the history of the two waterways that make up the Cotswold Canals
considering the influences, past and present, of recreating the 36 mile link
between the Rivers Severn and Thames. |
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| Monday |
15 February 2021 |
The Great Stink!
Engineers, sewerage and the Victorian battle against dirt - Tom Crook
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Memorial Hall - 7:30pm |
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How did we get from the cesspools of the medieval
period to the sewerage systems of today? The answer owes a lot to the
engineering ingenuity and ambition of the Victorians. As Britain's towns and
cities put on ever more demographic weight during the nineteenth century, it
was they who found the solution in the building of vast, hyper-complex
subterranean systems and outfall works. We have come to take these systems
for granted, but we shouldn't - the Victorians struggled long and hard, amid
numerous failed experiments, before they eventually settled on the
infrastructure we rely on today |
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| Monday |
15 March 2021 |
The Royal Progress through Gloucestershire in 1535 -
Alan Pilbeam |
Memorial Hall - 7:30pm |
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For five weeks in the summer of 1535 Henry VIII,
Anne Boleyn and their first minister, Thomas Cromwell, travelled through
Gloucestershire. We know where they stayed, something of their personal
interests, and of the opportunities available to them on the progress, we
also know what happened in the months following, which included the
dissolution of the monasteries. In this illustrated talk we will link these
different themes and view some of the landscape features associated with the
progress. |
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| Monday |
19 April 2021 |
A Journey to Barbados & Demerara and back in 1803 -
Peter Covey-Crump |
Memorial Hall - 7:30pm |
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Nathan
Lucas FLS kept a diary of his nine month journey to South America and back in
1803. The outward journey to Barbados took 51 days and the return took 70
days. His purpose was to visit his cotton plantation in Demerara where he
stayed two months, and, as a keen naturalist, he described the flora and
fauna there. The talk is illustrated with plates from Capt J G Stedman’s
visit to Surinam in 1772-77 and other contemporary images. |
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| Monday |
10 May 2021 |
Mapping Hillforts: the
Atlas project - Professor Gary Lock |
Memorial Hall - 7:30pm |
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Hillforts
are the most iconic monument of the later prehistoric period and occur across
all of the United Kingdom and Ireland. There have been many attempts at
counting, classifying and mapping these sites which have raised many
problems. This talk will outline the history of mapping hillforts and then
describe the work and some results of the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and
Ireland Project. This major project has resulted in the first online atlas of
hillforts at such a scale and has established a new era of hillfort research
and interest. |
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June 2021 |
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July 2021 |
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| Monday |
20 September 2021 |
A crystal vision of
Victorian Britain: the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Simon Wenham |
Memorial Hall - 7:30pm |
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The Great
Exhibition of 1851 was one of the most ambitious and spectacular events ever
staged in Britain. It showcased, on a grand scale, the sheer economic,
technological and global might of the nation. The vast attraction, which
captivated visitors from around the country (and beyond), provides a
fascinating window in so many sides of Victorian life. This talk will explore
what we know about this great spectacle and what it tells us about the nation
as a whole. |
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| Monday |
18 October 2021 |
‘Our beloved Oxfordshire
home’: May Morris and Kelmscott Manor - Dr Kathy Haslam |
Memorial Hall - 7:30pm |
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This talk
will look at the engagement with Kelmscott Manor and its village community by
the younger daughter of the great Victorian polymath William Morris, and at
her own significance in relation to their development, preservation and
legacy. |
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| Monday |
15 November 2021 |
31st Annual General Meeting |
Memorial Hall - 7:15pm |
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New and old
members and guests welcome. |
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