Events

For those who did not know, we, Thatcham Historical Society helped to organise the Peter Allen Memorial Lectures which ran throughout May and were put together in memory of the late Peter Allen who passed away in May 2009, to raise money for the British Heart Foundation and to promote National Local and Community History Month.

On Thursday 30th July, local history enthusiasts can join archaeologists from the West Berkshire Council's Heritage Service to explore Newbury's buried past. Find out more on the West Berks website.

Tuesday 4 to Friday 7 March at 7.30pm

Please see the full flyer for more details (click here).

Berkshire  Local History Association is hosting a day school "Aspects of Berkshire's History" on 3rd November 2007, 10.00 am to 4.30 pm at the Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, Reading.  Fee £10 including coffee, light lunch and tea.

Programme:

Sunday 18th November 11am – 3.00pm.  Celebrate the start of Winter with this 6.5 mile guided circular walk from the Nature Discovery Centre at Thatcham up to Greenham Common for a picnic lunch and back via a different route.

On Saturday, 6th October 2007, the society took part in the Thatcham Festival of the Arts to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the society.  The event was organised by committee member Alf Wheeler and exhibition material by Dr Nick Young.  St Mary's Church kindly loaned the Baptism and Mariage registers, Peter Allen also supplied newspaper material from 1967.